Coffee with a view this morning. Had such a great weekend with Hot Wife.
That’s Lance on the starting line in the black on the far side. He flatted on the first lap and dropped out of the race. What a wuss. ;)
Results board - you can see me WAY down the list. I finished 30 minutes behind 1st place, but who’s counting? ;)
Mellow Johnnys Classic - Done. Finished 32 out of around 50. By far the hardest/funnest thing I’ve done in my life.
The course was in terrible shape at 9am and I really fell off the pace on lap 2, BUT I accomplished both goals I had: finish. And not come in last. Haha.
First Cat2 race is in the books.
Pre ride was tough. Muddy, slippery, cold, and wet. Lots of climbing with some treacherous descents.
Got passed on the trail by Lance Armstrong, Dave Wiens (multi year Leadville winner), Jeremy HK (current US mtb champ), and his wife Heather Irmiger (current womens US champ). I kept up for about a minute but the pace was just nuts. What a chance of a lifetime!!!
New steed in the RYR stable while Kermit is being retooled. Niner S.I.R. 9 for some hardtail flava. Hope she treats me right at Solavaca tomorrow.
Somebody out there just might want to know what I'm up to...
The Quick & Dirty: I started this blog shortly after my first "epic" ride to Syllamo, AR with JR & KL. I mostly wanted to chronicle our bike adventures, but also wanted one place to toss all web-related goodies I sTumble across. The blog title requires a bit of back story. The "racer-x" part came from a killer test ride I had on a Titus Racer X and my need to copy JR on every single thing I do (including the superhero avatar). The "tumblng (again)" part came as a nice double entendre after beginning the Tumblr usage and also taking an "ohmygodicouldhavedied" tumble off my bike on the side of a mountain at Syllamo. Lastly, the wretched, blinding green background color is inspired by my new Niner Jet 9 bike which is a very hard to ignore Kermit Green.
And that's about it.