But no, I did not win the All City Championship. I did have a blast doing though. Kirk and a friend of Kirk's, Peter, and I did the race as a threesome. We didn't take it too seriously, mostly because we are pretty much noobs at this and we just wanted to get as many stops done as we could in the 3 hour time limit. We made 12 of the 20 stops which ranged from Univ and Snelling in St Paul, to the Lake Harriet Bandshell, to W. Broadway in North Minneapolis, to Grumpy's Bar in Nordeast. We skipped the St Paul stop cuz we didn't have time. It rained pretty much the whole 3 hours and poured on us for about 15 minutes. They had prizes at some of the stops and I picked up a patch, pair of biking socks and a derailleur cable set. The rain slowed everyone down, but it also helped in a way because the paths around the Lakes area were not filled with dog-walkers or in-line skaters. Only one person finished all the stops, how I'll never know. It was probably a combination of him being an experienced bike courier who knew how to set up the route efficiently, being very fast on his bike, and not stopping to chat with workers at certain stops. Or drinking a beer at his last stop like we did. Kirk, Peter and I competed in the Masters category since we are over 36 years old. The guy who won the Masters had 15 stops, so he pretty much whupped us. I don't know what place we finished exactly, they haven't posted that yet.
The family made it to all the appointments on Saturday morning, plus the piano was delivered. The Madster and 'Nika have practiced more in the last 48 hours than in the past 2 weeks. We'll see how long that lasts.
TOYH and I may be spending our Anniversary cleaning up flood debris. The B&B we have reservations at is in Peterson, MN which is about 3 miles from Rushford, MN which was hit pretty hard by the floods this weekend. See how the weather always works against me?
The Madster gets to celebrate her birthday one day early this year. Wednesday nights are usually booked pretty solid at the Massage Parlour, so we are going to Annie's Parlor (a restaurant, not a competing massage shop) for dinner again on Tuesday. I can feel my arteries clogging up already.
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Were you ever scared?
Naw, Kirk and I were pretty careful. Peter on the other hand was weaving in and out of traffic a little bit. I still have brakes on my fixie and I use them, I doubt I'll ever go brakeless. Kirk was brakeless, so Peter and I would go down hills ahead of him and call out whether the intersections were clear. We avoided busy streets when possible.
oh man...
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