Awesome!

What a hell of a good tour this year!

Somehow I missed this shot on VS!!!!!

Shawnee Mission Mayhem

Not much to say about this race other than I was there... Strong showing for Ethos Racing and saw a bunch of people from Joetown making the trip...

 I knew it was going to be hot, raced in it before, so I did not pay that much attention other than take some extra endourolites... Met some other Cat 1 fools who were pretty cool dudes..

Anyway, at the start, we all headed down a gravel drive for what seemed like a mile, a gap opened up with a couple of guys up front, saw Gmapes hammering it along. I put in a good little dig and closed most of it before we hit the singletrack... Little did I know at the time, this first 3 min would be the highlight of my performance.

Plugged along pretty well most of the lap but started to feel a bit drained by the end of it. Think I was 4th or something by the end of lap one.

At the end of this lap is where something funny kind of happened. Every race I have ever entered, I have had that fire in me that wants to push as hard as I can until the very end. Well on Sunday that fire was out....
Not sure why or how to get it back, it just is what it is... Well, that's the end of this race story...

RESULTS HERE

Good Job JP on a strong performance on your first Cat 1 race... I promise to be better competition on future races...
Owe, can't believe I almost forgot to mention Brad... He won his first race on Sunday!!!! Awesome!!! At the risk of sounding kinda hederochallenged, proud of ya dude....

BTW, I am pretty sure this is my last season on a hardtail... I am becoming a sissy and am tired of getting beat up.....

Discouragement.... Wah...

Man, I tell you what, I was super motivated after Crocodile Rock (KS State Championships) to get some interval and longer training rides in... Did it happen, well sorta... Not really though...Life can be a sun beeoa sometimes...

Took a little trip up to Krug yesterday and boy did I feel flat and weak.. It is rather discouraging...

So what do you when your not feeling up to par on your bike... Race the damn thing of course, on (from what I hear) a technical course... Good think its going to be extremely hot!!!

See you gents on Sunday.....

Yep, BIG RING SOB....

Yah, I met the man once.... From the looks of it, I just started racing, still had my tater hog on at 200lbs.... I think I see some man boobs!!

If you don't know who he is, don't admit it to anyone.... All you need to know is he is a big ring pushing bad arse!!!