So... what has happened in the world since the last post? Eh.... I don't pay enough attention.... let's change the question....
What has SPH been up to since the last post?.... there we go. That's in my wheelhouse....
Well... Lar Dawg, the Madman, and Blackbeard all ventured down to Rochester for the Sandwich 50. We all had wildly diverging goals... Lar and I to get 5 laps in (out of 7) and the Madman had dreams of winning. (Ok... I think the goal was to finish, but I'm not certain that winning didn't cross his mind)
The night before the race was super wet, so the trails were a bit of a mud pit for the first couple of laps. That didn't help my singlespeeding one iota. When Brenden Moore laps you on your second lap, you just aren't very fast.
Things were going ok for all until I started to get a bit stiff in the wrists and lower back. Nothing a five minute break won't hurt... unfortunately during that five minute break I checked the radar on my phone and saw a storm of biblical proportions off in the distance. Using my engineer's brain I deduced that I had a little over two hours left until it was absolutely pouring. So I got on the bike and tried to blast out a quick lap so I could maybe get my five in. Alas my quick lap was slow as I was starting to feel the onset of slight cramps... oh well... I'll still be good I thought. After doing my lap I grabbed a little turkey jerky and checked the radar again. Big mistake. I talked myself into believing that I had no chance of beating the rain. So I was done after 4 fun but hard laps. Larry rolled in about 30 minutes later and did his awesome 5. Then the Madman of Seville rolled into the finish line. Doing his 7 laps and dominating this old timer. Nice work Marcus!
Next up for the crew (only Marcus and Elliott this time) was Afton. Larry and Isaac despise the course, so we sat it out. Elliott and Marcus took it on... and dominated! Actually I have no idea how Elliott did, but Marcus got 9th overall in his first comp race! so things are looking to be exciting this year for the green and orange!
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SPH, I'd like to talk at 1 of you about something... Raganrok logistics to be exact. I have an idea on something prior to Ragnarok, need your insight.
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