It is like the racing has started...
can everyone close their eyes, imagine a front row at G-ster?
Banging bars with CTodd and the rest of the gang there? Fighting for position up the starting climb (basing recollection on last year) hittin the funnel going absolute MACH fahking speed, hitting the grass, nailing that first turn... the next one... the next one... settling into a tight pace... gauging the effort, who's doing what around, who's redlining and gonna blow... who is just watching and waiting, are there people working up? can we get a gap, isolate a gang and work together? dare we? where is the first barrier, where is the dismount, what will it do to the group... is my tire pressure right? are these the right tires? the right wheels? pick the line, pick the line... push push push... stay within yourself on the first lap... gotta recover from the start effort... gotta focus, positive, positive, good feelings, stay focused... stay with the leader... don't let them get away... win win win... focus... they will die, you can catch them, the trailer is good training, i CAN do this... this hurts... I have to do it tomorrow... i gotta remember to eat after the race - stop thinking about after - stay in the HERE AND NOW GO GO GO GO GO Head down, stay out of the wind... fahking wheel suckers... make them pay on the road... weave the fahk all over fahking wheel suckers...
Will it be dry and dusty and windy like last year? Will it be snowing like the year before? Will it be raining? What will the weather be?
I'm so torn, i want cold, miserable, wet, windy sh!tty conditions... i want adversity on the bike... but, last year was perfect for the family spectators... in a way it is tough, do i hope based on selfishness or do i hope based on selflessness... Racers really have to be selfish in many demands... sometimes that's easy for me, but mostly it isn't.
The conditions will be a critical factor. That and, will CTodd's tubulars stay glued on this year? Will GeWilli have the juice in the legs to go go go...
No offense JJ but it took signing up for G-ster to get me this amped, to get my HR up and my BP pumping. I can't wait till sucker brook, but man, G-ster is gonna be awesome. It is the inaugural race of the season for Peanut and well... wow.
Who ISN'T excited? Who isn't excited?
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They had better stay on dammit! I strained my mouse-click fingers really hard to secure my top 10 starting position. The
Learning that the shop only taped them and used ZERO glue was a bit disappointing. It was my first foray into using tubulars. You live and learn.. At least I didn't have to run the entire course like I did in New Gloucester two weeks later...
Cronoman gave me a box of serious glue. So.. this means some other part of my bike will now break.
i'd put money on the BB suddenly self destructing mid race...
ROTF LMAO
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