After the PacNW races i saw an image that sent two works blaring in my head. Yesterday a good friend emailed me a link to the same picture with pretty much those words. I had thought i posted it. And ya know. Thinking i might have and then not. Why not? Well why perpetuate it. Although now.
I just read the Velonews bit about Jeanson (the second story). Holy crap. There are assholes and then, there are ASSHOLES.
Granted. I was the one being called an asshole. So anytime i see this guy's name, or see a picture. I think of the two words he yelled at me at the base of that last run up at Nats last year. My worst race of the season. It was a horrible race (but cross and still good but in relative sense of racing). And there at the end with the afore mentioned good friend yelling at me (after i was unfortunately out of earshot) that the leaders were coming... i was preparing to make one last ditch attempt to bridge up to Bauer when i heard: "INSIDE ASSHOLE". I didn't hear him coming, i didn't know he was behind me. If i hadn't already unclipped and begun the runup on the inside i would have gladly gone to the outside. But. Well. Too late. I got yelled at by the 35-39 nat champ. And well. He didn't catch Bauer and i didn't get to do another lap (probably a good thing anyway).
Contrast to Matt White passing me in a polite even voice over at Eco-X just before my chain broke. Two ways to make it work.
And then there is this REAL asshole with a capital A. Aubut. Unfortunately he is not a renegade. An outlier. There are guys like him out there all over the place. In real life. Not just pushing women in women's sports. Guys like him need to be tossed under the bus metaphorically of course. Pretty sad. But then. Is this the truth? What is the truth? Will we ever know?
And then how about the chicken testing positive in the tour but not being able to have the test declared as a "positive"? How fahked up is that?
Messed up stuff eh?
At least i have a nice hearty lunch to eat today. Completely free of EPO!
Hey. To the fast guys out there.
Peace
G
5 comments:
oh man... did he REALLY yell like that at you? ugh.
one time, me & my buddy were filling up the car. i started washing my windows... then got a little carried away, and before i knew it, we were washing the entire car with squeegies...
i thought it was funny... but some old dude pulled by and yelled at us "ASSHOLES". that made it even funnier.
Matt White or you can be like the other guy
You mean Powers? I heard his 'crit is through the roof!! :)
No i mean the dude who won Eco-X...
Matt White.
And yeah, JJ, he really did.
And not in an under the breath to himself kinda way.
In pretty much the most insulting manner possible. Sure... he didn't want Vanilla boy to beat him two years in a row... but...
still...
"yeah... well im on your right, ASSHOLE"
whats wrong with people?
The guys may be fast, but sounds like he has no class. Imagine what a brat he must have been as a kid.
Good post.
keep the good vibes
flowing out there.
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