Killing It...

Feeling the pain today? I am ...after a brutally hard, physically demanding race I am happy to be back home and not at work. Luckily after the race we had a 40 minute drive back to the cabin in Eagle River. It was awesome to not have to sit in the car for 3.5 hours after such a hard race. We cooked up some grub and watched the Steelers pre-season game. It was perfect.





















The race was close to perfect also except for those darn crickets. Jesse and I kept hearing these crickets out on the course. It was a little weird....he said something about his brakes...I really couldn't hear him...after the race my rear wheel/brake would explain those funny noises.

I thought I was going to have a rough race after 5 racing weekends in a row. Last weekend at WORS cup I was coming unraveled right before I flatted. The fatigue of 24-9, WORS, then Ore To Shore had set in...then my dog got in a fight and got his ass kicked, Andrea was out of town, and I was busy at work. More than anything I was freaking about the dog. I didn't want him to die while Andrea was on vacation and I had to sign the death waiver as he went under for his stitches and he had to get a drain for the puncture wound on his chest.



























Anyway it was a crazy week...after WORS Cup it was time for some relaxation and prep for the marathon. One long ride with Tristan, Spiro, and Erich Ponath and lots of rest and good sleep was the ticket. Plus it was nice to have Andrea back home.

The race started fast with Mike Phillips killing the lead out. I knew I had 3 miles to the singletrack so I just sat in on the road leadout. I went into the 1st singletrack about 7th or 8th. Slowly moved up to Lalondo's wheel where I remained the majority of the race. We settled in with Mike in charge and Marko dangling in 4th. By the end of the lap Marko made contact and the 4 of us rolled out for lap 2. Jesse took the lead in the singletrack and he thought we were laughing at him while watching him bounce off all the bumps. Really we were dropping Mike who may have started way too hard. Then it was 3...Jesse continued to pull on lap 3 through the majority of the lapped traffic. Lap 4 it was on...I thought I had a chance to win, but the lack of fluids had my legs in full cramp starting the last lap. I pushed through the pain, but had no water the entire last lap. I went to the front as much as possible, but Jesse seemed to feel no pain. In some spots I felt I could ride faster, but I think his fitness was superior at the end of the day. I finished 13 seconds back and Marko was another 20 behind me...with his hands torn back. I hope he can recover enough to hold the bars for SSWC. 2nd place was enough to win the inaugaral WORS Marathon Point Series.






















Today I am feeling some good pain from the cramping of the legs. My back is hurting and I woke up at 5:00am this morning because I couldn't lay still anymore. I Love this stuff...Thanks to all the sponsors...PCW, TREK, Oakley, Crank Bros, Hyundai, and thanks to WORS and the Rhineland crew for a great race. ps....gotta love the Steelers hyperlink

WORS

Another one in the books...with rain in the forecast and a new venue I wasn't sure which bike to race. Top Fuel 9.9 or Elite 9.9 I ended up with the Elite 9.9 on the start line.





















I figured it would climb better and handle the mud a little better. I had a good start and filed into the woods just ahead of T. Brown. 1/4 of the way into the lap the lead group of 5 was set with Chris P. dangling on and off.



















The 9.9 was a good choice in the end but a flat tire derailed my efforts in the middle of the 3rd lap. I was starting to feel the pain and Jesse was already out of sight when it happened. The tire change was smooth except for the nut on the tubeless valve core. The thing was impossible to get off in the mud. Soon I was chasing solo and caught Jesrin with 1 lap to go. I ran out of juice and finished 9th on the day.

No racing on Sunday which bummed me out after staying in Wautoma Super 8 Saturday night. It seemed that everyone was bailing on day 2 and I might have had a shot at the top 5 in the GC and was looking forward to some redemption from the flat. The race was cancelled though and might be rescheduled at a later date.

At least I got to go home and hang out with Andrea who had just arrived home from a week long back pack trip in Cali.

PROJECT M

Went to Trek WORLD yesterday with Mike Verhagen....it was a blast.

Did some really cool things, took a tour of the factory, did some demo rides on the new Fuel EX and the Superfly, and saw a ton of friends.

Here is Pete from Athens Bicycle and myself.

The coolest part of any Trek event is listening to John Burke speak. His motivation to be the best always has you walking away striving for more. This time around it wasn't all about the products, but it was all about the people. The people of the world.

1 World. 2 Wheels. The Trek Commitment.

It's all about getting more people to ride bikes. Which makes people healthier, makes for less traffic, less congestion, and less pollution. Simple, yet brillilant. When the speech was over it was time to head over the the fields for the annual kick ball tournament. Normally Trek has charter busses to transports all the dealers from location to location. This time there was over 1,000 Trek Lime bikes with helmets, and front and rear lights. It was the biggest group ride of my life. All around the streets of Madison making a big statement.

We had a ton of fun testing the full capabilities of the Lime

Who can name this guy with too much skill and not enough common sense?

They even had Hula Girls....Mike and I unfortunately had to go home early.

Ore To Shore

2nd place in the 07 version of the Ore To Shore....Minutes before the race on the warm up I had a 3 inch nail directly in the top of my rear tire and it was clicking my frame. I had no idea what it was. After stoppiong and discovering the nail I was pretty bummed. The Stans sealed the hole, but I wasn't confident it would hold for another 48 miles. I went back to the car and Scott KJ gave me a tube. Thanks Scott. The race started and we were off. Last year I was in bad position at the bottom of the luge climb...this year I was up and over no problem with Doug Swanson and Mike Simonson. The three of us had the gap and the race was set.

























One little bobble 8 miles into the race on the power line climb was enough to let Simonson get a gap. After running a few feet I was back on my bike and Simonson was drilling it...I got by Doug and slowly bridged back to Simonson it took a while and it was painful, but I made it. Then I was attcked by a mtn lion. It was crazy. The thing flew at my from a cliff ten feet above my head. It was silent and all the sudden I was on the ground. I could feel its breath, but my helmet saved me. I remembered the Tarzan books I read a few years back and went for the jugular. After a 2 minute struggle it ran off and I was back on the bike jacked with adrenalin and started to chase again. Then there was this huge bear... Anyway that would have been cool but here is what really happened. Less than two seconds after contact Simonson was on the power and I was gone....from then on it was a 35 or 40 mile individual time trial. I would have tried harder to bridge to Mike again, but his wife kept telling me whoppers out on the course...like he wasn't even trying and he is 15 minutes ahead of you!!! At least she made me laugh out there when I was scared about being attacked by another wild animal. It was a little lonely out there, but I was happy to finish 2nd. Here I am telling the reporter from the Mining Journal about the Mtn Lion...for some reason he didn't print it in the story.




































Each ten miles Mike was putting 1 minute on me and finished around 4 minutes up. Mike Anderson was 3rd. He is the guy who I battled with in the mtb race of SuperiorBF last year. Russ Tiles finished 4th and the Tandem was a non factor with another flat. Full Results here. Sara KJ won the womens race. Good job again Sara. Here is the GPS and here is the map in motion....it screwed up a little in the beginning for some reason. For more pictures check out mqtphoto or here. Then there was the after party...but that's another story and another post for another day....yes it's true Simonson can play the drums...

History of the Triple Crown

The Triple Crown. Three intense mass start point to point races in the midwest. Ore To Shore, Chequamegon, & The Iceman. Marquette, MI - Cable, WI - Traverse City, MI. 48 miles, 40 miles, 28miles. Each race is shorter, but seemingly harder. I have competed in 20 of the point to point races. Officially the Triple Crown has only been around since 2000. This weekend will be the 8th edition of the Ore To Shore. Blogger trivia??? Who created the Triple Crown? Was it me? Chequamegon started in 1983, Iceman started in 1990, and Ore To Shore in 2000. Since the beginning of these races there has been Tour Champions, World Champions, Olympic Athletes, and multiple National Champions.





Here are some impressive Triple Crown Stats...





4 x consecutive Iceman winner Cecilia Potts


3 x consecutive Iceman winner Elise Harrington


3 x consecutive Chequamegon winner Steve Tilford


3 x consecutive Ore To Shore winner Derek Prechtl


4 x Iceman winner Kelli Emmet


3 x Iceman winner Scott Quiring


3 x Iceman winner Steve Tilford





Here are the few elite riders who have managed to pull victories in 2 out of the 3 races





2006 Mike Simonson - Ore To Shore & Iceman


1999 Scott Quiring - Chequamegon & Iceman


1993 Gene Oberpillar - Chequamegon & Iceman


2001 Steve Tilford - Chequamegon & Iceman


2002 Steve Tilford - Chequamegon & Iceman


1995 Jeff Hall Chequamegon & 2003 Ore To Shore


1999 Kyia Malenkovich Chequamegon & 2002 Ore To Shore


2006 Sara Kylander Johnson Ore To Shore & Chequamegon





side note - Sara Kylander Johnson was the first rider who had a chance to win the Triple Crown since I won all three races in 2004 and the Triple Crown was born....she finished 2nd at the Iceman.





Does anyone have the legs to pull it off in 07?

Strawberry Mocha Frappaccino's!

This picture of Drankus definately made me think of the tragic gasoline fight in Zoolander....

Here is Tim's best Blue Steel...

More Racing

This weekend was the Alterra WORS race in Milwaukee. I was 3rd. First lap I felt really good playing it smart getting to know the course and trying not to crash in the slippery sections. I was following Mike the local legend who I figured knew the hot lines better than anyone else.































Starting lap 2 Jesse powered up the climb with his singlespeed and I thought to myself...I should go with him...no it's too early and too hot. Looking back I should have done it as Jesse killed it the rest of the race and won by 2:00 minutes. After Lap 2 I decided to go and dropped Mike and Marko. I was feeling good. Marko was back with me starting lap 4 and I knew it was going to be hard to shake him. I tried on the slight downhill, but then got some crap stuck in my rear der.

I tried again in the last singletrack, but too many lapped riders. Marko brought the pain on the last climb. I was watching him go harder and harder and was smiling to myself thinking wow that must hurt. I hopefully saved enough gas for the big one this weekend up in Marquette. Still blown away that Creepy and Darkness go so fast with 1 gear. Imagine if Darkness cut a mullet...he might even then have the power to beat Jesse.

24 - Pain

Not only does the Pain last for 24 Hours, but it gets better...for another 4 days after the race it is fatigue in the legs and really sleepy in the brain. After the race I went for a Subway(last year I had 24-9 of Subway 6" sub after each lap) and could hardly get the words out of my mouth while ordering. This year I actually thought about a menu before I was driving to the race. Bagels, lunch meat, vanillia pudding, pretzels, bananas, and lots of water. Karl and I rolled out of Sheboygan at 7:00am to arrive in Wausau in perfect fashion 5 minutes before Darkness was making his mad dash away from the finish line. After he split we rolled the PCW car over to the Trek area and started unloading. It was pretty nice to be in with the Trek guys with all the necessary tools, bike stands, tents, and chairs you need for a 24 hour race. Soon after getting unpacked I was setting up my 8 - 10 man tent. It's all about the operating room. One Deluxe Luxury Therma Rest, One Sleeping Bag, and 7 PCW Kits. After getting situated I had time for a bagel and then it was off for Lap 1. No pre-ride, I figured 24 hours to get to know the course. It was sweet...somehow they managed to link together about every sweet singletrack I have ever ridden in Wausau...After my first lap we had a 4 minute gap over the Velo Rochester Team from MN. Jesse was busting out some incredible lap times. The next 20 hours kind of blurred together. I remember Doug looking dilarious singing lots of Beach Boys songs, I remember Karl giving Marko shit for not smiling, and I remember thinking Jesse did another really fast lap. My night laps went really well...1:03 and 1:03 consistent and smooth. I was happy to see the morning sun on my 5th lap as I started out 25 seconds from lapping the 2nd place team. Soon after the first single track I had caught and lapped the rider from MN. The next 4 laps for our team were basically victory laps. I had the last leg and rode a conservative 1:10 lap. I was pretty happy to be finished and even more happy to pull on a 2nd Stars and Stripes. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way. Next up is Alterra WORS in Milwaukee. Todays ride went really good and I'm ready to do battle w/ 3 national champs this weekend. Racing in Wisco rules! Getting the mental game on for O2S!

One other thing that was pretty sweet. There was this mysterious Pizza in the Trek Team tent when I arrived to the race. 24 hours later John Poz ran over with that frantic look on his face. He said, "Does anyone know where I can get some pizza, Chris Eatough is dying for some pizza?" We gave him the box and he ran away pumped as a kid in a candy store.

24 - 9

24 Hours of 9 Mile.....24 more hours of pain after the brutal effort...it started like this and one of the many good things that happened was I was not the one doing a 500 meter dash in cycling shoes.

The team consisted of Marko, Jesse, and Doug...we killed it for 24 hours

Marko preparing for the night....

Crazy Karl getting the lights set

Doug feeling the Big Hurt after lap 6

Myself getting ready for lap 6

Chris Shaw Trek Team Manager & Duece

Blown out team support after 24 hours

The podium...

The prestige of the Matt Kenseth Nascar Pez Dispensor award

The crew and a huge thanks to the Trek Crew, Karl Hendickse, and the ladies who helped us out all night long....Happy Anniversary to Doug and Anne

PS - Congratulations to A. Matter official winner of the Bike N Ski Tour De France Points Competition!!!!!!!!

Super Weak!

I did it, proof is in the pudding on the fron page of the sports section in the Sheboygan Press. Enough to make a show for the home crowd for about 40 minutes before the torrential rains came and I pulled the plug. After the race I did have to ask myself was that worth buying a USCF license and a $37 entry fee? The race pretty much confirmed why I like mtbing a lot better than crit racing. The coolest part of the race was medical control at the finish line. We'll see if anything crazy comes up....Bergman won it last night and he was busted for EPO a few years back....he also swiped a pair of wheels from me at the Waterloo road race when I was up the road he bridged to me and the two of us rode away from the field....later on he attacked me twice my speed to take the victory and the wheels while on the juice. It's OK though I'm still using my Trek Team Duffle Bag that I won for 2nd place. The race was a perfect warm up for the weekend. Hopefully a good update will follow....

DAMN DANE

I Like the mtb'ers but this is getting crazy.....

More points calculations to come soon....

Needles and Narc's

After the big tour scandal a lot has chagned in the BNS TDF Points.......



























There has been no disqualifacations in our competition as of now. Although I thought about the disqualifaction of Justin N. as he pretty much fully relied on Astana for his picks. I had regained the lead until Rasmussen lost the KOM jersey today...bummer I need something good to happen because I am slipping down the ranks as the riders approach France.

Tomorrow I am going to test out my left hand cornering ability in the Sheboygan Superweek race, and then Karl H and I are going back up to Wausau for more "Caffeine and Nicotine"
Looking forward to another 24 hour suffer fest w/ little to no sleep. We'll see what sort of competition shows up....

Firefly Lk

Camping was awesome...relaxing yet able to get in some killer training rides. We came home a day early to go down to Waukesha and watch Elicia do a Superweek race...no ER! It was a killer stage a the Tour de France today. Lots of excitement and lots of GC shake ups....A.Matter is still holding a slim lead over Justin Nagode. Dittrich and ER are tied for 3rd and I am in 4th. We'll see what happens after the Pyrennes. Congrats to Mike Phillips for winning the Stars and Stripes....hopefully we (Darkness, Jesse, and Doug) can do the same next weekend in Wausau. Tomorrow I am out for a 4 hour training ride and then back to work to see what sort of havoc took place at Bike N Ski while I was gone???

Brew Moon

Quick update from the Brew Moon Coffee House in Eagle River...we are on the way to the Firefly Lake campground for the week after a crazy party last night....After the Wors Marathon victory yesterday we celebrated big time at Perkins...then we drove North to the cabin....unpacked and went to the Hideaway Bar.....first time I closed down the bar in a while.... we put a few drinks back watched and the tour with the locals....

After the big GC shakeup yesterday it still looks like A. Matter is in the lead of the BNS points competition as she is the only one who chose Rasmussen to finish in the top 5 overall...we'll see if he can finish it out...

Thanks to PCW Trek Hyundai Crank Bros Oakley Momentum Endurance and Don E. & WORS and special thanks to Chloe and Scott KJ for the feeds in the long race...

2 YEARS!

I can't believe it has been 2 years since Andrea and I tied the knot...We decided to spend the weekend up north to celebrate. Eagle River and the Hildebrand cabin is becoming one of my favorite places in the world. We had an awesome weekend....relaxing, eating good food, and mingling with the locals at the Hideway(the local tavern). Last time I was there was during the Pittsburgh Steelers Superbowl run. This time it was to watch the Tour. Unfortunately after Stage 1 I lost the lead in the BNS points competition to Andrea. She picked McEwen and I had Hushovd. After todays stage 4 I slipped yet another position although a lot will change in the Green Jersey Competition. Here are the current standings.

A. Matter - 12 points



M. Verhagen - 8 Points



B. Matter - 6 Points



A. Biwan - 6 Points



Justin N - 5 Points



Bill Street - 4 Points



T. Wagner - 4 Points



E. Hildebrand - 3 Points



Josh N. - 2 Points



D. Dittrich - 2 Points



Rob Boldt - 2 Points




After a week off of the bike it was good to get rocking again Tuesday and Wednesday with some solid efforts. I hit some really high HR numbers and feel really fresh. We'll see how things go this weekend in Suamico.

BNS TDF Update

Current Point Leader calling Cancellara for Victory w/ 4 Points

Rob Boldt Late Entry - also has 1 point

THE TOUR

I figured with the Tour De France on the horizon I should take a rest week....So after Eau Claire it has been pretty much chill. Now after so much rest it's time for vacation. Off to Eagle River after work today! Here is what went down last week....




























We started Monday night w/ some in house surgery...NURSE MOM and ER Hildebrand were at it again....no passing out this time though...bummer




























We followed that up w/ Beavis & Butthead Do America...



4th of July started w/ a cruise to Bike N Ski to pick up the LIME bikes so we could check out the Parade in style...then it was over to the bike corrall to put in some volunteer time and safeguard some of Sheboygan's finest bicycles. A classic 4th of July cookout w/ corn on the cob, watermelon, grilled chicken...mmmmmm































We also went out to see some of Sheboygan's finest in action at the Fireworks Display....Dudeism was at the top of the food chain that night at Shooting Park....classic quote of the night..."Low IQ + PBR + Firworks = Trouble" As the firework tipped on its side pointed right at our group and exploded ino our ear drums, it was time to move to a new location.


Now it's time for the TOUR and the BIKE N SKI Points Competition.....8 or 9 of us have picked riders in the Tour in these catergories....Top 3 in Prolouge, Top 5 Overall, Top 3 Green, Top 3 Polka, Top White, w/ stage 13 and 19 being the tie breaker....what's on the line is pictured below!

It's on and I'm hoping the MTB'ers do me good....off to Eagle River! FFFLLLLOOOOYYYYDDD!

Mullet Update

Fireworks?

This picture I was flying...then,

yes I blew up like a firework yesterday at the Firecracker in Eau Claire. I consciously made the decision after lap 1 as I was starting to feel the pain that I was going to go for it no matter what. Mike Phillips singlehandedly caused me to explode like there was no tomorrow. I tried to respond to Jesse as he attacked me like it was Lance Armstrong vs my little sister....and I don't even have a little sister. I thought maybe chill for a while and latch onto the 2nd group....that worked for about a half lap and then it was over....no power, no fluids, and no chance of survival...it was full detonation. I did what I could to ride the last two laps...but it was really slow going on the climbs....and there wasn't really even any climbs out there....So I finished. After the race Tim and I went out to dinner with a friend from High School who lives in Hudson....it was pretty cool to get bike racing off of my mind for an hour after the rough race.

Famous Movie Quotes

Superior Bike Fest the SAGA

Setting.....Brian "Mullet Man" Matter.....blown out in chamois driving around race course trying to find Rob White in the break. We pull over to the side of the road and see a rider from another team blown out of his mind and hiding in the shade. Mullet Man is eating some cold grilled chicken from 3 nights before. Mullet Man walks across the road and asks the other rider if he is OK. Other rider responds, "I'm bonking." Mullet Man offers him a part of the half eaten cold chicken breast on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. Blown Out rider says, "That is the best cold chicken I have ever tasted." Then hops on his bike and rides away!

Setting....Tim "The Ultimate Warrior" Drankus.....blown out after crashing. Mullet Man Matter in the next hotel room over. Mullet Man Matter hears some high pitched screaming. Tim "The Ultimate Warrior" Drankus was attacked by a baby woodchuck in his hotel room and proceeded to scream kind of like Mariah Carey. Not really a quote but pretty funny.

Settting...well....I'll let you read this yourself here scroll to the bottom for the quote of the day.

Weekend @ the Movies

This past weekend was like a weekend at the movies...filled with drama, horror, action, & suspense....it goes something like this.......


Superior Bike Fest the SAGA


Starring


Brian "Mullett Man" Matter




























Andrea "Nurse Mom" Matter


























Co-Starring




Tim "The Ultimate Warrior" Drankus & Elicia "Emergency Room" Hildebrand






























Bill Street "Player"

Josh "Euro Trash" Nagode
















































So Friday morning we loaded up the Hyundai w/ 10 bikes and headed to the land of the Uuuuuppers.

It was a pretty relaxing drive with the normal Subway stop and bathroom breaks. After the 1 hour time change we arrived in beautiful Marquette, MI and checked into the Nordic Bay Lodge....a really sweet hotel.

Then it was off to the Superior Bike Fest for stage one the Twilight Crit. The night started pretty sweet with the mtb street races and Phil absolutely rockin' the white short jean shorts.











































Street Player looks to be swinging the wrong way.




The night quickly turned bad as Elicia ER Hildebrand earned her co-starlet name on corner 3 of lap 2 after blazing the manhole cover and managing to high side on a road bike. There was some blood and some visible bone...from what I heard it was pretty Spectacular.

Not really knowing what was happening it was to the start line for my race...






































Some bad team tactics and 40 or so efforts later I rolled across the line in 6th. It's a bummer when you finish a race at 10:30pm at HR 191 then you are unable to find food and can't fall asleep beacause you are still pumped.

Saturday Morning the alarm blazes bright and early after about 4 hours of 'rest' and it's off to breakfast at the Nordic Bay and then another 100 miles on the road.

The race was better than the previous night. After rolling up the first big climb the attacks started coming. PCW was playing it smart and was represented in every move. Finally a solid one stuck but no PCW....I was ready to launch across and was going fast to the front, but noticed Priority Health was watching me...so I rolled to the front and launched Rob White off. The move was solid and the gap grew fast. The situation was even more ideal when Josh Nagode went in the chase group, yet none of the top 3 in the points were there. With the main field traveling really slow I decided it was best to not finish and save some for the mtb race and the circuit race in Sunday.




























At that time I went back to the Hyundai to see Tim "The Ultimate Warrior" Drankus looking like he just got caught in the back alley of a rough neighborhood. I guess he went down pretty good and then got ran over by a few people....Nurse Mom was there to help him out and I think he will recover. Then we rallied the Hyundai and found Rob out on course...In about 10 minutes we threw at him all the water and gels he could handle. Andrea was driving like a pro in the Tour...I was feeding Rob every chance I had out the window. He looked solid and took home the victory. We almost took down the start/finish banner with bikes on top as we drove through the finish following him all the way home for the win.

PCW was looking solid holding the overall points after the road race...all we had to do was hang on Sunday for the win. No problem right?

First of all there was a sweet mountain bike race to do. Again Marquette, MI has some really sweet trails. Key word being 'flow' You can just rip the downhills and not be worried about anything too crazy because the trails just flow.













































The climbs are hard and long. Miles and Miles of trails that need to be ridden. I was killing it in the race...big dogging the climbs and ripping the descents. I won. Within seconds of finishing my mtb was loaded into the Hyundai and it was 15 minutes until the start of the circuit race. I drove fast, switched shoes, switched bikes and rolled to the start of the circuit race with mud on my legs. I was spent, but PCW had the leaders jersey.

Meanwhile back at the mountain, Nurse Mom was killing it on here way to a 2nd place finish in the womens race. She was a little blown out from being Nurse Mom all weekend, but used her old school Norba skills to kill the descents and finish with the silver.









































Sarah Lukas of PCW stole the last podium spot finish 5th.




Back to the circuit race and its off....

































The lap is about 2 miles and has a pretty tough climb. Lap 1 I had to roll across the line first to get some props from the announcer and some team exposure. Lap 2 after the climb I was feeling good so Josh set me up for an attack and I was gone...perfect now my teammates can just sit and cover moves. Two priority guys bridge to me and I sit in and enjoy the free ride while defending the jersey. Now it's really set....2 guys pulling me and the rest of PCW has a free ride in the field. I'm not sure what happened next, but #2 in the points another Priority Ride, my buddy Derek Prechtl, and another strong dude bridge the gap. Where was PCW, what happened? I'll never know, but they missed it and the only thing I could do was sit and hope they made it...it never happened and I ended sprinting to get 4th. At least I beat Derek after doing a mtb race earlier!


Needless to say after the second race I was spent, Nurse Mom was still in chamois, Josh Euro Trash was blown, Bill Street Player was still pumped for some reason, and the Ultimate Warrior added to his pain by getting sunburned on the road rash.....it was a classic race weekend for the
Record Books.

On the drive home Elicia ER Hildebrand almost put a few cars into the ditch...maybe we shouldn't have let her drive with only 1 arm, 4 shots in the ass, and some prescription pain killers....by the end we all made it home and will be ready to do it again soon.


The End


Closing Credits


Thanks to all our sponsors, PCW, TREK, Hyundai, Oakley, Crank Bros... Thanks to the Superior Bike Fest race promoters, and Thanks to Lorin and Trish for the photos.