I did my first solo 24hr race, and it was great
(although I will not do another one solo, it was a great personal goal, but I really missed hanging out with the other guys, I will be on a team from now on)
the laps were 12.5km, very rocky and technical, lots of climbing, 1100ft per lap I think they said.
I set a goal of 6 laps (I was able to get 4 laps on a team last year)
Nathan Hoover kindly told me that wasn’t enough
So I pushed myself more and did 7!
But amongst all the cheering unicyclists shouting the great to hear praise and encouragement at the end, Nathan said ‘Hey Brian, you still have two hours’
Having taken around 1.5-2 hours per lap already on my 24", and knowing that a back to back final set (besides my first 2 laps, i would only do a lap at a time, with a eating (or two sets of 3 hr sleeps)) I knew I could not do it in time, unless I used a 29". You can use mine, Nathan happily said. 
So I got in the last lap, and I was very impressed with the 29’, I rode over sections on my last lap that I had walked over 7 times before. I would fall off at even the slightest dip in the trail, and go flying. The 29r helped me go over those. (well, many f them) I got my last lap in 10 mins before the end of the race…14 mins before Vince Lemay got in his last lap!
Being solo, I didn’t really follow the other teams’ progress, but I’m sure they will discuss it.
Funniest ‘I’m too tired incedent’? On my 8th lap, with Nathan’s speed machine, I reached out to a tree to do the ‘grab a tree and fling around a switchback’ trick, but instead did the ‘reach out and touch a tree with weak tired arms and continue to fly straight into another tree’ trick. I’m not sure what skill level this is in.
All in all, I had an incredible weekend, but hanging out with the other guys would have been more fun. I barely got to talk to thedan at all
Another personal goal? I got to drink beer with Kris Holm 
