Team Flying Dog - 3rd in Male Trio 105+
Team Flying Dog - 5th in Coed Duo
By Charles Montour:
TFD fielded a substantial portion
of their triple-A folks in what turned out to be the beautiful, if not H * O *
T day for racing. The Lesondaks
staked out and established some prime real estate in the high-rent district of
the camping area. Not to be
out-done, TFD #3 broke wind, 'er ground far enough away as not to eavesdrop but
close enough to generate tension, or momentum, as we sometimes forget WE ALL
RACE FOR THE SAME BREW! With TFD #2 holding court in-between, we had ourselves an inviting base camp that almost precluded our participating in the main event.
Jay Merker takes the 1st lap for the trio team
Andie & Herb take the 1st laps for the duo teams
Some Flying Dogs waiting to ride
The Main Event:
Brian Weisgerber showed everyone
what peanut butter sandwiches can do.
KICK ASS. And he did. In
typical B-Dub style and with plenty of energy to still stir-it-up in the
pit. Even when he retires we'll
need him sitting on top of the cooler regaling us of his racing times of yore. Again, and again, and again...
August Jay Merker can't stop
focusing on how small his wheels are.
Andie doesn't care, and they were big enough to still welcome a new baby
not too long ago (congratulations Jay!).
Even with all his b!tch'in he still managed to push his squadron over
top and slam into the podium!
Nate Wigley breaks something very
early on, who knows what it was, the story changed every time. Highly suspicious and remarkably convenient, Nate kicked some trail tail with Montour's full-rigid singlet we call "Crinkle Cut". Nate also put it down in single-speed style. These three are booking a World Tour soon.
Herb Wright. My bossom buddy. How can I write anything reliable about
a guy I never saw except to pass his bike to (I ride his bike because, well why
would I ride mine?). For the sake
of a race report lets say he DID ride, and lets say he DID churn out some
serious lap-age. It certainly
didn't show with a gaggle of empty beer bottles littered around his still-warm
chair. But I digress as we tore through
9 laps, keeping our arch nemisis Lesondak duo working to maintain.
Charles Montour rode Herb's
bike. And he liked it.
Mike Lesondak could have beamed in
the awe of a sub-50-minute lap time.
Instead he decided to wig instead of wam and penetrated a tree at 20
mph. The quick will understand that
he made contact with living wood by 'knowing' his speed. Regardless this walking weeping willow
STILL managed to pull the fastest team lap of 59:32. He bears the mark of the beast. He must be...
Andie Lesondak proved that she's so
good, she can score the following:
a) A sick wheelset that would cause a grown man to blush.
a2) A six-shot photo sequence on the Swim Bike Run Photography website (while the rest of the team gets a few blurry background shots). Paparazzi.
a2) A six-shot photo sequence on the Swim Bike Run Photography website (while the rest of the team gets a few blurry background shots). Paparazzi.
b) Mad respect for talking
her ENTIRE 4th LAP and still kicking Montour's...
c) The smoothest curves, er
uh, racing lines one could ever wish to follow.
d) A freag'in podium finish!!
FURTHER DEETS:
Team Flying Dog #1 ***PODIUM FINISH***
BIB#: 256
CLASS: Duo Co-Ed
PLACE IN CLASS: 5
TOTAL LAPS: 9
MEMBERS:
Andrea "I like to talk on the uphills"
Lesondak
Mike "I'm retiring last year" Lesondak
Team Flying Dog #2 ***BEER COOLER
RAID***
BIB#: 269
CLASS: Duo Male
PLACE IN CLASS: 7
TOTAL LAPS: 9
MEMBERS:
Herb "Bike Pimp" Wright
Charles "I ride Herb's bike ... alot"
Montour
Team Flying Dog #3 ***PODIUM
FINISH***
BIB#: 336
CLASS: Male 105+
PLACE IN CLASS: 3
TOTAL LAPS: 10
MEMBERS:
August "I should be home" Merker
Brian "Trail Rage" Weisgerber
Nate "Uh dude, cool bike. can i borrow
it?" Wigley
“GO [gulp] TEAM [guzzle] FLYING [*burp*] DOG!!!”
~
Brian Weisgerber 2012
Post race celebration with.. of course.. Flying Dog brews.
