If you feel like falling, fall

First things first. Timo Halliday pierced his ears. Now, I'm not saying he's the skinniest red head over 6"4' who watches BET with his lunch crew; because he's already said that. It would just be redundant. T Brown pulled off the ear rings for years, so not all hope is lost for Tim. But then, T Brown went to the Olympics and won a masters cross' national championship on a pink single speed with mustache bars and a bell. Some changes in the schedule for this weekend. The race in VT is a no go, as is the race in Utica. The drives are long and the scheduling just didn't come together. Instead, I'll be making a trip back to Farmington, CT for the second to last root 66 MTB race of the year. It's a fast course composed of wide XC ski trails with a few smooth twists and turns of nicely burmed single track. Because of the conditions, combined with a presumed race time of around an hour twenty, I'll be racing this one on the 'Cross bike. It should serve as a good opportunity to continue the rise I handling skills, race fitness, and overall economy on the new set up. Good cornering/descending work, good opportunity to work on some running, a rare chance to see some friends from Gorham, and, at least, an opportunity to make even the single speeders look like sallies.