'Cross-eyed with pain

Massive style in action...


Lately I've been not riding my bike and this weekend showed the obvious lack of fitness. Yesterday at Badger Prairie I was able to come from the second row at the start and be in 6th until the start of the second climb. then it was as though I'd started pedaling backwards. I suffered through the laps and with one minor mishap I did okay.

Not having enough speed up the hill results in the "dab and run method."Props to DJonnyMac for the pics
I tried a lap on the Vitus. It only made things worse. Thnx DJM

Packed with the Vitus and the Flyte

The sole bright spot was on my last lap I was able to clear the log obstacle, although my chain immediately dropped as I cleared it and I completely lacked the level of style Matter showed in the above video clip.

I now see I was fulfilling a legal requirement by stopping.

The officiating crew at Badger Prairie 'cross. They make it work.

James Lalonde going pretty fast.

Still, racing is better than doing nothing even if I was last across the line.

Today was more of the same at Gibb's Lake near Janesville. I had a decent start but by the end of the switchbacks on the opening climb I was bringing up the rear. There's a nice feeling being in last. You can take bad lines and nobody passes you. You can ride the dozen or so log obstacles and give the crowd a reason to scram and ring the cowbells 'cuz it doesn't matter if riding them is a good 2 seconds slower than running them. It's a shame 40+ doesn't mean 40+ lbs overweight. I'd have a better shot at being in the front of the field.

Thanks again DJonnyMac.

Once upon a time there were cars in Texas sporting a bumper sticker that said "The Reverend healed my car." It's sad when a rock-a-billy band bumper sticker is on the back of a new-ish minivan in Wisco. What's worse is he's driving through my 'hood.

Mr Matter, aka "Mr Smooth," doing it a second day in a row. He could have easily rode the logs.

James Lalonde hard at work as well.

Ronsta did the 30+ and rocked. Fresh-ish after nearly getting a 3rd Beechwood Blaster jersey he was a smooth singlespeeder.

Mtn Goad rode the logs nearly every time and showed style each time... except for the time he nearly ran over the spectator's beer 3 feet off the trail.

Cale doing some black magic to 2nd place.

Cale doing more voodoo to Lyle. No snakes were harmed during the race. 

Jesus has Katie's back.The End.