'Fire In The Hold'

What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
Shit happens...........

Team members DBD & PBD were up at altitude midweek making a late run for qualifying spots in the 'Skate-Ski Downhill' event for Vancouver when an incident thwarted their final high speed run, which ultimately may have cost them a spot on the games roster.

PBD reports that a 'mechanical animal' was stalking the pair for most of the morning, although confident they could out-run the device they thought it wasn't intelligent enough to sneak 'uphill' on them. 'We were very surprised when it came out of nowhere, first of all it tried to eat Tom but I followed his lead & took the 'get the f*** off the trail ASAP maneuver'. We both barely escaped- I think it was one layer of Lycra between us and the beasts jaw'. PBD went on to say.

It was then that things got interesting- the device, unable to traverse- stalled, and it was prime time for a counter attack from P & DBD. 'I just stared it down says PBD, and let Tom do all the translating given he was fluent in foul language, I couldn't understand what either of them were saying but it sounded like the beast was hungry.....'

Want a piece of me? yes actually we do...

Admin is pleased to report that both left the scene unscathed, however their equipment and the mental state of the beast is another story.....

Broken Carbon means someones gonna pay...

In other less important news, GW and associates have been performing admirably well given their (temporary) probationary status this season. Admin should point out that all applicants vying for full Team membership must be fluent in 'KBD speak'. The 'easiest' was to achieve this is to join the Team for (multiple) rides of longer then 2 hours and runs in excess of 90min, there you will be submitted to his full linguistic capabilities and a gain a finer understanding of what the hell is actually talking about.

ABD may be moving up the world, literally. All the best with the paper work. The Team are curious as to if the 'Bar' will be making the move 'up the hill'. Yes, we are concerned for the cats too and hope they make the journey without issue, however our main interest lies with a large cabinet that holds precious fluids. Any muscle required to assist with transport- you know who to call.

Team thoughts are with BBD this weekend as he attempts to drink and play sport whilst injured. We wish him the best and add 'It can be done!'


Special mention to EMBD; Is there anything this man cannot do???

Father, Climber, Manager, Cycle Stage Winner, Former Track Star, Bare Foot Water skier, Bare chested drinker and now Olympic Torch Bearer.
A 'Full Respect' from the Team on this one, he kept his training regime top-secret throughout the winter and surprised us all by presenting himself in peak condition for the flames journey through the Okanaghan. (Word has it that some indoor aqua-activity was involved in his preparation).

'Representing'

Briefly: Any Team comments to the media must be made in the presence of another Team member, makes two of you look stupid instead of one.

Any attempts by Team applicants to modify or change their mode of transport shall be looked on favourably, esp if the vehicle is faster, lower to the ground and has rims larger than GW's waist.

Next Team Meeting: Saturday 12th February- if you dont know where, it's for a reason.

That's it for Friday Folks, any spelling mistakes seen can be directed to notintersted@TBD.com.

Beaking news & Race news

In breaking news team member KBD recently dragged a local undesireable wearing a jacket stolen from his jeep in to the police station. At this point he went to the front desk and said "book em Danno". Officer Curtis replied "who's Danno". It is rather sad that our local police force is not forced to watch re-runs of Hawaii 5-0 to learn the tricks of the trade. Once the dust settled the jacket was returned to it's rightful owner for drycleaning. Good work KBD!!!

In race news the entire team except late entry dark horse AS cracked like walnuts. GW and myself got 3 penalties, JC two penalties. It was decided that the stagger was 17min on the way up so I therefore placed second to the the even splitting AS. JC's last lap was 4 min and 27sec slower than his first lap which is rather embarassing for the team. I can hold my head high as I only had a difference of 4:25. GW was 4:14 but I think he found a website to manipulate the results in his favor.

Next weekend is Telemark, a pursuit race. JC was already trying back out which is not surprising. The reality of having a job and a phone is starting to wear down the young fella :)

Vegas odds are up...Overlander!!!

The biggest ski race of the year is this weekend. 50km skate just outside of Kamloops. There is always some good carnage out there especially if one goes to the pub the night before. There should be a good showing from Nickel Plate again however word on the street is that KBD and ABD have already pulled the pin. Something about achilles and broken bones... are they not real men? Of those showing up the odds are now up, a 5 minute penalty will be given for any lap(s) more than 2 minutes slower than the first lap. The stagger will be debated on the way up.

JC 23-1...zero confidence after a near loss to Patricia last weekend
GW 3-1...unfinished business, not even trash talking, serious and ready, waxing all week
TE 3-2 or 50-1 depending on the above mentioned pub with good beer

Stay tuned....results will be up sunday night

Reno-Keski Salmi

An interesting turn of events at todays race. After all the trash talking by GW on his blog he was a no show. Perhaps shopping in Kelowna was more important?

After all the trash talking by Jonny on his blog he found himself in a fierce battle coming into the home stretch of the final few km's of the race. He was able to push ahead of his rival (Patricia) and came across the line screaming "I hone you" Sure Patricia was racing female 50-59 but Jonny did not care and was very proud of his effort. Results below.


41
.
Jonathan Caron
551
NP
1:06:51
2:16:23
11
M
30-39
42
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Pat Pearce
696
SLN
1:06:11
2:16:55
1
F
50-59

Now there is another race next weekend so let the trash talk begin. Will GW be allowed to race? Will Jonny get chicked by the old(er) lady? Can I drink less than 5 pitchers the night before? Will ABD or KBD have the nerve to toe the line...it's a sunday race so I'm sure some excuses will be found. Stay tuned folks, the blog after getting grumpy is now a hotbed of sizzling info.

DBD

KICK ASS recovery product

OK so the cupboards were bare the morning of this years annual Winterman. I had to improvise and ended up stealing some of the twins formula. The winterman usually leaves me bagged for several days but upon completion I downed several cups of this stuff. Wow!! The next day I felt great and went on to crush Jonny once again. Perhaps I am on to something. I will continue to race and recover with Enfamil this season and see how it goes. The first race is this saturday. Jonny and GW will also be attending. GW was trash talking on his blog so I'm going to start some online betting even if it is illegal. The wager is based on overall time (subtract 5X any negative split) and (add 20X any positive split).

I will generously give a 15 min handicap to Jonny and GW to make things interesting.

Vegas had just announced odds.

DBD 7-1 (usually crashes or bonks on second lap)
Jonnyo 3-2 (always starts like a Sheila so might negative split)
GW 4-1 (stong season so far but will get too excited at start to negative split)

I know this post is lame but the blog was getting mad (who is the blog?)

Slack

this is the blog speaking: It is now 2010 you useless pricks, someone get of their arse and compose a new post! I know you have been out there, drinking, skiing, sleeping, getting older, rolling trucks and a whole lot of other stuff too!
Get on it, or there will be some new members inducted to make up for your laziness!
One final bitch, change the picture!!!! It has been snowing for 24hrs here!!!!!!!! How do I know.....cause there's a weather tab on me you morons.
you have 72hours to take action.