Back after a 1 year layoff! BEST.RACE.EVAH!

Seriously Jim? I said on my registration I’m a fatter’sack’o’crap this year?

these have been sitting for 10 years in the garage, we do not play shot-chess.   Complete with their own 661 armor and a fistful of sharpies, i was inspired. If I could not break 2 hrs, I would win the Bunny Bribery Award!

one girl asked me if my kids did these. Hellz no, my artistry is a match for any kindergartner.

They were a huge hit.

Bunnies at Turnoff to Egg Hunt: these are so cool, you made them for us?
Me: yup!
Bunnies at Turnoff to Egg Hunt: oh i like that one, no i like the black one, oh look at the pink one…
Me: thanks for volunteering…now hurry the fuck up and pick.

riding to the start i saw this coyote. Hard to see, huh? So is the curb when you are snapping photos of a blurry coyote. Worst injury of the ride.

Derrick likes the glasses and the kahlua at the start

I raced, i cramped, I did surprisingly well. Were it not for stops to give out glassware and lend a dude a tube I would have tied my PR of 2:01.   Oddly, that year I made BV in 40 min and Telegraph Pass in 1:02, this year was 45 and 1:07.   Did I seriously make time on the HAB and ridgeline? The downhill again came faster than expected, and I had legs leftover. Next year I’m screwing the bunnies and the people needing tubes and shooting my wad as soon as we finish the hike-a-bike, mebbe i’ll finally break 2 hrs.

Amy pioneering the Squealer half-marathon

good times at the awards ceremony. i was disappointed it skipped the receiving of the Best Bunny Bribe – I surely missed a most-excellent group hug. The girls all bought me a big Lemon Drop, stoke for next week’s ride.

Chongo podiums again!