Fast, fun & free (plus some degree of suffering). The hallmarks of a true Foghorn event. The Forest Hill ITT did not disappoint.
What did disappoint is the loss of my Garmin GPS cyclocomputer. The failure of a $12 mounting device (and hardly worth that) caused the loss of a $250 piece of low tech electronics. You see a photo of what once was above. I can't even bear to think of how I might go on. Thanks to all the support I've gotten recently from folks on that.
Oh yes, back to the event. I've heard people say they've "dumbed down" Forest Hill. Well, FHP smartened up on lap 2 at about 100 degrees F. I really thought I might toss whatever cookies were in me. For me, the first lap went fairly well but the second lap really sucked. Bit of a new perspective on FHP. Huge props to Brandy-fastest female, Scottie D.-fastest male/fastest lap, and Jeremy-fastest singlespeed. Actually, huge props to everyone for just coming out. It was fun, and the ice cream man came by right on cue at the finish. We even got mooned by a passing car. I haven't been mooned in like 20 years. I didn't know kids were still mooning people these days. Awesome!
Here is last nite's FHP ITT official score card. Snowman, sorry but an unoffical scoring error bumped me up a minute, and that put me 59 seconds ahead of you, pal. Top 3, I'm gunning for you guys next week.
I got pretty worried after a rather apathetic "Simpsons Trivia" prologue to set the start sequence. I mean when it takes 16 people three guesses to get a True/False question right, we may have a problem. Great crowd though, a few Foghorn veterans, and plenty of newbies. Excellent representation by the females. It always makes me smile when someone shows up in cutoffs and a T-shirt and takes the rest of the crowd to ride school. This week it was John. Fine work, buddy. OK, so they weren't cutoffs, but still...
I am simultaneously scratching my head and my ass thinking of a new venue and format for next week. Ancarrow's Landing Dirt Crit is getting serious consideration!
Someone get my thanks out to Kate for running the clock. Excellent job, hope to have you back on staff next week. We're going to double your salary!
