DID MUHAMMAD ALI JUST WIN OUR LITTLE BIKE RACE?
I PUT MY MONEY ON BRETT TO GET THE V TODAY, and I was correct. As usual. I saw him go to work early, doing fake attack after fake attack. It was a master class in subterfuge...
... and reminded me of the famous rope a dope fight with Foreman.
So many similarities.
The good looks, the brash swagger. It was all there, but it had been so long since he'd decimated the ride nobody recognized him.
Instead, they surely wondered what this chunky brute was trying to prove with his weak and unmanly attacks...
... then he was gone.
Just like what Ali did Foreman, hypnotized him into thinking he had everything under control...
... then lights out.
10 miles from the finish line.
That's a helluva long range attack, considering you've got a fairly frothy bunch of cats all looking to score and PR.
A few more attacked, but none could catch the bull on the loose.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are just looking around to see if anybody in our respective categories is gonna make a break for it or if things will be fairly tame...
up The Wall,
down the canyon,
Nobody made a move of substance until we hit the bottom of the corkscrew.
This is the final effort.
.71 miles.
195' elevation gain, most if it the first .35 mile.
It stings.
A lot.
Many weeks, I pull the plug and cruise across the line.
Not today.
We were all vying for a strong finish. Even with Brett up the road, plus those other cats.
'Din't matter.
It was on.
What started as a ball of energy at the bottom, resembled a strung out line of old jalopies clunking across the line...
... gasping, and wheezing.
All in the name of fun, and a little cash.
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| Cat 2 | Race # | Racer | Ovrl Finish | Cat finish |
| M / 35-49 | 43 | Brett Bylund | 1 | 1 |
| M / 0-23 | 38 | Rayan Jamshidian | 2 | 1 |
| M / 35-49 | 1 | Nicholas Bishop | 3 | 2 |
| M / 35-49 | 26 | Joseph Edmonds | 4 | 3 |
| M / 35-49 | 24 | Eric Bierman | 5 | 4 |
| M / 0-23 | 32 | Isaac Gould | 6 | 2 |
| M / 35-49 | 23 | matt smith | 7 | 5 |
| M / 50+ | 44 | todd brown | 8 | 1 |
| M / 35-49 | 33 | Michael Gould | 9 | 6 |
| M / 24-34 | 31 | Brian Lawler | 10 | 1 |
| M / 35-49 | 6 | Brent Thielke | 11 | 7 |
| M / 35-49 | 30 | Jacob Miller | 12 | 8 |
| M / 50+ | 19 | Joe Bowman | 13 | 2 |
| M / 35-49 | 20 | Michael Foster | 14 | 9 |
| M / 35-49 | 21 | Nathan Adams | 15 | 10 |
| M / 50+ | 13 | Mark Christopherson | 16 | 3 |
| M / 50+ | 14 | Brian Fitzpatrick | 17 | 4 |
| M / 50+ | 39 | MIKE ZANIO | 18 | 5 |
| F | 23 | Kristen smith | 19 | 1 |
| M / 24-34 | 15 | Adrian Leon | 20 | 2 |
| M / 24-34 | 22 | Cody Iverson | 21 | 3 |
| M / 35-49 | 2 | David Whalley | 21 | 11 |
| M / 50+ | 41 | Stephen Lind | 23 | 6 |
| M / 50+ | 7 | Jim Bishop | 24 | 7 |
| F | 17 | Maria Benson | 25 | 2 |
| M / 50+ | 34 | John Ramirez | 26 | 8 |
| M / 50+ | 3 | Richard Reimers | 27 | 9 |
| M / 50+ | 37 | Steven Donahoo | 28 | 10 |
| M / 50+ | 25 | Mireya Sanchez | 29 | 11 |
| F | 27 | Charlene Yarnall | 31 | 3 |
| M / 50+ | 5 | Scott Moncrief | 32 | 11 |
| F | 9 | kristiina beary | 33 | 4 |
| F | 10 | Ursula Carter | ||
| M / 24-34 | 12 | Jonathan Wilson | ||
| M / 35-49 | 4 | Tyler Dunigan | ||
| M / 35-49 | 8 | Michael Quito | ||
| M / 35-49 | 16 | ROGELIO LUNARIA | ||
| M / 35-49 | 29 | Sai Yeung | ||
| M / 50+ | 11 | James Carter | ||
| M / 50+ | 18 | Christopher Hill | ||
| M / 50+ | 36 | Richard Meeker | ||
| M / 50+ | 40 | mani Motamed | ||
| M / 50+ | 42 | Anthony Reguero | ||
| M / 50+ | 45 | Paul Iverson |
| Cat 2 | Race # | Racer | Ovrl Finish | Cat finish |
| F/ 0+ | 23 | Kristen smith | 19 | 1 |
| F/ 0+ | 17 | Maria Benson | 25 | 2 |
| F/ 0+ | 27 | Charlene Yarnall | 31 | 3 |
| F/ 0+ | 9 | kristiina beary | 33 | 4 |
| F/ 0+ | 10 | Ursula Carter | ||
| M / 0-23 | 38 | Rayan Jamshidian | 2 | 1 |
| M / 0-23 | 32 | Isaac Gould | 6 | 2 |
| M / 24-34 | 31 | Brian Lawler | 10 | 1 |
| M / 24-34 | 15 | Adrian Leon | 20 | 2 |
| M / 24-34 | 22 | Cody Iverson | 21 | 3 |
| M / 24-34 | 12 | Jonathan Wilson | ||
| M / 35-49 | 43 | Brett Bylund | 1 | 1 |
| M / 35-49 | 1 | Nicholas Bishop | 3 | 2 |
| M / 35-49 | 26 | Joseph Edmonds | 4 | 3 |
| M / 35-49 | 24 | Eric Bierman | 5 | 4 |
| M / 35-49 | 23 | matt smith | 7 | 5 |
| M / 35-49 | 33 | Michael Gould | 9 | 6 |
| M / 35-49 | 6 | Brent Thielke | 11 | 7 |
| M / 35-49 | 30 | Jacob Miller | 12 | 8 |
| M / 35-49 | 20 | Michael Foster | 14 | 9 |
| M / 35-49 | 21 | Nathan Adams | 15 | 10 |
| M / 35-49 | 2 | David Whalley | 21 | 11 |
| M / 35-49 | 4 | Tyler Dunigan | ||
| M / 35-49 | 8 | Michael Quito | ||
| M / 35-49 | 16 | ROGELIO LUNARIA | ||
| M / 35-49 | 29 | Sai Yeung | ||
| M / 50+ | 44 | todd brown | 8 | 1 |
| M / 50+ | 19 | Joe Bowman | 13 | 2 |
| M / 50+ | 13 | Mark Christopherson | 16 | 3 |
| M / 50+ | 14 | Brian Fitzpatrick | 17 | 4 |
| M / 50+ | 39 | MIKE ZANIO | 18 | 5 |
| M / 50+ | 41 | Stephen Lind | 23 | 6 |
| M / 50+ | 7 | Jim Bishop | 24 | 7 |
| M / 50+ | 34 | John Ramirez | 26 | 8 |
| M / 50+ | 3 | Richard Reimers | 27 | 9 |
| M / 50+ | 37 | Steven Donahoo | 28 | 10 |
| M / 50+ | 25 | Mireya Sanchez | 29 | 11 |
| M / 50+ | 5 | Scott Moncrief | 32 | 11 |
| M / 50+ | 11 | James Carter | ||
| M / 50+ | 18 | Christopher Hill | ||
| M / 50+ | 36 | Richard Meeker | ||
| M / 50+ | 40 | mani Motamed | ||
| M / 50+ | 42 | Anthony Reguero | ||
| M / 50+ | 45 | Paul Iverson |