ING Direct Capital Crit: Reports 17-20

Counting up to 20, we've officially made it. I promised our friends at ING Direct that if we got to 20 blog posts and race reports that include the title sponsor's name that I would make their logo the Featured Photo for this week. Alas, the time limit I set was for Tuesday at noon. Arbitrary, yes. But rules is rules, and while we got to 20, we didn't come in under the cutoff. Anyway, I'm pretty sure ING Direct is as happy as we are to see young Thor's form come around so early. After all, he's going to have to sock away those race winnings somewhere, right?

Here are the rest of the reports:

17. Phatphat.com took in the race, and has a flickr gallery to prove it. The orange cowbells ING Direct gave away made an impression.

18. Orange Explains it All was also (naturally) impressed by the cowbells. He's got pics of some local heroes you'll recognize, and also this one of a cowbell above the capitol dome.

19. Riding on the Metro apologizes for the shrill noise accompanying her video of the final two laps. The culprit? Yes, orange cowbells.

20. Let's Talk Biking is obviously a fan of the highest order. She found some pics that GamJams missed, and also has an update on Blake Caldwell.

It's worth pointing out that none of today's entries, and many of the others in the list of 20, are not bike racers. Many of them aren't even cyclists. But the race made an impression on them, and they're linked here because they noticed, on some level, who was sponsoring the race. Not only that, they wrote about it. They created media, well after the event itself, that promotes the event and its sponsors, and didn't charge a dime for it.

Pretty cool model, eh?

So no featured photo for ING DIrect, but here's a consolation prize, courtesy of Joel Steen.

Save your money. Not you, ING Direct. Spend yours sponsoring cycling. But yeah, everyone else should save some.

Comments

[Pat]

quick note from Phatpat.com; the flickr gallery you linked to isn't mine; mine can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatpat/sets/72157607467439480/

And I am a racer, just a measly cat 4!