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So the day after the Hill Billy was the Wayne Ultra in a way it sucks that two good races are on back to back days but it's also pretty fun racing on back to back days. When we were leaving the Hill Billy we found out about the BIG BALLZ award that Jason Mahokey from XXC Mag was putting out there. I wasn't even sure what the prize was but the rules were pretty simple finish the Hill Billy on Saturday and the Wayne Ultra on Sunday. If more than one person did both the winner would be the best overall time. It seemed pretty simple and there was only three people up for the challenge Gerry, Ruth and me.
We met up with some friends at the campground Saturday. We were all in for a night we'd all remember for a long time. Not sure what time it was but I'm pretty sure it was after midnight. We were all awaken from a domestic squabble it was annoying as hell but funny at the same time. Some highlights man says you don't put that two piece bikini on for me. But my friends come over and you jump into it. Woman I'm tried of your neck twisting around every time a girl walks by. This continued back a forth for a while then man says you know that's a what a whore does that makes you a whore and you better be careful when your pointing your finger at someone cause you got FOUR fingers pointing back at you. But final word from woman FUCKEVER. Then it went silent.
OK now on to some race stuff yesterday was hot as hell and took allot of me today was going to be even hotter. The race started with us heading out the highway behind a motto and TJ pulling into the parking lot nice timing jackass. We paced up the first climb pretty slow then the motto pulled off and it was on. I tried hard to on but fell off quickly and was just trying to keep the leaders in sight. I went into the woods like 7th but for some strange reason I was riding pretty well through the singletrack and started passing people. I felt surprising good and was struggling on the climbs a little but felt like I was riding pretty strong. I worked my way up to second place and that's when everything started falling apart fast. I heard the hissing from my rear tire and was hoping for the best that it would seal. I stopped put some air in and hoped for the best again but within about 1/4 mile it was flat again. This may sound lame but it's been a while since I've flatted in a race and didn't know where to get started. It seemed like it took forever and I got passed by allot of people. But finally I was up and going again and wasn't feeling as good as before the flat. But finally I passed a few people and started feeling a little better. I popped out on the road at a check point and went about a 1/4 mile and seen Gerry riding towards me and I was like WTF. He shortcut and was tapping out said he had enough. I was like cool and was thinking maybe I should have asked him for his tube and stuff cause I was all out. Then about one minute later I really was regretting not asking cause my tire got squishy quick and I had another flat. I walked up the road and made it to the aid station. They had 26" tubes but no 29" tubes but they had a patch kit and so I figured I'd give that a shot. So I got some water and was getting ready to head out but before I left it was already flat again. At this point I was thinking about calling it a day that's when Jeremy Palermo rolled in and offered up his tube. Good thing for him is that I found out it already had a hole in it. So at this point I was pretty much had decided to call it a day and that's when Big Cat came in a offered up his tube as long as I would ride with him. It took a little time and I said OK that's when I did a big favor for Big Cat and found out that he was carrying around a 26" tube not a 29" tube. That's when I made up my mind not to try and continue on. I grabbed Ian Palermo's tube out of his drop bag figured he already went through and couldn't get it anyhow. Then I did my ride of shame back to the car.
The 25 miles of the course I did was awesome wished I could've seen the rest. So the BIG BALLZ award got changed to the BIG NO BALLZ award and Ruth is now the owner of some sweet ass XXC Mag swag. But FUCKEVER
J
