Monday, May 18, 2009



i ended up racing iola hooked up with russell. we found a nice groove for ourselves more-or-less from the start, and we stuck together for a fabulous ride. when you ride with russell, it is as if you are in the olympics, or the TdF. it is a constant wave of sound around the course, with cheers popping up on every remote corner and from behind every tree. oddly, in all our years as buddies, i don't think i ever rumbled around a whole race with my man russell like that, and it was long overdue.

MK did a pretty solid ride for being 2 weeks on the bike. maybe shoulda dropped her down a gear, considering . . . . . but a good day of effort and like the wems race last weekend - really better than expected. she is gonna stop the race-into-shape plan this week, and get some miles in on the road finally.

it looked like a great turnout at the race. i was pretty iffy up to friday on whether or not i was gonna be able to go at all. gretchen got me propped up and shooed me out the door, tho. of course once on the scene we had a blast - yukking it up with everybody from don ( who started the season flat on his back out cold whilst packing the WORS-trailer in the hi-speed wind ) to the rest of the characters in the dusty parking lot. next up we have the rhinelander race, where for completely unknown reasons i actually won last year. no chance in hell of that happening again but it is a fun course and great venue - possibly the best in WORS when ya think about it. at age 18 MK stands to find a little more in her legs with a kwik couple weeks of riding - me, not so much . . .. . . . . . . . .

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