I have a couple of stories I would like to share.
First off, Amazon had the Wayne's World/Wayne's World 2 double feature DVD set on sale for 11 bucks this week. Add a couple bucks for shipping and that's not a bad deal. When they arrive on May 17th, I can say my life will be just one step closer to becoming complete.
Secondly, I had a funny story to share from the bike race yesterday.
About 5 minutes into the first lap, we started catching a few of the expert 40+ers. The first few I managed to pass on the open double track sections of climbing. However, I managed to get stuck behind one for a bit of time on a longer single track climb. Now I am quite aware of proper passing etiquette (thanks to the more than helpful advice from Kendra), and am usually pretty chill about passing people. But these were the opening miles of the race and I was trying to get up the hill as fast as I could.
After a moment or two of riding behind said individual, a conversation ensued that continued something like this:
Me: Mind if I get by when you get a chance?
40+ Expert dude: Are you in my category?
Me: No
40+ Expert dude: No? (apparently he didn't believe me. Which leads to the conclusion that he obviously couldn't hear me breathing so hard my left lung was detaching itself from the parietal pleura of my chest cavity, clearly indicating I was on a single speed going up the eleventeen billion percent grade hill we were climbing)
Me: No. I'm not in your category. But you should let me by even if I was
40+ Expert dude: It's an F***ing race, dude
Me: Exactly, so if you're going to ride slow, you should let the fast people who are racing get by
I half expected him to kick me over when I did finally get by, but nothing more was said. That last comment on my part was definitely not necessary, but what kind of crap was that? I realize that it is a bike race, that strategy plays a part, and that you want to stay ahead of the competition. However, if you're climbing a hill and someone, even if they are in your category, is stuck behind you and has the balls to say something because they feel that they are that much faster than you that they need to get by, then have the sportsmanship to let them by if you can.
Ok, that was more of a rant than a story.
Feel free to come over this week to watch some Wayne's World and eat some steak.
5 comments:
see, what you clearly don't understand here is that in the 40+ category, the stakes (or steaks in this case) are much higher. this is a far more competitive category than the kids' categories.
on to more important things, meeting at the timp campground this week (via rock canyon). watch for the memo. this will be a no laptop and mobile phone meeting.
Well it looks like you won by 12 minutes so it wasn't really that big of a deal, right? We should practice hip checking people like that. Teach them.
Maybe next time you should offer said racer some sort of gel, blocks, or beverage as an incentive to move over.
carry a frame pump and pull a Cinzano on them for being belligerent.
aww. i miss your bike stories. this is a good one.
halloween?
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