Well what now??
As always I have had time to look back at the race and find some regrets. Maybe I should have pulled in two more laps? Maybe I should have stuck around for the awards? Maybe I shouldn’t have told my pit crew that if I ever talk about doing another 24 hour race they are to come and take all my bikes from my house so I can’t go? These kinds of things.
I am already thinking about what I am gonna do next. How can I top this year? Was this as good as it ever will get? I threw around the idea of taking donations for “Team Walmart Solo” for next year’s Burn 24 hour race. The theory is that I have enough people reading my blog that if half of them threw in $1-5 I could have an operating budget of $500 or more. Then I would go to Walmart and buy EVERYTHING I NEED. Bike, shoes, shorts, T-shirt, long johns, food, lighting(flashlights and duct tape), and so on. I would see how far I could push that crap through the woods in 24 hours. Afterwards I would donate everything to Goodwill. Don’t send your money yet, it is an idea in its infancy.
Tommawicki-wicki-wicki came uptown the other day to get some final footage for her “dickymentary” she was shooting at the Worlds. She reminded me of something I said during the night that I still don’t recall. She asked me how it was going and I replied “The devil’s out there….the devil’s out there”. Maybe I wasn’t as clear headed as I thought.
Peter Rajcani commented about a moment when I came up on him on the granite wall climb. There was a group of people at the top and they were cheering me on as my brain was coming out of my ears trying to reach the summit. When I arrived they said I was the only SS they had seen climbing that section. I replied “Then that is the last time I will climb that section”. I was only doing it because I thought that was what all the cool guys were doing. Doh!
Lots of love coming this way, and I appreciate it. Email, phone calls, and comments. I think a lot of people realized what this meant to me. I managed to start the season right with a win at the Cohutta 100, and then slip into a summer of mishaps and mayhem all over the continent with some success sprinkled in. To bookend it with one more win (the one I wanted more than anything) was just too sweet. Real storybook crap. I’ve mentioned it before, I love underdog movies. From “Zulu” to “Rudy” to “The Last Dragon” I get all verklempt during the big moment where the underdog realizes his destiny and perseveres. I got to be that guy, just once. That’s as good as it gets in the movie of my life.
My next challenger
“Who’s the meanest, prettiest, baddest, mo-fo, low down around this town? Team Dicky? Oh hell no! I am the Shogun of single speeding.”
Way to go!! I plan on meeting you and other FAST AS HELL SS’n mates in 07 as me racing will consist of these longer races. I may only do 4 or 5 depending on the travel distances and of course the huge entry fees. My FoSho first race of 07 will be the Ouachita Challenge in Arkansas only 60 miles but damn fun when you bring 30 of your local Iowiegians with you to party it up:)
Peace
Congrats on your HUGE win. Way to respresent the Viking crowd.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!
That is it. Way to go! I am proud to say “I know that dude and he is one cool little mo-fo who walks it like he talks it.”
But, now you’ve gone and done it. You’ve reached the Pinnacle. Zenith. Apex. Top of the Mountain. Acme. Now, all you can do is enjoy the fast, furious and burning descent. The Denoument. It’s all downhill now, but I like your budget cycling campaign idea. Except for one thing. Don’t you ever, ever set foot in that shithole called Wal-Mart again. Ever. Do it at Target or K-Mart if you’d like. Maybe start at the Goodwill. And then come full circle with donations. You’ll be helping them twice, and not supporting the absolute ruination of our nation via one corporation. Blood sucking greedmongers.
Rant *off*
Congrats. You are the man. Come see us soon in the Steel City.
aDamB, I figured there would be some walmart dissenters. I would consider Target or another option if I go through with it. Although I saw Walmart had a nice bike with shocks and pegs and stuff.
Yeah- I figured you may have dropped the name as the ubiquitous “cheap” stuff moniker. I just get so upset everytime I read yet another tale about how they do their business in all of our small and large cities and towns.
You always find a way to do the right thing. Miss ya’ man!
is that pic of sho nuff from bruice leeroy?
DANG!
Yah, what is the next adventure???
As for donations - man, I would give yah a good chunk of cash if I had it, but all I have is my raggy old long underwear. If you want them, they are yours!
Anyhow, I look forward to your next adventure (opps, I mean painful experience - like S&M almost). On the big 29nr!!!
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