From blogging. But now I really owe you something. And I'm afraid I can't pay up right now. We're in the middle of my team's 24th annual production of the Workingman's Stage Race, the only mid-week nighttime stage race in the world. Or at least in my world. And that is correct, the twenty-fourth freaking annual edition of this unique event. That makes us the longest running stage race in New England (yes Fitchburg is 51 years old, but it was a one day crit for the first 40 or so years) and one of the longest running bike races, period. And let me tell you, it's been a challenge, which is just one of the reasons there has been no blog here for the past few weeks. I'm not even a major player in the production either, but it's still taken up quite a bit of time.
I have a bunch of pictures from the wind tunnel but my camera card and my computers are not talking to each other for some reason, and I lost the camera cable. I suspect my card reader might be f'd but I don't know. Anyway, no pictures for you, but the tunnel is up and running and open for business. Story to follow.
In other news, Rooter the Roadie gave me some shit for not writing up a race report on the Attleboro Criterium. Sorry dude. The short version is I did the 45+, raced very aggressively, which was good, but got swarmed in the sprint when my breakaway got caught at 200m to go, finishing 9th and out of the money, which was not good, but not that bad. I lifted a few pictures off the web, but posting them is kind of a moral dilemma as I respect the artist copyright and all, even though I think his preferred business model is dumb. You can find them here.
The Rehoboth TT has been going on, and I've been doing well down there. Conditions have been great and times have been fast, but turnout has been disappointing with only around a dozen riders each week. I'll miss this week due to Workingmans, but it runs for at least one more week, so think about it.
The biggest news of the month has to be the return of MoveitFred. If he keeps it up for 30 days or more, I'll put a link back in the sidebar.
Now I'm off to Workingmans. The TT went pretty well for me, 3rd in the masters, although Patrick Ruane was also faster but he opted to race with the younger, faster, tougher, better-looking dudes in the 2/3 race. His wife Danielle is with us in the masters race though, as we had no women, and she kicked some serious ass, including a few of my teammates, finishing 15th against 37 men. Bravo. A little Team Sunapee ass-kissing here, as I know they read and there are 10 of them in the race tonight, so go easy on me guys. I met a solobreak reader last night too, Andy from Hampton, thanks for saying hello. It's always good for my mates to see that I'm the one with the fans. Internet! Ryan also raced, narrowly besting my "old man power" time in the TT. Tonight the circuit race, so let's hope no thunderstorms. Anyone with time on their hands (and maybe a motorcycle) is welcome to come up and help out as a marshal, pace car driver, or moto escort. Cashman School, Amesbury MA, be there by 5 if you can. Directions on the flyer linked above. Thanks for reading, will try to be better about creating meaningful content and pictures, but I'm just one simple man!
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