Paranormal 6 Hours Mountain Bike Race
Presented by Blue Ridge Cyclery
Results by: Bad to the Bone Timing
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***** Official Paranormal Results by LAP time*****
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Place No. Name Laps Dist Nettime S Age Team
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1 108 Kevin Hovath 11 72 6:25:53 1: 6.50 30:40 30:40 2: 13.00 31:23 1:02:02
3: 19.50 32:14 1:34:16 4: 26.00 33:55 2:08:11
5: 32.50 37:49 2:45:59 6: 39.00 39:39 3:25:38
7: 45.50 41:05 4:06:43 8: 52.00 29:17 4:35:59
9: 58.50 41:45 5:17:44 10: 65.00 34:41 5:52:25
11: 71.50 33:29 6:25:53 M Hovath Wadsworth
2 219 Geoff Tate Keenan H 10 65 6:04:42 1: 6.50 35:13 35:13 2: 13.00 33:08 1:08:20
3: 19.50 35:24 1:43:43 4: 26.00 33:41 2:17:24
5: 32.50 36:40 2:54:03 6: 39.00 36:54 3:30:56
7: 45.50 38:03 4:08:59 8: 52.00 36:43 4:45:42
9: 58.50 39:04 5:24:46 10: 65.00 39:57 6:04:42 M Team Backpain
3 90 Eric Schofield 10 65 6:12:47 1: 6.50 31:57 31:57 2: 13.00 33:11 1:05:08
3: 19.50 33:39 1:38:46 4: 26.00 35:41 2:14:27
5: 32.50 36:16 2:50:42 6: 39.00 37:42 3:28:24
7: 45.50 38:29 4:06:52 8: 52.00 39:19 4:46:10
9: 58.50 48:18 5:34:28 10: 65.00 38:20 6:12:47 M Richmond Velo sport
4 112 Jeff Sean Hacket Gr 10 65 6:31:02 1: 6.50 34:00 34:00 2: 13.00 36:39 1:10:39
3: 19.50 33:52 1:44:31 4: 26.00 37:14 2:21:44
5: 32.50 36:08 2:57:51 6: 39.00 43:40 3:41:30
7: 45.50 38:31 4:20:00 8: 52.00 48:27 5:08:27
9: 58.50 40:07 5:48:33 10: 65.00 42:30 6:31:02 M Gangran Style
5 79 Tyler Bryce Cloutie 10 65 6:32:03 1: 6.50 35:45 35:45 2: 13.00 34:27 1:10:12
3: 19.50 40:42 1:50:53 4: 26.00 34:05 2:24:58
5: 32.50 41:54 3:06:51 6: 39.00 37:29 3:44:19
7: 45.50 35:53 4:20:12 8: 52.00 49:53 5:10:05
9: 58.50 40:12 5:50:17 10: 65.00 41:47 6:32:03 M The Shawn Tevendales
6 150 John Petrylak 10 65 6:37:31 1: 6.50 32:15 32:15 2: 13.00 33:21 1:05:35
3: 19.50 33:15 1:38:49 4: 26.00 56:01 2:34:50
5: 32.50 39:15 3:14:05 6: 39.00 40:29 3:54:34
7: 45.50 41:42 4:36:15 8: 52.00 40:01 5:16:16
9: 58.50 42:07 5:58:23 10: 65.00 39:09 6:37:31 M BRC
7 298 Robert Anderson 10 65 6:38:01 1: 6.50 37:48 37:48 2: 13.00 33:38 1:11:26
3: 19.50 35:26 1:46:52 4: 26.00 36:01 2:22:53
5: 32.50 41:35 3:04:27 6: 39.00 40:28 3:44:54
7: 45.50 45:49 4:30:43 8: 52.00 45:36 5:16:18
9: 58.50 40:24 5:56:42 10: 65.00 41:19 6:38:01 M Plum Grave Cyclery
8 221 Joe Tim Hoskin Hous 10 65 6:43:57 1: 6.50 41:47 41:47 2: 13.00 38:03 1:19:49
3: 19.50 35:21 1:55:09 4: 26.00 39:36 2:34:45
5: 32.50 38:30 3:13:14 6: 39.00 41:41 3:54:54
7: 45.50 41:01 4:35:54 8: 52.00 42:32 5:18:26
9: 58.50 40:54 5:59:19 10: 65.00 44:39 6:43:57 M Cville Hash House
9 133 Van Brandon Morales 9 59 5:41:54 1: 6.50 37:51 37:51 2: 13.00 32:31 1:10:21
3: 19.50 36:03 1:46:23 4: 26.00 37:33 2:23:56
5: 32.50 33:53 2:57:49 6: 39.00 35:32 3:33:20
7: 45.50 42:23 4:15:42 8: 52.00 49:51 5:05:33
9: 58.50 36:22 5:41:54 M Magical unicorns
10 167 Sam Eric Lindblom 9 59 5:48:36 1: 6.50 34:47 34:47 2: 13.00 37:50 1:12:37
3: 19.50 35:17 1:47:54 4: 26.00 38:44 2:26:37
5: 32.50 37:09 3:03:46 6: 39.00 40:31 3:44:16
7: 45.50 39:41 4:23:57 8: 52.00 42:48 5:06:44
9: 58.50 41:52 5:48:36 M Foof
11 80 Steven Scot Cook Ra 9 59 6:01:49 1: 6.50 37:41 37:41 2: 13.00 36:39 1:14:20
3: 19.50 37:06 1:51:25 4: 26.00 36:50 2:28:15
5: 32.50 42:13 3:10:27 6: 39.00 40:08 3:50:35
7: 45.50 45:59 4:36:33 8: 52.00 40:55 5:17:27
9: 58.50 44:22 6:01:49 M BRC Yo Quiero
12 106 Joe Perpetua 9 59 6:21:08 1: 6.50 36:18 36:18 2: 13.00 38:04 1:14:22
3: 19.50 39:59 1:54:21 4: 26.00 42:18 2:36:38
5: 32.50 42:59 3:19:37 6: 39.00 46:27 4:06:03
7: 45.50 45:52 4:51:54 8: 52.00 45:21 5:37:15
9: 58.50 43:54 6:21:08 M Joe Perpetua
13 175 Bridge Dan Cox Seb 9 59 6:35:11 1: 6.50 41:41 41:41 2: 13.00 36:26 1:18:06
3: 19.50 44:44 2:02:50 4: 26.00 38:19 2:41:08
5: 32.50 51:32 3:32:40 6: 39.00 39:48 4:12:27
7: 45.50 41:47 4:54:14 8: 52.00 54:59 5:49:12
9: 58.50 45:59 6:35:11 M Wyld Stallyns
14 107 Ben Tom Whaley Baxt 9 59 6:43:24 1: 6.50 49:41 49:41 2: 13.00 45:51 1:35:32
3: 19.50 47:41 2:23:13 4: 26.00 50:20 3:13:32
5: 32.50 0:34 3:14:05 6: 39.00 49:37 4:03:41
7: 45.50 52:45 4:56:26 8: 52.00 55:16 5:51:41
9: 58.50 51:43 6:43:24 M Whaley Baxter
15 159 Chris Winst Hoy 9 59 6:44:42 1: 6.50 42:36 42:36 2: 13.00 37:35 1:20:11
3: 19.50 44:45 2:04:56 4: 26.00 45:02 2:49:57
5: 32.50 48:25 3:38:22 6: 39.00 41:48 4:20:09
7: 45.50 51:20 5:11:29 8: 52.00 42:51 5:54:19
9: 58.50 50:23 6:44:42 M OM
16 100 Bruce Wickham 8 52 6:28:38 1: 6.50 37:16 37:16 2: 13.00 40:38 1:17:54
3: 19.50 44:08 2:02:02 4: 26.00 49:21 2:51:23
5: 32.50 56:36 3:47:59 6: 39.00 53:40 4:41:39
7: 45.50 53:12 5:34:50 8: 52.00 53:48 6:28:38 M waynesboro
17 215 Beverly Richardson 8 52 6:35:15 1: 6.50 41:53 41:53 2: 13.00 43:20 1:25:13
3: 19.50 44:32 2:09:44 4: 26.00 57:15 3:06:59
5: 32.50 51:39 3:58:38 6: 39.00 48:50 4:47:27
7: 45.50 53:53 5:41:20 8: 52.00 53:56 6:35:15 F BRCR
18 114 Elizabeth Spencer 8 52 6:40:24 1: 6.50 46:32 46:32 2: 13.00 47:07 1:33:38
3: 19.50 46:30 2:20:08 4: 26.00 51:06 3:11:13
5: 32.50 49:32 4:00:44 6: 39.00 56:50 4:57:34
7: 45.50 50:42 5:48:15 8: 52.00 52:09 6:40:24 F Wonderful poison
19 203 Dave Shanno Tevenda 7 46 5:13:43 1: 6.50 34:48 34:48 2: 13.00 48:23 1:23:11
3: 19.50 35:22 1:58:33 4: 26.00 53:47 2:52:19
5: 32.50 57:52 3:50:11 6: 39.00 40:25 4:30:36
7: 45.50 43:07 5:13:43 M BRC Little Ninja
20 160 Paul Ben Kyrincspou 7 46 5:20:39 1: 6.50 42:28 42:28 2: 13.00 41:09 1:23:37
3: 19.50 45:12 2:08:48 4: 26.00 42:54 2:51:42
5: 32.50 49:40 3:41:22 6: 39.00 48:44 4:30:05
7: 45.50 50:34 5:20:39 M K2
21 188 Will Canup 7 46 5:34:01 1: 6.50 39:35 39:35 2: 13.00 42:22 1:21:56
3: 19.50 41:21 2:03:17 4: 26.00 45:38 2:48:54
5: 32.50 48:02 3:36:56 6: 39.00 53:08 4:30:04
7: 45.50 1:03:58 5:34:01 M Team Will Canup
22 220 Eric Megan Fisher M 7 46 5:40:31 1: 6.50 41:49 41:49 2: 13.00 46:49 1:28:37
3: 19.50 38:03 2:06:39 4: 26.00 52:35 2:59:14
5: 32.50 43:49 3:43:02 6: 39.00 59:56 4:42:57
7: 45.50 57:34 5:40:31 M Hey! Wait up!
23 185 Matthew Kesecker 7 46 5:47:38 1: 6.50 43:23 43:23 2: 13.00 45:32 1:28:55
3: 19.50 45:41 2:14:35 4: 26.00 44:46 2:59:21
5: 32.50 53:14 3:52:35 6: 39.00 52:58 4:45:32
7: 45.50 1:02:06 5:47:38 M Cambo
24 205 Maureen Jen Bjerken 7 46 6:02:19 1: 6.50 51:15 51:15 2: 13.00 45:06 1:36:21
3: 19.50 51:53 2:28:13 4: 26.00 47:34 3:15:46
5: 32.50 1:00:42 4:16:28 6: 39.00 51:02 5:07:29
7: 45.50 54:51 6:02:19 F Dirty and Nerdy
25 96 Chris Kevin Cunning 6 39 3:30:15 1: 6.50 33:56 33:56 2: 13.00 32:40 1:06:36
3: 19.50 34:15 1:40:50 4: 26.00 34:00 2:14:49
5: 32.50 36:32 2:51:21 6: 39.00 38:55 3:30:15 M Brocken backs
26 172 Pat Jon Norton Ciam 6 39 3:35:40 1: 6.50 33:37 33:37 2: 13.00 33:30 1:07:07
3: 19.50 34:22 1:41:28 4: 26.00 35:51 2:17:19
5: 32.50 39:26 2:56:44 6: 39.00 38:56 3:35:40 M Super EPO
27 201 Ian Charles Marluse 6 39 3:41:39 1: 6.50 38:56 38:56 2: 13.00 35:17 1:14:12
3: 19.50 35:03 1:49:14 4: 26.00 36:34 2:25:47
5: 32.50 37:29 3:03:16 6: 39.00 38:24 3:41:39 M Biking Ballen
28 111 Will Sanford 6 39 4:38:16 1: 6.50 45:54 45:54 2: 13.00 38:49 1:24:43
3: 19.50 47:42 2:12:25 4: 26.00 42:23 2:54:47
5: 32.50 56:23 3:51:09 6: 39.00 47:07 4:38:16 M Low EPp
29 165 Dave Hardisky 6 39 4:59:49 1: 6.50 45:10 45:10 2: 13.00 41:37 1:26:47
3: 19.50 44:05 2:10:51 4: 26.00 46:41 2:57:31
5: 32.50 57:33 3:55:04 6: 39.00 1:04:46 4:59:49 M Design Physics
30 115 Sara Chaa 6 39 5:20:35 1: 6.50 49:54 49:54 2: 13.00 46:21 1:36:15
3: 19.50 49:16 2:25:30 4: 26.00 1:02:38 3:28:08
5: 32.50 54:02 4:22:10 6: 39.00 58:26 5:20:35 F Bath salt zombie
31 109 Bill Swan 6 39 5:31:09 1: 6.50 48:10 48:10 2: 13.00 45:09 1:33:18
3: 19.50 49:03 2:22:21 4: 26.00 58:33 3:20:53
5: 32.50 1:08:41 4:29:33 6: 39.00 1:01:36 5:31:09 M Richmond ASR
32 157 Jenny Wheddle 6 39 5:36:26 1: 6.50 44:11 44:11 2: 13.00 54:14 1:38:25
3: 19.50 46:31 2:24:56 4: 26.00 1:08:27 3:33:22
5: 32.50 54:24 4:27:46 6: 39.00 1:08:41 5:36:26 F BRC
33 155 Ian Critz 6 39 5:45:25 1: 6.50 45:03 45:03 2: 13.00 41:35 1:26:37
3: 19.50 1:03:33 2:30:09 4: 26.00 49:10 3:19:19
5: 32.50 1:34:03 4:53:21 6: 39.00 52:04 5:45:25 M BRC
34 204 Joe White 6 39 5:48:56 1: 6.50 43:25 43:25 2: 13.00 48:56 1:32:20
3: 19.50 56:16 2:28:36 4: 26.00 1:07:35 3:36:10
5: 32.50 1:07:38 4:43:48 6: 39.00 1:05:08 5:48:56 M Cambo
35 300 Alan Yost 6 39 6:14:47 1: 6.50 48:41 48:41 2: 13.00 1:00:23 1:49:04
3: 19.50 55:49 2:44:53 4: 26.00 1:18:26 4:03:19
5: 32.50 1:11:18 5:14:36 6: 39.00 1:00:12 6:14:47 M Alan Yost
36 76 Alex Kurland 5 33 3:03:12 1: 6.50 32:28 32:28 2: 13.00 34:15 1:06:43
3: 19.50 36:09 1:42:51 4: 26.00 38:13 2:21:03
5: 32.50 42:09 3:03:12 M BRC
37 174 John Collee Comptom 5 33 3:47:22 1: 6.50 34:33 34:33 2: 13.00 52:43 1:27:15
3: 19.50 37:52 2:05:07 4: 26.00 59:22 3:04:29
5: 32.50 42:54 3:47:22 M Hard Core
38 243 Juan Hunter Pyaner 5 33 4:08:57 1: 6.50 48:31 48:31 2: 13.00 47:53 1:36:23
3: 19.50 43:20 2:19:43 4: 26.00 53:25 3:13:08
5: 32.50 55:49 4:08:57 M Wings
39 86 Robert Shauer 5 33 4:16:23 1: 6.50 45:31 45:31 2: 13.00 44:55 1:30:25
3: 19.50 51:08 2:21:32 4: 26.00 55:56 3:17:28
5: 32.50 58:56 4:16:23 M Skanska/Clif/Timex
40 98 John Gonyo 5 33 4:20:19 1: 6.50 43:57 43:57 2: 13.00 41:45 1:25:41
3: 19.50 1:16:03 2:41:44 4: 26.00 49:29 3:31:12
5: 32.50 49:08 4:20:19 M snagajob
41 238 Sean Jenny Tevendal 5 33 4:25:54 1: 6.50 53:36 53:36 2: 13.00 35:55 1:29:31
3: 19.50 52:59 2:22:30 4: 26.00 55:03 3:17:33
5: 32.50 1:08:22 4:25:54 M Rollin BRC
42 91 Micheal Schneider 5 33 4:43:13 1: 6.50 48:58 48:58 2: 13.00 46:17 1:35:14
3: 19.50 55:26 2:30:39 4: 26.00 1:07:25 3:38:03
5: 32.50 1:05:10 4:43:13 M Windswept Endurance
43 97 David Scott Stackho 5 33 4:45:27 1: 6.50 44:45 44:45 2: 13.00 49:39 1:34:23
3: 19.50 1:06:21 2:40:44 4: 26.00 52:51 3:33:34
5: 32.50 1:11:54 4:45:27 M Kitchen Bitches
44 237 George McFadden 5 33 5:11:13 1: 6.50 49:25 49:25 2: 13.00 48:14 1:37:38
3: 19.50 51:47 2:29:25 4: 26.00 1:08:55 3:38:19
5: 32.50 1:32:55 5:11:13 M Party Time
45 113 Rich Morrison 5 33 5:25:03 1: 6.50 42:44 42:44 2: 13.00 46:08 1:28:52
3: 19.50 50:37 2:19:28 4: 26.00 1:10:20 3:29:48
5: 32.50 1:55:15 5:25:03 M Breathalyze
46 134 Lorene Davidson 5 33 5:25:58 1: 6.50 44:54 44:54 2: 13.00 49:42 1:34:36
3: 19.50 51:52 2:26:27 4: 26.00 1:28:22 3:54:48
5: 32.50 1:31:11 5:25:58 F women multisport of ric
47 169 Bill Swan 4 26 1: 6.50 16:55:27 16:55:27
2: 13.00 55:42 17:51:08 3: 19.50 1:15:16 19:06:24
4: 26.00 1:27:52 20:34:16 M 50 Bill Swan
48 192 Jake King 4 26 2:42:11 1: 6.50 39:54 39:54 2: 13.00 36:54 1:16:47
3: 19.50 40:00 1:56:47 4: 26.00 45:24 2:42:11 M Team Kiko
49 151 Ted Smith 4 26 3:01:03 1: 6.50 40:06 40:06 2: 13.00 40:34 1:20:40
3: 19.50 44:13 2:04:53 4: 26.00 56:10 3:01:03 M Ted Smith
50 158 Jeff Rohm 4 26 3:47:14 1: 6.50 43:34 43:34 2: 13.00 49:35 1:33:08
3: 19.50 59:48 2:32:56 4: 26.00 1:14:19 3:47:14 M Rohm
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Paranormal 6 Hours Mountain Bike Race
Presented by Blue Ridge Cyclery
Results by: Bad to the Bone Timing
www.badtothebone.biz
Timed with MyLaps Bib tag systems
e-mail: francesca@badtothebone.biz
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***** Official Paranormal Results by LAP time*****
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Place No. Name Laps Dist Nettime S Age Team
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51 216 Carl Matt Bailey Wy 4 26 3:47:28 1: 6.50 1:00:05 1:00:05 2: 13.00 43:59 1:44:03
3: 19.50 1:07:15 2:51:18 4: 26.00 56:11 3:47:28 M Team UVA II
52 228 Mark Donna McCardel 4 26 4:03:26 1: 6.50 46:36 46:36 2: 13.00 1:01:17 1:47:52
3: 19.50 48:17 2:36:09 4: 26.00 1:27:17 4:03:26 M Team CRC
53 235 Matthew Ralph 4 26 5:24:38 1: 6.50 53:19 53:19 2: 13.00 1:11:21 2:04:39
3: 19.50 1:22:12 3:26:51 4: 26.00 1:57:48 5:24:38 M Combo
54 240 Geana Wray 4 26 5:24:41 1: 6.50 53:14 53:14 2: 13.00 1:10:29 2:03:43
3: 19.50 1:23:10 3:26:53 4: 26.00 1:57:49 5:24:41 F cambo
55 187 Lorenzo Battistelli 3 20 2:24:48 1: 6.50 47:28 47:28 2: 13.00 42:36 1:30:04
3: 19.50 54:45 2:24:48 M Fast Italian
56 229 Corin Cahill 3 20 2:41:56 1: 6.50 47:21 47:21 2: 13.00 48:59 1:36:19
3: 19.50 1:05:37 2:41:56 M Blue Ridge School
57 200 Tony Brown 3 20 3:08:49 1: 6.50 47:57 47:57 2: 13.00 1:03:14 1:51:11
3: 19.50 1:17:38 3:08:49 M Blue Ridge School
58 212 David Welty 3 20 3:08:55 1: 6.50 46:52 46:52 2: 13.00 50:48 1:37:39
3: 19.50 1:31:16 3:08:55 M Hobo Biscut
59 84 Chris Graceland 3 20 3:35:38 1: 6.50 56:12 56:12 2: 13.00 1:02:26 1:58:38
3: 19.50 1:37:01 3:35:38 M Team Graceland
60 154 Dean Poplanski 3 20 3:36:43 1: 6.50 56:06 56:06 2: 13.00 1:02:48 1:58:53
3: 19.50 1:37:50 3:36:43 M Bad Idea
61 208 James Hansen 3 20 3:38:33 1: 6.50 54:05 54:05 2: 13.00 53:32 1:47:36
3: 19.50 1:50:57 3:38:33 M Bing Bong
62 189 Stephanie Blanch 3 20 3:38:37 1: 6.50 53:41 53:41 2: 13.00 52:24 1:46:05
3: 19.50 1:52:33 3:38:37 F BRC
63 236 Mark Munn 3 20 5:08:59 1: 6.50 49:58 49:58 2: 13.00 1:15:00 2:04:57
3: 19.50 3:04:03 5:08:59 M Cambo
64 78 Eric Fletcher 2 13 1:34:27 1: 6.50 48:22 48:22 2: 13.00 46:06 1:34:27 M Tutos Venum
65 213 Sam Wong 2 13 1:37:20 1: 6.50 49:46 49:46 2: 13.00 47:35 1:37:20 M Sam Wong
66 153 Nola Livi 2 13 1:43:38 1: 6.50 48:44 48:44 2: 13.00 54:54 1:43:38 M BRC
67 227 George Kersey 2 13 1:51:22 1: 6.50 46:57 46:57 2: 13.00 1:04:25 1:51:22 M Blue Ridge School
68 99 Ellen Ramsay 2 13 2:18:58 1: 6.50 1:05:32 1:05:32 2: 13.00 1:13:27 2:18:58 F Ellen Ramsay
69 199 Thomas Johnson 1 7 1:15:22 1: 6.50 1:15:22 1:15:22 M Blur Ridge School
70 234 Rebecca Christian 1 7 2:00:40 1: 6.50 2:00:40 2:00:40 F Becca Christian
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A grassroots racing team from Charlottesville, VA.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Limb Chopping
Hurricane Sandy, meet Hurricane Silky.
Or whatever limb-chopper the good trail people of the right coast might be wielding in your wake. That might sound a little macabre on the day before the day before Halloween, and in a way I guess it is. May the best tree pruner win.
Paranormal results? I know...but, I don't know. You didn't beat Quadsworth, I'll tell you that much. But maybe you did OK. And maybe I'll find a link to some results this week.
In the meantime, find a nice trail-blocking leaner, establish that it won't crush you or your bike when you cut it, sharpen your teeth, and get your ghoul on.
Because nothing strikes terror quite like bad photoshop and Scotty with a black eye and a Husqvarna.
Up, up, up.
Or whatever limb-chopper the good trail people of the right coast might be wielding in your wake. That might sound a little macabre on the day before the day before Halloween, and in a way I guess it is. May the best tree pruner win.
Paranormal results? I know...but, I don't know. You didn't beat Quadsworth, I'll tell you that much. But maybe you did OK. And maybe I'll find a link to some results this week.
In the meantime, find a nice trail-blocking leaner, establish that it won't crush you or your bike when you cut it, sharpen your teeth, and get your ghoul on.
Because nothing strikes terror quite like bad photoshop and Scotty with a black eye and a Husqvarna.
Up, up, up.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Paranormal result
I don't actually have the resultS, as many of you have inquired. But I do have this one result, which obviously is truly outstanding.
"I came here for two reasons: to drink beer and to kick ass. And I'm all out of ass."
The paranormal turned 11, but did anyone turn 11 paranormal laps? Stay tuned and I'll try to provide the answer here in a few days.
Up, up, up.
"I came here for two reasons: to drink beer and to kick ass. And I'm all out of ass."
The paranormal turned 11, but did anyone turn 11 paranormal laps? Stay tuned and I'll try to provide the answer here in a few days.
Up, up, up.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Slow Play
Just a few showers intermixed with some sunshine and cool temps at night to keep 'er tacky. Fast corners for one and all.
You know what's not tacky, though? Winning. And winners who know they can win. A quick gander at the registered team names for the Paranormal duo category, and you'll probably be able to make a pretty quick assessment about who has 12 laps of confidence.
Then again, it's well known in the professional peloton and poker tables everywhere, that sometimes it's the guy that slow plays his pocket aces that really comes out on top.
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| slow play? |
Pick your strategy.
Fill your bottles.
Tap the keg.
We'll find out who's serious soon enough.
Up, up, up.
"Stage Fourteen took Marco to his favourite terrain. Low on the final climb to Piancavallo, with thirteen kilometers still to ride, he headed out into space. Tonkov tried to match each change of pace, against the advice of his team director Giuseppe Saronni. Zulle sensibly took the climb at his own pace and recorded the fastest time for the final six kilometers. Marco won the stage, but his margin of victory, thirteen seconds, was narrow considering the energy he had spent, and Zulle won back the pink Jersey. It was Marco's first Giro stage win since Aprica, four years earlier, yet his reaction was irritation. 'The game is clear: I attack. The others react, or try to. It takes courage and willpower to ride the way I ride.' He complained the Giro was designed for Zulle. Looking back, Orlando Maini recalls: 'But when he began to complain, to get nervous, it was always suggested he was coming into form.'"
-Rendell, The Death of Marco Pantani
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Relegated
Happiest dude in the world this week: Marco Pantani.
Granted, he's not actually in the world, having offed himself on Valentine's day 7 years ago. Still, it's almost Halloween, and resurrection theories aside, if nice little guys like Levi Leipheimer have been taking the long needle all along, anything's possible.
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Typically, I'm pretty skeptical about this sort of thing, but the wiener pun in sentence one scored for me, and anyway, he's right. So, branch-in-the-helmet posers, you are officially on notice. Legit costume, or you're relegated, and in this case legit means legitimately inconvenient to yourself and those around you.
You know what I mean. Or maybe you don't, in which case, good for you.
The real news here though: Preride.
Wednesday, Oct 17th we'll have a preride out here on the course. It should be leaf blown and dialed by that point, so even if you can't hang with the likes of Ben King on the front of the thing, you'll still be able to find your way around the loop a time or two. Show up after work and get your prerace jitters out, wish Shawn a happy birthday, and then hand him your bike with the long list of shit that needs fixed. Maybe ask him if you can borrow a light too. It's what he was put on this Earth for.
The dude abides.
Up, up, up.
Granted, he's not actually in the world, having offed himself on Valentine's day 7 years ago. Still, it's almost Halloween, and resurrection theories aside, if nice little guys like Levi Leipheimer have been taking the long needle all along, anything's possible.
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| It does make you wonder though, doesn't it, just what the hell did he mean? |
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No matter, we've got better things to do around here. Like reach a consensus for what kind of costume qualifies a man, woman, or child for a 5 minute head start on lap 1 of The Paranormal. This email came in from a concerned citizen just days ago:
From: The top 1%
To: BRC
RE: Costumes
To keep the race wieners from sticking a branch in their helmet for a "costume", you guys have a pre-determined selection criteria that gets you the bonus 5 minute start time.... I'm not looking to podium myself, but it does seem like a weak-ass way to shave some time..., lets protect the real costume wearers!
Suggestions:
Costume must be fully obvious
Costume must have required some "effort"
Or, costume must slow you down somehow or be some sort of distraction, like crap hanging off or whatever...
Typically, I'm pretty skeptical about this sort of thing, but the wiener pun in sentence one scored for me, and anyway, he's right. So, branch-in-the-helmet posers, you are officially on notice. Legit costume, or you're relegated, and in this case legit means legitimately inconvenient to yourself and those around you.
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| relegated. no appeals. |
What else, what else. Well, let's talk weather. The Paranormal has hit 80-some degrees in years past. It's also snowed. Rain or shine, we pretty much roll, so pack your thick pink undies if you think a little slop might make you sad. Also, clear skies willing, it looks like we'll have a pretty terrific rising moon sometime around 5 pm.
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| Waxing half moon on Saturday for the race. |
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| Perhaps also a waxing half moon on Saturday for the race. |
The real news here though: Preride.
Wednesday, Oct 17th we'll have a preride out here on the course. It should be leaf blown and dialed by that point, so even if you can't hang with the likes of Ben King on the front of the thing, you'll still be able to find your way around the loop a time or two. Show up after work and get your prerace jitters out, wish Shawn a happy birthday, and then hand him your bike with the long list of shit that needs fixed. Maybe ask him if you can borrow a light too. It's what he was put on this Earth for.
The dude abides.
Up, up, up.
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