Double-edged samurai sword?
Or balanced beauty?
The jury's probably still out on this one. For some the two stages seemed to blend together rather nicely. For others, well, there were problems. One thing is clear, though: Vic and Juan Eppstein can eat them some curry. The two of them put on a dominant display of consumptive mastery last night in the first stage of the race. Three plates each for those two bad boys. Jonny B gave it a good effort, but fell short in the end and never seemed to recover. In fact, he had a hard time keeping up with the neutral lap and then just disappeared. Swallowed up into the windy vortex of cold darkness that was this particular night. Or perhaps he was a casualty of his own exploding stomach. Either way, he wasn't seen again for the rest of the evening. Let's hope he made it home safely. Jonny, are you out there? Tomek also made a late, and rather surprising, attempt at plate #3, but it was clearly an unwise decision on his part. It would effectively end his race as well.
Those of you who witnessed last year's inaugural version of the race will recall not only that nobody managed to finish 3 plates. You will also recall that Haiku Dave, who came closest to establishing that benchmark, was so incapacitated by his attempt that he was unable to ride. By the end of lap one, he was left a bloated and sweaty shell of the man who looked so strong just an hour earlier. Juan and Vic, however, seemed to have no problems on the bike. Not only did they each complete their 2 laps, but in order to stay warm they kept riding while waiting for the rest of us to finish. It was impressive, to say the least.
Nice turnout for this one. 12 racers, with Rachel and James joining in for stage one.
Results:
Dave E
Vic
Chris
Paddy
Hal
Jonny G
Darryl
Dave L
Tomek
Naomi
LeAnn
Jonny B
Photographic evidence:
More from Haiku Dave: here. Nice to have you back, brotha.
OTT: New Pornographers, Failsafe
8 comments:
made it back alive. decided to cut my losses and gingerly head back when i got dropped in the neutral lap. would have been a looooong six laps.
just had a nibble for the first time since last night. uggggh.
"bloated and sweating" the ugly truth behind the myth.
lol
Glad to hear you're still alive. At least you gave it a shot. Now that the bar's been raised, clearly the only way to have a shot at this race is to pound back three plates. Unless the bar should be raised still higher next year.
Sorry I missed it - looked like a vindaloostic time was had by all.
definitely an eventful eve, but didn't the girls both beat Tom and Jon?
I suppose. He and Jonny DNFd voluntarily while Naomi and LeAnn were forced to stop. No doubt they'd have kept riding. And of course there's also the matter of the poosher's puke under the bridge. I don't know what I was thinking (except maybe that he finished his 4 laps before the others did), but thanks for setting the record straight.
well if it's for hard earned Nordic Cross pts, and we all know it is, then Tom's puking was his demise as Naomi passed him(not sure' bout Leanne) at the steps on lap three or four....according to the Constable herself....she's still about irate about her and Leanne getting pulled from the course, and is threatening to bring her tazer to the next race if their pulled again....chicks eh?
HAHAHHAHAHAHHHAHHAHAHH tom puked! HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!
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