No Napa

I'm going to stop kidding myself and just bag on my participation in the SSWC08 right here and now. I checked out the Ogre's rundown of the Skyline Wilderness Park trail system and have decided against driving 18 hours each way - not to mention dropping major coin on gas - so I can hike-a-bike my singlespeed around in a sweltering oak woodland with a bunch of other inebriates. I can only hope that someone from the southwest is able to win the post-race, grab-ass talent show so that the event can be brought to a closer and/or more desirable venue in 2009.

And, come late August, if my decision has me feeling left out, I'll set up camp near Sonoita, down a six-pack, and hammer the oak-lined trails at Kentucky Camp until I barf.