Marty at the Hincapie and in the Interest of fairness....

First, Marty did not voluntarily send me this image.  As many of you know, he is not a publicity hound but I heard there was an image of him at the finish line so I applied some pressure.  Below is his description of the final climb and in the interest of fairness, I am providing one of my fans with equal exposure so no one can say I do not provide balance.

This was taken just before the last rise to the finish line.  The guy to my right is Chris Lyman, I have seen his name a number of times at Fondo’s that I done including a few weeks ago at the Levi Fondo.  He is usually in the top 10 and was a very strong rider.  He started to cramp at the top of the Green River Cove climb, I told him to hop on and he explained that he would not be able to help.  I said that it was fine and told him, let’s go.  As we hit the final rise he told me to go ahead without him.  I am glad that I was able to ride with him, he helped me set a strong pace up the Green River climb and was very encouraging and told me that I could catch Winston.  

Amanda, aka, "Corvair" for being as dependent showing up for a ride as was the car by that name.  Here, she is on vacation, somewhere south, eating a less than healthy meal. Below, another food item.  Amanda certainly ate well after doing a lot of hiking. I of course welcome and encourage ride/hike reports from others.  Flyin Tuna used to provide a report every so often but I think I annoyed her by insisting her reports use more than single syllable words and that she should read a book on proper usage of grammar, before submitting another report.  Corvair also, on occasion sent a report and I even gave her the title of "Ink Stained Wretch" but then she wanted a stipend and no one gets paid around here.