NOD's, May 15.

May 15, 2012 will forever be known in TNR history as Night of Dave's (NOD).  If you were one of the 19 that started the ride, then of course you know I am referring to Dave Jessup and Dave Joos.  Both Dave's decided it was their night to do a little soul searching on the pavement.  Dave Joos kicked it off by leading a break on sprint 4, the break got caught, but Dave was not done. He countered with the pursuers to the top of the little rise before the sign, (right across from the last barn on the left, with a sweet garage band that serenaded us while we picked up the mess), then he decided it was time to take a nose dive onto the soft grass.  It must have been due to the lack of oxygen to the brain.  Thankfully it was a fairly soft landing for him and he was back up and riding.
For Dave Jessup, it was not the same soft landing.  Dave was part of a 3 man up break on the run into Mason.  The break was just about to get caught as we cleared the final hill and Dave thought it was a good time to see how well his helmet worked.  His helmet bounced pretty good after smacking the pavement.  Luckily, one of Ingham County's finest was passing by and we waived her down.  One hour later Dave is in Sparrow Hospital making sure he still knows what city he is in.  The report this morning form Dave's wife is that he has a concussion, but all else is well.  Dave and his wife wanted to let everyone know they are very grateful for the response from all teammates on getting Dave taken care of.  Well done!  Hopefully we will see both Dave's back out very soon. 

To think years ago we never even considered wearing helmets, and didn't.  Maybe that is why so many of us over 50 guys are so warped.

As for the sprint totals for the night.  It went white, black, white, white and black,, with no score on the Mason run.  3 week total now is.

White  37
Black  22
eots 6

I promised some new twists this week, but all I came up with was the double points.  Next week though,,we will really have a new fresh twist,, I know you can't wait.

DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE RIDE OF SILENCE TONIGHT,, RICK (ONE OF THE OVER 50 GUYS) SENT OUT A REMINDER.
ALSO, THE HELMET FOR KIDS THIS WEEKEND, I WILL SEND OUT A DETAILED INFORMATION BLOG BY TOMORROW MORNING.

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