huh, what?

the hundo was good.

better legs and being able to back 

up my shit talkin' woulda made it great.

Reasonable goal was 9hrs even, figuring

an awesome day might have me flirting 

w/ 8:30, and find me in the running.  

Knowing that it's a who's who of superfast 

sser's toeing the line, a solid 9 might, might,

have me lingering on the lower podium steps.

gameplan: race the clock, and see where the 

standings fall. started by keeping Topher and 

Matt in sight, then the elastic stretched.  Spent 

most of the day groovin' back and forth w/ Andy, 

keeping the pace honest, but definitely not always

hammering it in the zone.  Spending quality time

bouncing around the top 50 with a solid group;

the Fooftown mafia, Mumbles, Mathew, Kyle!,

Richie O'Neil, the bearded dude that followed me 

down a rippin' Braley's sesh....

And, as always, awesome to spectate 

the ladies' as their race developed.

final tally, 9:08, 40th overall, 8th ss.  After 

catching Cheryl and the knee warmer dude

for the final time on the next to last pitch 

of Hanky, tore down the final descent, 

turned left, looked down and the clock read 

3:28.

Two minutes, from here to there? nope.

nah gunna happin.  Talk about wind out

of the sails....I cracked so hard, it was

pathetic.  Rolling that logging road, 

dizzy in the single line, bouncing off the 

side of the rut, working with a severely

tilted horizon.  I got dropped by the guy

I descended with, and passed by the 

mystery white sleeve singlespeedr along

the way to the campground, giving up 

1:20ish and :50ish over those last two 

miles.  Cheryl almost caught me coming 

thru the campground, I heard brakes

behind me in Shanty Town, so rolled it

sharp across the courts before turning 

around, saw the Trek kit and luckily

she enjoyed her victory a bit, otherwise

I woulda been 41st place.

now I need to pack my shite, hustle 

down to casa de Sornson to crash on 

le Turtle and Lee's couch before early 

am BWI departure for the final leg of 

the NUE Tour '08.  Time to find out 

how it's done out there.  going out

for the scenery as much as the racing 

action, but 75miles of fireroad makes

one wonder about things not really 

considered again until recently...there is

still an itch to scratch, and post race

chat with Wikiwikiwiki was encouraging.

somebody's got to do it, but gametime 

decision for sure, other things to factor.