Granogue Race

Up at 5am and off to the races. Today Jen and I were tasked with marshaling an area called Deputies woods at Granogue. It's a real fun section. It's twisty with dips. From a central point, you get a great view of racers nearly circling you through the woods. Though already fun, we decided to add a little of our own. We fired up the iPod with some powered speakers (via generator off in the distance) and played Johnny Cash all day. We had the whole redneck motif going with hats, shine and overalls. Not sure if anyone really noticed, but at least Jen and I had a good time.

My partner in crime

The sport racers came through first. They all seemed a little confused. I guess they couldn't figure out why a couple of hillbilly look-alikes were standing around playing country music in the middle of a mt. bike race. Whatever. They'll learn.

The elite racers were a whole different story (or maybe my perception was sufficiently altered by the shine?). We got all kinds of hoot & hollers, requests and the always appreciated air.
Here's Ryan bringing his Dtown style to the first state.

Here's proof that Kevin not only knows what "getting air" means, but he can do it!

Yeah I know they're blurry. I'm not a photographer.
Here's Ben with some rigid force.

Bike Line Bill with some serious crossed up action

So maybe I had a few...

But it was no where near as many as this guy

During cleanup, we had a quick minute for a short game of marshmellow baseball. Or is it marshball or maybe basemellow?

And hey! If you lost a bottle during the race, but were too cool to pick it up you can find it here.

-b