I am weak

Okay, so these biatches won’t give me points if I don’t do a 100 word race recap. What can I say, I am a blog whore. Here is your freaking report biatches . . . .give me my points!

Saturday. I was in the 3rd row and I had a good start. I made it off the pavement in one piece and gave it some mustard thru the first two corners. Somewhere between the start and the 3rd or 4th guy I chopped, I flatted. In case you weren’t aware, flatting halfway thru the first lap in the fastest master’s race in new england as far away from the pit as possible is less than ideal when trying to win a bike race. From the back stretch I rode the straight-a-ways on the flat and ran the corners. The highlight of Lap 1 was pushing my way thru guys riding the chicane by the registration building. I pushed Kyle Wolf inadvertently but had some great fun listening to him yell at me about pushing him. I got a wheel change and tried to make up ground. I went forward every lap, but the front was LONG GONE.

Highlight of Day 1? I am pretty sure it was when someone (I think it was Todd Rowell!?!?) at the start grid started talking trash about JD’s wife beating my wife in the race. Don’t worry honey, since MegA beat you I challenged JD to a fight after your race.

Sunday, I was awesome, errr, better, err, not THAT sucky, errr mediocre. I camped out old skool style in the start grid for 45 minutes. No really, 45 minutes. They called the top 20 from Saturday and then the scrum was on for start position. I had a 3rd row start, got off the start line pretty well and maintained a Top 25 spot for about 2 laps. Then I came unglued and basically watched as old dude after old dude past me like I was riding a tricycle. I tried to get it together, but when an unnamed teammate took a beer from a spectator, pounded it and then dropped me, all I could do was smile. Damn Gloucester is awesome.

There has been plenty of banter about the call-ups, lack there of and the previously posted “order of registration” protocol. Personally, I say let the scrum begin. We are not pros. We are weekend warriors having a (not so) good time on the weekend. If you are a pro or are fast enough to race like one, you have UCI points. If you don’t have UCI points but race in the elite race, you still have to use your scrum know-how to get a good line-up spot. They don’t dantily ask you to step forward for line-up number 66. Suck it up and play the game kids.

Spent the day yesterday riding the buff single track of Kingdom Trails. We had good company, amazing weather, and killer riding. What more could one ask for?