Races Poker and Sprints

What's happening here? Who's running this show? How come there is no action on this blog?...
Well, the weather has been nice and we've been riding lots. But when the store is busy, the blog suffers. There are however, lots of interesting things happening this weekend.
Last Sunday was the the last DH race in the Island cup series it took place in Port Alberni but unfortunately I did not make it up there this time. Mitch was up there though, and got his third place overall in the expert category confirmed and Dave Pfaffenberger won the intermediate category overall. Pretty bitchin results there and they deserve a congratulatory knee-to elbow jerk from the goof that generally writes this blog.
This weekend has some races coming up as well as the 12 hours of Cumberland takes place and also the Arduum Challange DH check vid:

I don't know if anyone is showing up for those races from the store, but you never know.
I did race last Friday night however, and had a blast. One of the bicycle couriers in town, Dave (not of Pfaffenberger fame) , put on a great sprint race that took place in Esquimalt. The race was set up with two stripes of duct tape across the road with about 400m between them. We raced one on one, and the winner got to go to the next round, the looser was out for the evening and had to resort to beer drinking and heckling the other racers. This worked out well and much beer was consumed. This was my first sprint race and I suspect there will be quite a few more. Sprinting fits well with my fitness level since races are over in a matter of seconds.
But let's keep reporting on upcoming races rather than wallowing in the previous ones.
The 2009 S.I.M.B.S. Poker Run will take place at Hartland on June 28. That should be a fun event with lots of good riding and lots of good people...