Back in the Winners Circle!

Last weekend should have been a big deal with the Test of Endurance a Kenda Cup and all. Instead I started looking at the weather and got some course recon only to find out that the race was likely going to be doomed to category debacle.

After enduring this several times in the past, I decided to hedge my bets on some sunshine and drove south for the Humbug Hurry-Up. I had done this race once before with Doug O. ten years ago. While the old, epic course is gone, and guys like Don Myrah and Johnny T. don’t come anymore, the race is still a fixture in Yreka, CA.

The last time we pulled the post-work, marathon drive, I shredded the climb only to flat my paper-thin tire catastrophically handing Mr. Ollerenshaw what could have been his first ever race win! Another roadie, Omer Kem, showed up this year and got an early lead on the climb only to fall off on the first descent leaving me a smooth ride to victory.

The weather was superbe and the trails around Green Horn Park were totally buffed and rippin’! It was almost worth the long drive minus my travel companion we will respectfully refer to as BC after he bailed on me at the race-alter about 5pm on Friday night–nice timing…

Yesterday, TOE did not disappoint baring it’s hideous nature and my race never got going with multiple foul-ups right from the start. The course was a muddy, over-grown mess and with the rain I decided the second two hours would be better spent napping at home.

Apparently Carl Decker won and set a new record along with his “team” of men in black or something like that. Whatever a “new” record means since the course has never been the same twice! Anyway they lightened Ripley’s wallet considerably which is nice to hear. CD is a cool cat and deserves to win more than he does, so I was happy with the nap and the result!