in the trenches

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a message from chippo.

"you didnt tell them i was waxin dave wood then my pedal fell off cuz you didnt tighten it, you borrowed my 1 speed and switched the pedals"

" i could have won and you would have been waxed"

"the watts never left, they are stronger, the giardia diet works", im takin climb-um jones name since he retired"

"climb-um ohran"

thats not a gap tooth

in the trenches,

im not talking about me, i mean these guys riding in slush, shit and power sapping mud for an hour.

sand bagger oleary won the last 10 B events. if you have time to talk and look at the camera youre not going hard enough.

i call myself a fair weather rider and i dont have a problem watching them suffer in cold muddy conditions like today.

this pic is self explanatory

the trail was bout 4" of shit, flat but in your 42x23 slogging. bikes heavy with...well, shit.

frozen feet and legs from the 32 degree temps and riding in slush for an hour.

looked like ali g was goin for the win. had a 35 sec lead with 3 laps to go. probably only 20 mins.

the beagle looked flat and didnt have any watts, he was in the pain cave.

i guess everyone was, but atrain, rico, reed, jon g and bart rolled through wheel to wheel.
3 laps to go the gap opens up

but then the beagle got sick of following and took off in search of victory.
everyone left at the race was screaming.

since this kind of action never takes place.

its never any drama. its plain attack at the gun and solo it in for the win.

makes for boring racing for the spectators.

so ali is cashed, hes sloggin, hatin it, layin it all out for the rare win. little by little second by second hes losing time to the beagle.

35 sec down to 20 in 1 lap.

next lap its down to 7 sec.

500meters at the barriers, bg goes for the pass and ali sees the W slip from his grip.
i feel bad for socks, but when you got a beagle down you need to kick him a few more times.
atrain goes from 3rd with 1k to go to last, face first into the barriers and gets this goose egg on the shin.

shifters broken, seat twisted 90 degrees the wrong way and 1000 meters of mud between him and the line, he runs... then walks. gifted by rico last week. now its his turn to give up 3rd.

now its team rico takin jon g for the sprint to the line for 3rd. all those rmr's have to pay off some time and it looked easy takin the short 300 foot sprint from the tiny 130 pounder from heber.

i know a lot of people left early. i would have, it was cold everyone was wet and muddy. some people didnt even come cuz the weather was so bad.

but you all missed the best race i have seen around here in probably 49 years.

these guys in the trenches suffering, puttin in the hours, week after week. when you see them in the summer makin it look easy its cuz these times in the pain cave are what make those days seem easy and effortless.

not many see the time, dedication and committment needed for races this hard.