While you were busy hitting the delete key, I was busy living vicariously as a lonely list-lurker. Here's what you missed on the regional cycling list-serves...
For the Virginia Cycling Association, there was some big (and long) news this week:
- The long news is that the Virginia Ultra Distance Bicycle Championship is open for registration. So if you have a few hours to kill -- 6 or 12 to be specific -- just register and head on over to Suffolk, VA next weekend to get your fix. It's only $30, so the cost/minute is pretty much in your favor.
- While you're going long, why not go dirty as well and hit up the William and Mary Mountain Bike Classic this weekend? It's not just for boozy college kids; boozy adult-kids can sign up as well. Give it a shot. What's the worse that can happen? You get beat by some college coeds and have to party with them later?
- Finally, the big news this week was the announcement that Richmond will host the World Championships in 2015. By now, I'm guessing everyone knows about this; so I'll just say "mark your calendars now." 2015 will be here in only like 1,463 days or so. Time to start putting in the base miles.
As for MABRA, the news was less big and long, more loud and annoying...
- Joe Jefferson started the week off with some race promotion. He's got a 'cross race going on at Fort Ritchie. The charity cause is Breast Cancer, which is fitting considering all the Agent Orange. Regardless, he wanted everyone to know that one reason to do this race was the "resigned course" [sic]. So either the course has lots of great new signs on it or it's completely given up and can't take it no more. Still, I think you should register in case it's about new signs...
- Speaking of shameless plugs, apparently Squadra Coppi has some sponsors. How can I tell? Because every e-mail we see from them is an ad for somebody giving big money to their club for something (probably to get free advertising on the list-serve). This week it was all about the Therapy-Tape that they are going to give everyone at the Tacchino Cyclocross. So, if you haven't already, get registered and ask for -- nay, demand! -- free schwag. This team is rolling in sponsor dough... (Oh, and they like to eat at their Eye-talian joint sponsor as well. Join them for happy hour this week or the next or the next...)
- With registrations, of course, you don't want to ignore the DCCX, scheduled for October 23rd. Registration opens up this Sunday at, like 9:15 or something (I sort of forget. You should too...). So you'll want to be ready to register so you get a good spot on the grid and have a hope of beating me to the hole-shot.
- Finally, MABRA did catch up with the news about Richmond hosting the World Championships in 2015. When the news initially broke we got the headline "HOLY COW" from Cub Reporter Sean Yeager. A mere twenty-four hours after the news broke, Almost-Cub Reporter Jeff Anderson caught wind of it and thought "I bet I'm the only one who knows this. Better make uh announcement!" So we got "pretty exciting news" from him almost in the nick of time. First off, "HOLY COW" always trumps "pretty exciting." But, more importantly, if it's been a day since the initial story, perhaps assume that the Twitters and Facespaces have already broken the news for you...
Got any new interpretations, re-interpretations, or mis-interpretations? Send them to me so I can take a little delight in my dark, lonely world.
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Gus Grissom races for Team GamJams Racing, teaches History at Flint Hill School in Vienna, and writes a dissertation in his spare time. He compiles this column strictly for fortune and glory.
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