It was hotter than the hinges on the door to hell (See YouTube video link below)

Three days ago everyone was complaining about the cold... no more. It was hotter in Mason yesterday than it was in Libya; Mason 96, Tripoli a cool 88. Well, as Forrest Gump put it "stupid is as stupid does" so 22 raving lunatics headed south to be flanked by a 101 degreed heat indexed 15 MPH crosswind that gave us the odd feeling of being too close to the sun. And I know these people, they ain't gonna let a little heat get in the way of having some 'fun'. So the pace whipped up and a break got away. Cary, Zach, Wade, Doug and Craig among others pushed it hard and held it to the Annis sprint where Cary took the first prize of the night. We rolled hard down Tuttle and into the crosswind again a break got away, again Cary took the sprint on Blackmore. Behind Craig (left) was coming hard aiming for any leftovers with the look of the devil himself in his eyes. Craig is straight off another fine result with 2nd place at West Branch.


Well, finally a tailwind into Leslie before it got hot in the kitchen again with Cary taking the first KOM. With the first 2 sprints and the first KOM in the bag you might think Cary was going to clean our clocks all night, but Blackmore would be his last sprint "V" of the night. Zach (right) took the Kinneville sprint. The next prize at Catholic Church would be won by Doug in a high speed tailwind power sprint. Things settled down for a time until Rexico slipped of the front and the chase was on. It's a long way to the Potter sprint Rex! But he held it in the most impressive move of the night. The headwind felt good going into Mason, even at 95 degrees it was wind! We hit 40 on M36 and at the bottom of the hill Cary was on the attack again, then Doug pulled, then Wade, a gap of 2 bike lengths meant lights out and a cruise into Mason. At the front though Craig attacked hard for the Mason sprint only to come up short again. Mark posted a fine win that required some good tactics. Well men that's about it for now, no... wait! I saved the best for last, Mike Williams videotaped the ride last night and had it edited by Francis Ford Coppola and we present it to you now. enjoy (view YouTube Video by clicking here).