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Fool's Gold 2010 was Saturday. And for those that raced, Sunday was a day of "surveying the damage".

You heard from Justin last week, Jim in the Bs and people races and all that. Tonight though, FM:Race really shined at The DLV.

Justin finally was asked to officially cat up to the As, and he won. Not just one race, but the entire evening. His speedyness netted him 15 points for the evening, winning the A omnium and making the target on his back that much bigger as he remains in #1 for the year-to-date standings and continues to increase his lead over everyone else with 216.6 season points. His closest competition is way back at 187.0!

The rest of the team did pretty great as well. Gregg, who has been scientifically proven to never ride bicycles, grabbed 2nd place in one race, while FM:Race swept the top 3 in the B Ominum: Jason in first with 11 points, me in second with 10 points, and Jim (our birthday boy!) in third with 9 points. With our powers combined, our team points grew to 372 with Ga State lagging further and further behind in 2nd place with 292 points.

Here's the full results. Per the usual, much pizza and beer was consumed afterwards and we'll all looking forward to Wheelrace night next week. Come watch!

Track season is about half over with the completion of two Pro Races (The Keirin and The Omnium) and the Working Man's Madison. As we leave the Alps behind us and head towards our figurative Pyrenees, Faster Mustache sits in Yellow (Team Results). It was only May when Faster Mustache was in 3rd place in team standings trailing over a hundred points behind what seemed an unstoppable Georgia State Team. Today Faster Mustache is in 1st with 23 points over GA State.

Some of the FM:Race mountain bike crew met up at Chicopee for a few hours on the trails:

FM:Chicopee from Chris Kelly on Vimeo.

The camera rotated between Jason, Ed, and X.

Heres the route (minus 2.7 miles I didn't record at the beginning): http://connect.garmin.com/activity/40944018

Music: Metric - Gold Guns Girls

[from ckdake.com]

After being out of town for a week, this past Tuesday and Wednesday was the Working Man's Madison at the Dick Lane Velodrome. Jason and I teamed up to represent Faster Mustache's race team, while Jim and Justin from FM:Race wore different jerseys and raced as Man Hands. (Each team had to wear different jersey's to avoid confusion in the Madison races.) Read about what a Madison is over on wikipedia.

Photo of Jason and I about to do an exchange in the 50Lap Madison by Jon Woodroof who, as usual, has lots of photos and a broader writeup: here.

I decided earlier this year to do all the races in the Georgia Cup Time Trial series because, well, I've never done a time trial series before. Why not, right? True, I've also never attempted to bear hug a cactus (or for that matter, cactus hug a bear) but some things are worth trying... especially if they involve riding bicycles until your brains melt like a slice of cheese over toast.

If you ordered a kit and have not made arrangements to have it shipped or to pick it up, your kit will be available at The Gear Revival tomorrow morning around 10am.

If you did not order a kit but would like to purchase one, The Gear Revival purchased a pretty decent pile of kits and will be selling them (with a price increase) sometime in the near future. First come, first serve! I'll update here when I get a confirmation that they are available there for purchase.

I was totally psyched to do this race this year, sans rain. So psyched, in fact, that Alex and I signed up for the 12-hour open mens duo cat, and I put gears on?!? We set out through the darkness in the Subie with none other than N, E. and my dog Huey in the back, arriving at 12:30am and settling in by 1:30.

The plan was as follows: 1) Outsprint a good number of folks in the LeMans start (this worked somewhat to plan); 2) Put in a hot first lap; followed by 3) Alex putting in a blistering second lap. 4) Mellowing to 2 lap pulls for a while; and 5) each put in a final single last lap.

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RAMBO put on in March their annual, x-ways in a day, where x(2010) = 4. That’s: 1)XC TT CW then CCW; 2)Hillclimb; 3)DH; 4)DS. I talk Alex into showing up for the day. Nina came along only under the condition that Elliott would show up soon. This was also made possible by the nature of the day’s races- short TTs! (Take note dads)