Tinker Juarez

Tinker Juarez will be racing the Butte 100 tomorrow. I knew very little about the former olympian but found him to be a very interesting guy. Tinker became a pro BMX racer at the age of 15. He started mountain bike racing almost ten years later still before any kind of suspension existed. His best results include several World Cup wins and a second place finish at elite mountain bike worlds. Now, Tinker mainly does endurance events. He is using the Butte 100 to prepare himself for the Leadville 100 and Master's Worlds later this year. What I found to be the most interesting is that Tinker does all of his training "by feel". He doesn't use a power-tap, a heart rate monitor, or a computer. He said that on hard days he knows how to work hard but only does what he feels up to. Seems to have worked out pretty well for him...