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CMWC 2K Day 2 Stardate whatever - a former rant disorganiser races again

Body

Still here still in one piece, despite having had my lungs come out of my

mouth again. Uuurgh.



Not sure whether I qualified for the final. Not sure if I would be unhappy

not to be in the final or relieved not to be in the final. There are a lot

of places on the course where you can just bang in the big ring and go (the

french call that 'mettez la tout droit'), and really hurt yourself. Yvonne

took 8 whole minutes out of me yesterday but I took 30 seconds out of her

today.



Yesterday I was taking the piss out of the Boston Blackouts for ordering 20

cases of beer to be delivered, today I will herald them as visionaries the

like of which have not been seen since Laurent Fignon started wearing

bifocals. Serious beer shortage today. Who organised the licensing laws in

Pennsylvania? A mad goat with a pathological hatred of bike messenger

events? Or was it the Canadians?



Most enlightening moment of the day: hearing the Canadians trying to

remember the recipe for ice.



Most obscene moment of the day: watching B-mac mounting his bike (and we

mean mount) in a kilt with the Flag of St Andrew caught in his back wheel -

Timber!!!



Most boring moment of the day: Trying to find out where the Sprints were

going to be.



2nd most boring moment of the day: Waiting for the Sprints to start.



Best moment of the day: Realising that the main race had finished at 130PM -

2 1/2 hours before the cops would have started charging $500/hour overtime.



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