24 OF MOAB GETS POACHED

As many of you know, last years 24 of Moab experience was miserable for EVERYONE. This year left endless opportunities for someone still pisssed off about last year to not only protest this experience but perhaps show thier displeasure in some way at this years race. Attached is the video which shows how someone decided to protest last years ripoff of the masses. Notice when you stop the video, the orange ski mask, covered by the 1983 Brancale helmet (seen that one before?). This charge to the tent took place 15 seconds before the first racers (Mike Janelle) entered the start tent after the first lap had concluded as the rider shown poached the first lap honors under full camo....orange ski mask, patagonia boxers pulled up to his boobs, no sox, and a Squirt Lube sleeveless mid-drift jersey. Notice the announcer reference to Rosie Ruiz? And notice the Salsa El Santo under foot.......unfortunately the video was taken sideways so you must turn your head to appreciate it....as well as slow it down as I was COMIN IN HOT. yeah....

the "poacher" hits the tent hot on lap one.

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AND THEN THE ESCAPE FROM THE START TENT....WITH THE LEADERS COMING IN RIGHT BEHIND ME....

dog with game face on...Moab 2007

ROCKIES 4 DIAMONDBACKS 1

SOMEWHERE UP MCKENZIE GULCH....

the reason I live here, and one of my favorite pics, just dumb luck for an amatuer photo person.

ROCKIES 3 DIAMONDBACKS 2

LOOK FOR NEXT WEEKS BLOGGING FROM 24 HOURS OF MOAB. SHOULD BE WORLD CLASS.

MOAB SURVIVAL KIT

THANK YOU COSTCO!

ROCKIES 5 DIAMONDBACKS 1

AND IT'S OFF TO MOAB WITH THE SQUIRT BOYS

LOOK FOR THE SQUIRT GUYS AT MOAB...WE WILL BE THERE PUSHING PRODUCT, RINGING COWBELLS AND PERHAPS SHARING A COCKTAIL.

NO RACING FOR ME THIS YEAR! IT'S GONNA BE A BIG TIME! THE 50TH CONTINUES

IT SHOULD BE WONDERFUL STAYING IN A WARM SLEEPING BAG AT 3 A.M. INSTEAD OF SCROUNGING AROUND LOOKING FOR MY ARM WARMERS THEN STANDING AT THE START TENT FOR 45 MINUTES....CHEERS TO ALL YOU WARRIORS! LET THE SUFFERING BEGIN!

A QUICK MOM BLOG

Mom visits Colorado Where in the world would any blogger be without the backing of his mom? Seen here at Age 80 (my mom that is) on her recent visit to Colorado from Florida, it's clear I've come from a pretty good gene pool at least on one side as mom took the 80+ open division Cross race in Frisco this weekend. She just hammered the climbs, it was awesome, then it was back to the couch for Regis and Kelly.

So I'm suffering on day two of Frisco Cross....

Mario C putting me in my place....

and on the third lap (or was it the second?) I see this punk come flashing by me on the climb...and it's none other than Mario Chiarani (mario c), 15 years old, and racing with the 45+ crew because he has scared all the other juniors out of the sport. I'm currently running 11th in a pretty good field and as Mario blows by me he looks over as if to say "come on old man, lets go get some." At that point I'm just hanging on for life and trying to hold my place in the race as he disappears into the top ten....my only solace that I was able to ride the short sandy run-up which he had to dismount and run...making more ground on me in reality. At my age I find clutching for straws is the only way to get anything one-up on this kid at this point. MC finshed 8th in a smokin field...and may have finished higher with a better start. Nice job grasshopper. Check out HIS blog at http://racerwrenchkid.blogspot.com/

Larry G himself, either off the front, or off the back, I'll leave that up to you. At least I was not sprinting to the toilet.

Crossmania weekend in Frisco

Wow...definitely feelin the love of 50 years today. Big time CX racing this weekend in Frisco with plenty of local talent throwin it around. In the middle, Dave Burns of the Mountain Pedaler team on the day two run-up. Burnsy crushed it and finished 6th in the mens Cat 4 race. The top pic is Courtney Gregory (mafiaraing.com) drivin to a top ten in the Mens Cat 3 race (Georgia Gould crushed the men's cat 3 race the day before...amazin). And the lower shot is Charlie Brown, shop owner of Mountain Pedaler, cresting the run-up as he prepares for a run at Nationals in Kansas City this year in December. As for myself, racing the open 45+ cat is becoming an excersize in futility as far a high placement in the standings goes as I'm racing against a bunch of ex pro roadies. When Steve Meyer from summit is placing 6th you know you have your work cut out for you. I mean Meyer is a guy who was regularly beating Peter Davis in our Local Mt Bike scene this summer for the first time, which means he is a VERY fast rider, and he is finishing 6th? Yikes. I placed 19th and 14th respectively and despite getting my ass handed to me realize that at 50, it is a blessing to be out there with these guys and that I still LOVE CXing despite the toll on my body and cycling ego. This may actually be the perfect training for Nationals as I'll be in a group of 50+ guys instead of 45+.......we shall see.
Jake Wells also racing for Mafia, crushed the mens open field on Sunday finishing second, sorry I missed that one JW but CB was drivin and had to get back home......ALL LOCALS COME OUT FOR THE TWO EAGLE CX RACES ON THE 20TH AND 21ST OF OCTOBER.....see u there!

FLYING FRISCO CROSSERS...

Just being to plain tired to try and BLOG right now, here are a couple of pics from Frisco Cross today, it was a stellar day with snow predicted for round two tomorrow. check out these flying crossers, Tim Faia being third here, but went on to win this 35+ open race

And then there is the latest addition to Mafia Racing below, Courtney Gregory working his way up through the field. He was going really well when he dropped his chain on the last lap and lost half a dozen spaces. IT'S ALWAYS FREEKIN SOMTIN!

As for me, I'm back to the couch with a pile of Chinese food bigger than the pile I dropped at Brecktobercross in front of me. Rockies-Phillies game three in 30 minutes. Jono Stopped by the race scene this morning on his way to Denver and he is at the ball game as I write, bastard. Actually Jono, have a great time and drive home safe my friend, the weather sux tonight and that means Frisco Cross tomorrow in the snow and mud...yeah brothas!