Since the 2nd I've done two races with mixed results and feelings. I drove up to Marquette for the Ore to Shore Hard Rock. 48 miles of da UP's best ATV and logging trails with perhaps 2 miles of actual single track. The hills were respected and in the end my undoing. I finished in 3:37 which was 37 minutes off my target time of 3 hours. I think I could easily be at 3 hours, I just need to get my back in shape... and if I could drop down to around 170 by next year that should help as well. I had a good time at the event and seeing the MKE crew was fun as usual. I'll have to check the rules, Since I finished behind Co0o0p I'm his bitch. I'm not sure of the period of time I will serve as his bitch, since Mr Hofmann will be sharing the duties.
Leaving Brian & Gina's End of Season Ride
There was perhaps 150 riders?
The week after O2S saw me attempting to recover. The legs were trashed more than I initially thought. By Sunday's WORS in Suamico I thought I was fit. I felt better at the start of the event and was doing a fair job of keeping Russell's Bad ol' Self in sight. In a section of single track the rider ahead yielded to let me pass and my front tire caught a stump. The result was a classic endo and the complete removal of the tire from the bead of the rim. Stans was everywhere. I tried a CO2 in an attempt to remount it but it was hopeless. Mr Bob Callaway, in typical Single Speed fashion, stopped his race and gave me a tube. I owe that man a couple of beers and a tube. I fixed the flat and was rolling again in the tail end of the Sport wave. I backed off and resigned myself to having a 3 lap training ride. A 17 year old and I rode for a while and he asked if I wanted around. I recalled how well my previous attempt went so I declined. A few corners later his front end washed out in the sand and since I was on his rear wheel I had no where to go but into him and over the bars again. No harm came to either of us so we remounted and I finished the lap. Vicki Pink had PBR hand-ups when I came through so I stopped and had one. I decided I'd had enough riding for the day so I savored the PBR.
Brian, Libby, Betsy & Amy were good company.
The faster riders parked at the 1st of 3 bar stops
Friday night I did a quick 100k after work. The RAF was strafing the Middleton Aerodrome.
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BITCH...oh wait I'm Coops bitch too! Well, I'm on good company and he still is a young pup compared to us!
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