you do the math.

hey kids.

how about a story?

this is one of my favorites.

it's called, "the time i beat super rookie twice on the same climb".

it all started last fall, on a pretty regular training ride. we were doing the little guy secret training loop. it consists of all the same roads everyone in the metro aera rides, but in a slightly different sequence.

the ride was nearing it's end and we had still to climb the dreaded ohio st.

mr. super rookie, in classic form, starts trash-talking before the climb is even in sight.

when we do finally approach the hill, he gets noticeably "twitchy", in that super rookie way, and moves right to the front.

at the first hint of incline he's off!
i'll tell you, he caught us off guard like a couple drunken sailors with shore leave!

so at the half-way point of the climb, he's still "charging" forward/upward, with the littleguy and i comfortably on his wheel. its about then that i ask tim if we are going to continue along ohio st or turn at the top on to cherokee.
as he blurts out, "keep going", i make my move.

when i look back i could barely even see super rookie anymore.
i had continued along ohio past cherokee, as decided. when i look back though, things had changed.

super rookie took the corner onto ohio, and inexplicably everyone followed him.
so, i turned it around, cruised back down the block to turn up cherokee, which continues to climb for about two blocks.

in that two blocks i caught, and dropped super rookie again.

it was a nice day.

the end.


i don't really like to brag, (not that it's really bragging when we're talking about beating sr... i mean who hasn't?), but sr was trash talking earlier tonight, so i thought i'd share this little story with you.

ah, memories.