Tuesday, June 17, 2008

McIntosh, riding well, spars for position

Scott takes a short break in Indiana on Monday.

Scott entered Ohio earlier this morning. He's currently in 7th place, but the race is still tight. Yesterday, Scott's position changed between from 5th to 7th a couple of times, and you can expect more of the same today.

The crew seems happy with Scott's progress so far, but that's not preventing even higher expectations. "The whole race Scott has been pretty insistent upon not knowing what place he's in, or how the other riders are faring, but today he accidentally found out and seemed surprised, " said Mike Feirstein, part of Scott's crew. "So hopefully he'll try to ramp it up and make a move in these last few days."

I asked Bryce why Scott wants to be left in the dark about the race details. "This is a strategy Scott adopted from the start. He wants to focus on running his race, and keeping his tempo where he knows he needs to be."

"When you are at this point in the race, you aren't mentally capable of making good race decisions. You let your crew do that for you, and you focus on the things you can control." Bryce speaks from experience: he came in 5th in the 2006 RAAM Men's solo division.

In addition to a new state and new scenery, Scott has some new faces to look at as well. Mike Feirstein reports, "Two crew members left (Sandy Chung and Dave Rosenblum ) and two more were added (Roger and Ken Polson). Scott's mom also drove down from Indianapolis and saw Scott at the checkpoint. Spirits are high, crew morale is also high and Scott looked good."

2 comments:

Sandy said...

I was going to tell you to Go Scott Go, but I see from your picture you are already going. We are cheering you to the finish line. The MN gals...

Michelle said...

Scotty,
I left home and thought I could get away from dogs shittin and pissin all over the place. This proves that no matter where I go shit and piss follow. Hurry up and finish this race.
Love,
Michelle