You know, with Franck's freakin' fast 1:39 time, he might have pushed
Isaias for 3rd place in the Expert class. Isaias did 2:33... I
think I'm going to take up smoking. A little cross training.

Yes, Franck's pictures rock! Man, it's going to suck when he's not
around to take photos. Of course he didn't take any photos of
Daniella or whatever her name was.

Mike


--- In teamwrongway@yahoogroups.com, "mtbhead1" <scottnshaney@...>
wrote:
>
> Man, great photos everyone. As always, Franck's candid's are
really
> cool. Mike and Mike, thanks for joining me in the carpool and
kicking
> down for my gas-guzzler. I truly believe that if anyone has the
> capability of pulling off cruising for hot chicks in a minivan and
> Malibu, it's you guys. Keith and Loren, sorry you guys weren't
there -
> you were missed in the post-race commisery fest. I'll do a quick
> report:
>
> The course was awesome - I'll be back for sure. At least a couple
of
> times while racing I had to just out right say how sweeeeeeet the
> course was (to unknown racers around me at the time). I really
> enjoyed all of the technical sections, and I was usually able to
> figure out a way to pass people in the downhill drop sections (if
they
> went left on the stairs, I'd go right, and vice versa). That added
a
> lot to the fun factor. I went from feeling OK to feeling great in
the
> first loop, and managed to catch up to a few TWWers that I thought
was
> impossible for me to do. Unfortunately, it was fleeting... I
think
> Troy passed me back up within that first loop, and others on the
start
> of the second climb. I really felt my energy drop bigtime right
> there, and the whole second lap was spent in "survival mode"
(except
> those fun-@ss downhill sections!). Lessons learned though: I think
I
> need to work on my endurance, and I also should have probably
brought
> some carb-gel with me - that probably would have helped. Although,
> when I mentinoed this to Franck, he laughed and said that all he
> brought was tobacco and water. :-)
>
> -Scott
>