Man.....are the flats ever going to end!!!
Marathon class starts at 11am, I get to Columbia about 9am. Pull in Cosmo and it starts pouring rain. If this was not Nate's place I would have headed back to STL. Got to BS with Dwayne, Mitch, and Nate some did a pre-ride....course looked pretty good! I was kinda getting in my own groove after people spread out on the start...first lap was slick, really slick! I did my best AMA flat track moto impersonation on a grassy turn...no harm! Second lap started to feel even better, passed Dwayne....yes I passed Dwayne....he was down with a flat but it still counts!!!! Right after I got started on the 3rd lap I flatted...stan's would not seal. Put a tube in, half mile later flat! This is around the time that I thought about leaving my pump(and more tubes) in my camelback....me being so smart went with bottles on race day........done deal!! About that time I see Dwayne walking. We made a deal to walk the course all the way so we would not get DNFs. You know we had a blast shouting at people and giving Split times to the experts. Man that race was fun to watch. Congrats to Dave B. on a huge win, that guy was laying it down!
And Nate thanks for the signs man....I about wrecked I was laughing so hard.
St. Joes coming up NO MORE FLATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
