the work that goes into

a NECX major series UCI event is insane.

I spent a solid good number of hours the last couple in the total darkness working on making a race happen that I'm sure way too many will complain about.

But first let me tell you this, there were almost NO PEOPLE HELPING! ZERO.

Not zero, John and Steve and Paul, and Myette, and Wilhem, Ben, Gary, and the energizer bunny himself Matty B. Oh and Dale showed up to run some tape and haul fencing around. Juli crushed it on the com side of things, but, we'll y'all know i've been helping set up courses at this caliber, to this standard since 2006. I learned a lot from Stevens that first year, I don't manage to find time to help with every race but I haven't taken a break long enough to forget the amount of work it takes.

This weekend is going to be what it is. Some people will love it, some people will blame the course for their faiiling on tire pressure (run it high with all these damn roots) or will blame the designers for their failing to pick a decent line or if not able to ride the decent line, don't fuck yourself on the other line.

Just to emphasize. It wasn't finished when I left at 6:10 tonight. Matty B had finally started to eat something - HE HADN'T EATEN ALL DAY! and there were was still a few (LOTS OF) sections to tape.

UCI official walk through happened and he gave it the thumbs up.

Dalton put some solid thought into banner placement and it was good.

If you're coming down to race NBX, have fun, when you're done head to the gazebo and buy a beer, and buy someone else a beer.

Yes, buying is weird, but oddly it makes a difference. And yes, while local, your influence is significant.

Will it be a stretch to make the race happen? No doubt. Matt B was there putting in stakes by headlamp at 11pm last night. Is he there tonight right now running tape? To make a race happen for a giant pile of most ungrateful assholes who feel that "paying to race is enough"

Myette ain't one of those. Dues paid in full for years to come with the work he put in today. John as well.

I got in a huge argument about star wars and how disney is going to make the stupid epcot round ball look like the death star and how the whole mousy bullshit and the glorification of the darkside basically validated people's evil side, condoned it and well here we have trump.

Oldest went on the offensive asking WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? and well i outlined what I was, acting locally, engaging on a personal level at all confrontations, i don't have any money, i can't fund anything, I can't support anything fiscally, can barely support myself. But i can act. I can lead if only by example.

I can do absolute everything I can do. And I try.

Mostly if not totally fail. Eiric is right, I never had a chance... at success, in anything, but it hasn't stopped me from trying. Neither has failure. But I do try and learn from the failure and work to move forward in a positive direction. Even if my pace is slow, maybe it is because i'm brushing dirt off my face and trying to blink to see clearly before taking the next step.

I hope, if you're racing NBX, that you enjoy the course.

I can also feel my brain spiralling towards a place I shouldn't keep talking while in...  so wrapping it up.

this weekend is going to be crazy, but hopefully less physically taxing than today.

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