It sure was good to see this smiling face !
Early Saturday morning a hearty group would show up at my house as we headed out for a preview of the Fairhill race course. The group included Buddy the leg breaker, Matty T (forest), Fort James, Green Trek John, Jay Jay, Fitzy, Todd, Alan the cleaner and Bobby's boy Keith G. Yes, Keith G who recently finished his second cycle of chemo, and is recovering from testicular cancer. I was excited to see him; it appears things are going very well for him in both health and life right now, although he has a few more chemo cycles to go... It was great to see him. Keith was very excited and very positive, he rode great.
The first hour of the ride I got to lead, I tried to keep a solid pace but not blistering. This was my first ride since Big Bear, and my legs felt it for sure. The group stayed together. The trails were super hero fast. It was hot. Hot like Jenny McCarthy in catholic school girl outfit.
Half and hour later, we pop out onto a stretch of fire road. Keith and Todd go the front, and it was on. The three toughest climbs hit you in the middle stretch of the course. Keith, yes Keith, destroyed the group here. With Todd, Buddy and Green Trek John, they rode away from the rest of groupetto. I popped pretty hard and struggled to keep it together...
We skipped the south park section hoping to catch back onto the fantastic four, but instead hooked up with Jebbager, who rode the entire course, stuck it too us. He prerde the entire course and then rushed off to T-Town for a night of track racing. The kid is cool.
We finished up and the fantastic four finished right on our heels. They did the entire course in 2:15. Looks like to me that this will be a 2 hour race or so, barring any issues.
All in all, I was hot, sweating and tired, it was good to be around so many good friends. Best of all I got to ride with Keith again. It was a good day, hopefully I'll have a little more in the tank tomorrow and the legs will remember how to pedal a bike again...
1 comment:
Wow! I had no idea Keith had cancer. He'll be ok? After he pulls through this, y'know he'll have a Lance Armstrong revelation and win the next six, and maybe even seven, Granogues!
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