Friends have been talking about Duck Creek for a while, it's about 3mi from my house so I just hopped on the bike and rode there. It was cool. Great spot to do training and really a lot less flat/boring then I thought. Lots of curves in the river, lots to look at, great wind cover, generally snowmobile trails to follow, and some little jumps up/down the banks to play on too. I had a good time but really didn't explore a crazy amount of it. I wanted to ride from FF to Overland but came up a bit short of Overland Rd. Cole says west of Overland is even better so we'll see. I may load the bike up and drive there next time so I can maximize time on the river (it's probably 5mi away?). Maybe not though, it's fun to ride the roads too on this thing, it's just fun all over.
I'm excited for my race Saturday but at the same time not excited - 35mi on a fatbike could be as easy as 35mi on a mtb or could be absolute hell depending on weather. For example, I averaged about 7-8mph on the river yesterday on mostly snowmobile tracks, but I can ride the same if not slightly faster on singletrack here in town. On packed trails (non-singletrack) I could anticipate some averages up to 13-15mph. We'll see. I've been training a bit anyway and feel stronger than I did last year - less overall endurance but more power I think.
The other thing I have a bad feeling about for no good reason is my tubeless setup. I'm really hoping it holds up for the race, it's been good so far but I have not pushed it at race pace or that distance yet.
One thing I am certain of - if I keep this up it's going to be very fast come skinny tire mtb season. I'm already super excited to get out on the Scalpel and I'm probably about 2 months away. I think I will ride with the rear lockout engaged a lot this year.
On a semi-related note my ability to wheelie is much improved.
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