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Wednesday, July 06, 2005
I tell ya, I haven't done a training ride in almost 2 months on a road bike, let alone race but I decided "what the heck" and threw down with the Masters 35+ race this past Monday and managed to finish with the field. Heck, I even lead a few or 5 laps. Every 4th of July our local Salsa Cycles sponsored road team, SuperTeamRacing, puts on the Northfield Criterium in beautiful (you guessed it) Northfield, MN. The city loves this race and offers us a technical .8 mile, 6-corner course right in the heart of downtown. Food vendors, kids games, and live music are just part of the fun, while the racing takes center stage. This year I got to volunteer(read mandatory)to do registration, corner marshalling and best of all, race commentating on the mic! Now I have never done this before so things start off a little shakey as I call the womens' 1,2,3 race and the womens' 4 race AT THE SAME TIME, so I am getting the names all dollied up and the laps all schnookered so it isn't going well. Besides, it is hard to sound like Phil Liggett without a sidekick so I call in for some reinforcements. Stage right: Tyler Dennison of Freewheel Bike. Tyler is a master at the mic and a mighty fine drinker (and average Cat 4 racer) who knows all the best "Liggettisms" such as "dancing on the pedals" and "turning the wheels in anger" and all that crap. So, needless to say this new witty banter instilled some confidence in me. Well, after a few minutes of cracking ourselves up, calling the race and getting names wrong, we proceeded to insult most of the local cycling community, local teams/clubs and the officials. SO, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the following list of 423 people: Silver Cycling Team (for calling you all old), Grand Performance Cycling Team (for calling Dale, Dewey. For calling Dewey, Jeremy. For calling Jeremy, Dale and for not calling Brandon at all during the race). I guess I should also apologize to Jeff Hall for saying he rides funny on a road bike (he is a mtb'er afterall), Jay Hollywood Henderson for making a 420 bib number reference, the entire Flanders Cycling Team for criticizing them for having the same team jersey design for the past 7 years. Lastly, the officials. As a certified USA Cycling official myself, I must admit that you(we) are all not a bunch of cyclist-hating ex-riders... well, not all of us. But are in fact lovers of the sport and a great group of people that give back selflessly every week in order for all the local cyclists to enjoy the sport. Yes, I pat myself on the back everyday. No, seriously. We had a great time this weekend and despite the threats from the great guys on the Silver Cycling Team I managed to make it home in one piece. Silver Guys, if you are reading this, I hope to be half as fast as you guys when I am 40. For everyone that came out to help at the race, thank you for your time on a busy holiday weekend. To all the racers that came out to race and make this such a huge success, Thank You! And again to the officials (see above). I can't wait for next year. Cheers. Chuck Posted by chuck : 3:54 PM 0 comments | permalink  |
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