Got a lot of really good feedback about Granogue. Got forwarded a nice thread titled “granogue was the best mass race ever.” That pretty much made my day. My favorite note came from Mike Fitzpatrick who rides for biketopia:

“My take on my worst race ever.

Great pre-race pep talk. Best I've heard, anyway. Humanizing the race in memory of your friend Andrew hit home and my wife filled up. She flat out cried on the way home after I filled her in on what I knew about him. You've heard from a lot of people much more articulate and funny than I, but this was by far my favorite yet worst race. Dead Ass Last in my class, doubled over cramping, out of water, gu, skill and will, I limped into Fuzzy's marshal station. He knew I was hurting badly. Maybe it was the blood and pale whiteness. Maybe it was that crap blaring from his stereo. He got me up that fucking hill with his logic. "It's right up there, dude". I don't think I'll forget Fuzzy. Good people.

"Right up there" was my wife and three kids waiting to cheer me through the finish. Waiting patiently. Very patiently. Dead Ass Last. They even had a hot dog waiting for me.

Nice job Marc. Great memories for my worst race ever. Does that make it an epic? I'm careful not to use that term unless I mean it.


Thanks mike, yeah it was epic. fuck all that mass bullshit, that right there is why we put on the granogue race. That rules man. Thanks. BTW, expect a different kind of format from us next year. We have some big plans; very frankly we want to put on a race for people that get it, people like mike. Not people that want to have a 40 email argument over leg marking. Jesus, man life is too short.

Messages like Mike’s, that’s what has driven us to make Granogue what it was this year, and what will drive us to evolve it into a more fun, even better event. Expect more flowing, more fun course next year.