Summer Solstice Recap 2012

This is an event I have done in 6-10 mixed, tag, and Solo in past. Did not get to play in this event last year due to the much needed recovery time that was essential for the shoulder dislocation.

Group of 8 solid guys: Tommy Hanrahan, John Connors, Mike Bowen, Randal Dyzak, Chris Martin, Shawn Weima, and Taylar Hall.

We went into this with more of a "have fun" sip on some beers in between laps as there was loads of time to recover in between laps, however.......you get a bunch of competitive guys together and next thing you know.....we all are cogniscant of our lap times and our placing ;)

Had the luxury of spending the Thursday night up at Honey Harbour for a work related retreat...a.k.a. ended up consuming quite a few drinks with some sales crew which wasn't the best way to prep for this year's event..already behind 8 ball for Friday camp set up and pre-ride. Shawn Weima and Taylar Hall joined me with a super mellow evening ride (dusk) of the course Friday....man it was going to be FAST!! I seem to recall this total distance was a couple more km than years past....but it sure didn't seem long with each lap. Kudos to the Chico crew who laid out this course this year...climbs were perfect in interval and also duration ;)

I could go on about every detail of this event, but will choose to just say....a great gathering of souls and an event that brings the good out of all. We placed 11th out of 97 showing in the 6-10 corporate group and am extremely happy with this placing. The beer consumption was also teetering on high in between laps so performance was also appropriate for this factor as well ;) Could we have placed better...yeah...we should have really had 10th....but after it's all said and done....who cares about placing...GOOD TIMES!