goings on?

not much really. lots of working, some riding and whatnot. so I get this letter in the mail. Its from the hotter'n hell people reminding me that I had pre-registered. SO... I guess im going after all. cleaned up the Tarmac, re-stanned the tubeless tires and did a shakedown ride. its ready. The Garmin is still on the blink so I threw on a computer to keep up with my pace and time when Im driving the line. luckily its just 100k this year or I'd be screwed.100k is doable without much road training when in a paceline. going up around noon friday, checkout the MTB race. root for some friends and get ready for saturday. bust out the 100k as quickly as possible, drink beer, check out the expo, drink more beer. then go eat a steak dinner. good nights sleep. drive home on sunday.

decent weekend plan. I should have signed up for the MTB race too, but the weather forcast is calling for some rain. screw that.

Later,

I raced.........................and

I won. my class at least. wasn't my best time on the coarse, but it was way hot and humid, So I cant complain too much. So there were supposed to be 12 in my flite, but only 4 showed up at the line. I was the only serious contender with a geared bike. SO,,,, on the start, I pointed to the guys to get on my wheel for the 3/4 mile paved start loop and draft me to the trail entrance, they did. then I held the lead until I went over the bars on a creek crossing, that ended up bending my derailleur hanger. I fought the shifting all the way to the timing line and into the second lap. then on a slight uphill I shifted and the chain jumped into the spokes and I had to stop and fix it. that's when I notices the hanger. I gently massaged it back into place,looked up and saw a 13 go by( my flite #) and awe shit, it was on. got back by him on a climb and never looked back, just kept trying to push myself to the end. caught up to a guy I couldn't get by so I sat on his wheel for the last mile and kept telling him to push it, he did. we ended up sprinting out to the finish even though I knew we weren't in the same class. everyone should sprint out the finish.
I guess I will be racing the single speed at the next one, depends on who shows up, might take both bikes just in case.

that all folks,

well, i rode

last night. got a couple of laps in. not an ass kickin pace, but a pretty good pace, missing so much saddle time is showing. Im ready for all these 100+ degree/90% humidity summer days to end. I have no interest in riding after being in it all day long.
First race is this weekend, guess I'll see how bad I really am this season. different age group and class this season, so should be a top of the pile finisher, but you never know until you line up. I Dont even have a clue how many are my class, but should be smaller than last year.

that is all.