FGBC/RRR TTT Report

First of all, we would like to raise a pint of FGD to Cousin Adam and Red River Mike. One of the reasons the FGBC and RRR are BFFs is that we are entirely agreed upon the centrality of three key principles: (1) if you are going to organize a race, do it right; (2) cancelled races are geese; (3) same day results are the opposite of geese. Using these three principles as a baseline, Adam and Mike turned it up to 11 last night, demonstrating just how awesome a Wednesday Night Race can be. They would have turned it all the way up to 12 if Adam had brought enough dogs. But who knew there would be 14 teams on hand, not to mention a group of very hungry 9 year olds? Next year.

Speaking of next year, maybe next year the President and the Secretary will show up. And maybe Juan Eppstein will show up to fry some chips in his disco. How sweet would that be?

As for the racing portion of the festivities, everything was unfolding swimmingly until the Friendly Giant took a tumble. It is a long way to fall from way up there on his tall bike. And he fell hard. So hard, in fact, that the folks at the start/finish area said they could feel the ground shake. Seeing him lying in the ditch with Tom K bracing his neck was not exactly an encouraging sight. But happily, by the time we came around to the finish he was smiling. Aside from some road rash, he is more or less okay. His helmet did its job and is now trashed. And as for Vic's jersey, we can place another order for the Sweetest Jersey in the World at any time.

Lyle and Co. easily took the award for best (or is it worst?) trial. The poosher and his fattt tttyred friends were deemed the best team, narrowly edging out Gianni's cx themed outfit, the Mud Ripperz. As for the fastest team, let's just say the twelve year olds are no longer twelve. That is good in the sense that it makes losing to them slightly less embarrassing. But it is bad in the sense that they are even faster than they were when we were first introduced to them as the punks who beat up on Cousin Adam in the Cat 5 crits. Those kids were smoking. Good work boys. We hope you can agree on a plan for how to share that Backstreet Boys poster.

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