DH 40

Talk about stinkin peeps. I thought I had experienced the epitome of human ripeness on the

ferry from hell on Saturday...another day of asking myself why I got up early to take a shower.

Oh, yeah...What was with everyone having their shirts off? It was like muscle beach out there! ICK. I know it was hot but c'mon...

Not racing this year I was of course feeding. I gave Grace the rundown on how to feed her dad when he came around. She was all business. It was H-O-T. Not sure how all of those guys with the leis did it. I would have surely barfed.

After giving my niece Grace a quick tutorial of feeding she was ready. She took her job VERY seriously. When my brother didn't come around at the time she thought he should she was P-I-S-S-E-D. At one point she picked up a piece a shale and flung it into the road in anger. Wow, the Linscott competitive spirit is certainly a genetic quality. The Linscott women can be a surly bunch. No joke.

When my brother had finished his 3rd and final lap. Mike, Mom, Grace and I tried to get him back out there. He wasn't having any of that. Some sort of expletive was barked and a bike was flung in the weeds. We tried. Grace told me that she was going to tell everyone in Ohio that he finished all 4. WOW. Rough crowd.

I will say that I have been to a lot of hot races and I've never seen the DNFs as I did on this day. After 1 lap people were calling it quits! There were bodies everywhere!

I didn' race but of course I still had a good time. Thanks DH for the blood, sweat, beers, and poison ivy to get this done. Next year I will be back. ON the bike!

The Muppets Take Manhattan

I do well at avoiding the major NYC tourist attractions. Unfortunately, this past Saturday I couldn't avoid the Statue of Liberty. Grace had to see the Statue of Liberty. Well, my mom HAD to take Grace to see the Statue of Liberty. Someone had planted that seed in Ohio...

The morning began with Mike and I taking Jason to do the normal pre-race ride at the mental house trails and rail trail. After Jason and I showered (why I'm not sure, we would have fit in better had we gone stinkin') we loaded into car and headed to catch a ferry to Liberty Island. Talk about huddled masses. Holy stench and schweaty people!!!

When it was all said and done more time was spent in line waiting to pee and for water. Even Grace had had it. There were a few obligatory speed photo stops and we were back on the ferry. The total time spent was ~ 6 hours. I think only 15 minutes was actually spent looking at Lady Liberty.

CHECK IT OFF THE LIST!!!

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