Could'a, Should'a, Would'a p/b RGS Title: 06-29-10

Here's how this weekend's racing could'a, should'a, and would'a turned out if it hadn't'a turned out the way it did...

The hottest show in MABRA Town was the RGS Title Reston Town Center Grand Prix:

• In this battle of Nick Versus Gravity, Nick won.  Gravity put in a solid effort for second.  Dead last?  The rest of the Cat 4's.  (Yes, "you got dropped...")
• Among those watching was a big fan of Seabiscuit, Born To Kilo.
• The Need To Bike had a somewhat less satisfying weekend, but isn't carrying a grudge (against gravity, at least).
• The View From The Drops builds to a great story about his son's race but finishes with some great shots of the big kids' race.
• Tradewinds Racing blew into town just in time to win a race and get some ice cream.
• Bryan Vaughan just plain blew.  Well, he'd like to blow, but his dang inflammed lungs won't allow him.  And the medicine won't allow him to drink and that's trouble when it's like 1,000 degrees.
• He promised "good, bad, and sticky."  Flamenco Chuckwagon felt good, then he felt bad.  Now I feel let down: where's the sticky?  (It was the cake store, wasn't it?  Top shelf chocolate cream.)
• Celerity Cycling p/b Fitness Together needs to look for a new sponsor: The Black Pearl (and maybe a cool monkey).
• "I was a big, dumb baby."  MykeCycle doesn't really know what he's saying; Just rolling to the line for a technical crit counts for something.  The rest is gravy if you are a Cat 5.  

Other folks tried to beat the heat by seeing how fast they could go at the Smithfield HAMmerfest TTT:

• The Vanderkittens went faster than most even when some were dragging their Manderkittens along for the ride.  Plus, what's better than one Vanderkitten with a great caboose?  Three of them.
• FireBike gives you the promoter's perspective and wonders if his buddy has issues with women's chamois.
• Tradewinds Racing proves that the family that races together, wins together.  And the husband that gives his wife the prize money gets to be jealous of his wife's new bike soon.

Still others tried to beat the heat by staying in it for about twelve hours at the Twelve Hours of Cranky Monkey:

• Scarkinsmel has an interesting nutrition strategy for endurance: Chicken McNuggets.  I'm still feeling a bit ill.
• DCMTB crushed it and they have the photo evidence to prove that the event really went from sunup to sundown.
• Even with any kind of -lyte he could find, Strap's Blog proves that certain body parts have a limit,  'Taint no mystery that the saddle makes you feel funny sometimes...
• Speaking of places that ought not be spoken about, FatMarcVanderbacon rode strong and feels fine after a liberal application of Boudreaux's Butt Paste.

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Gus Grissom races for Team GamJams Racing, teaches Greek and Latin at DeMatha Catholic High School, and writes a dissertation in his spare time.  He compiles this column strictly for fortune and glory.