What a weekend

Pooped.

Not sure if i feel like writing a race report.

Bike worked great, probably would have had a much better race saturday if i had pre-ridden the whole course before the race. But i managed a 20th. A few minutes off the lead pace. Highlight was Rich-Who my wife was sure was completely drunk-Fries saying one of the lead group of riders was trying to strangle himself with the course tape. That was me, on saturday.

And.

Can there be anything more demeaning or insulting to the 2/3 Mens race than to not ONCE, say ANYTHING about ANYONE other than Lynne B? Seriously. She's doing a warm up race and the other guys are giving it their all and all Rich-working hard to get the vote for most annoying and least funny with a mike-Fries can talk about is Lynne lynne lynne...

or the mens race...

nothing but Tim Johnson, TIM JONHSON... sure, he mentioned a few other names but no where near the level of enthusiasm...

ah well. Hey whatever...

i'm tired - easily ruffled...

Day 1 the race was shorter by a lap. If Day 2 was the same length i might have salvaged a few places, like maybe 5... but... it wasn't and i don't have much of an excuse. The wind was killing me and my jump out of the corners wasn't as good as the guys who finished in front of me.

But. Day 1 I did finish in 20th out of 92 starters and 86 finishers.
Day 2 I was 28th out of 85 starters and 79 finishers... and day 1 2 minutes off the leader and day 2 i was 3 minutes off (but only 2 off CTodd).

Numbers. Numbers. Ah well. successful racing. I thrashed myself, had fun, didn't break anything expensive... It was cool being race support for Christine V. All in all fun.

The suprise arrival of the family on Sunday was very cool. Didn't think they were going to show up. But they did.

G-ster is an awesome venue. Really pretty amazing.

Oh and that 3rd race. the 2/3 mens race that i entered? I passed a few people. I started 98th. Dead Freaking Last. And finished in 83rd. Met my goals of having fun, riding the sand each time, getting an extra race in, and not getting lapped.
Sitting there on the line i realized that, last year it was the same race i entered, the 2/3 men. The only G-ster race i did. I had a mid pack start then... But i also hadn't ridden twice before in the weekend. But the extra 50 minutes at race pace are gonna pay off as the season goes.

So that makes 7 races this season so far.

Just reg'd for Southington and NoHo. 6th. The race to the front of the line. Here's to hoping that by the 4th the legs can catch up to the fingers and make that position worth while.

Lots of pictures - i've got a bunch, will try and email em out to those prominently featured in the subject.

At least my legs are telling me that i raced today. That's a good thing. Or it could be all the standing around in the pits during the woman's race, walking back and forth from side to side. Watching rebecca battle back from the flat was wicked damn cool.

My brain is still not working... haven't read any of the internet since Thursday...

Great to Finally meet MIF, good to see the great and wonderful Yogurt Boy, and the rest of the shift gang. Parking next ta CTodd was v.cool. Next time i won't leave the beer at home. Thanks for the Stella Ctodd. Kerry and Allie and JJ, thanks for pinning my numbers on.

And if ya were out there and shouted at me, thanks. Zoo was cracking me up, making me miss my lines. It was funny. And Lance, i mean Zank. Good to see you out there as always. Damn. I wanna go on and on. Rich, Dan, Hannah, Giulia, Darcy, Jack, JJ, Steve, Mark, Derrick, Wayne, Theo, Steve, Chuck... Oh and who can forget the cool part of seeing David Frattini and his uber super mega PRO White treaded Dugasts.

I know i missed naming names... it is hard - but it was great seeing everyone. See yall at the next race, right?

peace
G