{"id":3779,"date":"2014-03-23T17:35:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T00:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamkaker.com\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2014-03-23T18:16:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T01:16:16","slug":"stagecoach-400-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamkaker.com\/stagecoach-400-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Stagecoach 400 2014 | Off the couch and into the oven"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stagecoach<\/a>The Stagecoach 400<\/a>\u00a0is a bikepacking race in Southern California that is 380 miles and over 30,000 ft of climbing. Doing it this year was a very last-minute decision. Annie and I assumed that we’d be overwhelmed raising our newborn, Utah<\/a>, so I didn’t expect to have time to train for or participate in any bikepacking races.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, it wasn’t nearly as bad as we had steeled ourselves for. Getting out for 2.5-hour rides was doable. Thus,\u00a0I was able to ride about 250 miles in the month before the race. It wasn’t a lot of training and didn’t really put a dent in the 20 lbs I gained since last summer. But I was just happy to be riding again!<\/p>\n

I have to give a big thanks to Annie for being an amazing wife and new mommy. She had no problem with me training and being away for 5 days.<\/p>\n

Overall, I did much better than I thought I would and it brought together a great group of people. Thanks to Brendan of Hub Cyclery<\/a> for organizing!<\/p>\n

I finished just under 3 days (2 days and 20.5 hours). \u00a0Since I was out of shape, I had to cut back on sleep and\u00a0I only took photos on the first day (see below). For a lot more photos of the route, see my ride from 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Day 1 (Start to base of Oriflamme Valley climb)<\/h2>\n