2010 CRC Awards
It is that time of year to look back at the very long season and remember some of its finer points......
Attendance Winner
Crash of the Year
Fortunately, we had no major crashes this year. This is also the first year of riding that Ali is not in the running for the award.... actually I mean winning the award. This year's award goes to Rob for his two endos in 10 feet. For those of you that did not witness this spectacle....... Rob was descending a steep hill at Boyne when he hit a sandy section and went over the bars. He required 10 minutes to recover and get his bearings before continuing on, at which point he immediately went over the bars again. However, in the end, no major injuries were suffered.
Bike Toss of the Year
All winter we heard about Jeremy's new bike, how he couldn't wait to ride it, didn't want to do the early season road rides, just wanted to get on that new mountain bike. It was time for his bike to shine at Boyne, lots of hills, tough, technical terrain. Unfortunately for Jeremy, he had to get a minor repair done just before we went away and didn't get a chance to test it out before he left for Boyne. At Boyne, there was no such thing as a good shift for Jeremy. Every shift resulted in crunching gears, followed by pedals skipping, and then #$*@#! After some time of riding with this, he failed to make an ascent of a hill. Finally as a last resort to fix the bike, Jeremy picked up the bike up like he was doing a Romanian deadlift and then heaved it into grass. Apparently, that fixed the shifting.
Where's Waldo?
Once again this award comes down to the same 2 people. Rod and Russ. I do realize that Mike was also absent all year due to retirement hangover, but he at least showed up for chips and social events. So who deserves it more? While Rod did make some early season appearances, including a road ride where he demonstrated his road etiquette. But, like Rodney's performance in the bedroom, he quickly disappeared. No responses to emails about his turn for beer, not seen at the squash club, gone.
Russ on the other hand, didn't ride at all. He did however, read and respond faithfully to his emails and at least talked about showing up with a case of beer.
In the end, both these guys get the award and owe us a case of beer!
Ride of the Year
I know this is kind of a personal thing but the Torch Lake road ride had to be the ride of the year. For starters it was with a bigger group (5, but 2 didn't want to ride as a group but at least they were out there). So Ali, Rob and I headed off as a group. Keep in mind that Rob hadn't ridden more than 40 km in his life and he was going to try 100 km one day after his Crash of the Year and a night of beer guzzling. The roads were great to ride on, the hills were fun and scenery was excellent. It was highly entertaining listening to Rob complain from 70 km on.
Gas Problem of the Year
Dave. Hands down. Nobody even bother to try and compete for this award again. Ever. Anybody that can drop a bomb in a store and literally have everyone running away from it gagging wins this award. And with this award comes a free trip to a gastro-internist to find out what the hell is the matter with you.
Social Event of the Year
Tough call. Boyne? Christmas Party? Michigan game? I can't decide, each had their great moments.
Daringest Move of the Year
Let's just say while getting his picture taken with a lovely female, this person pulled "the move". All I am saying. If you were there, you know. If you weren't, you missed it.
Rider of the Year
Tough call. A lot of riders had a great season, some turned to the dark side (road riding), others improved on the trails. But no one had a better overall season than Mark. He competed in multiple triathlons, led us out on road rides, and pushed a good pace everytime out. So I hope we don't hear anymore talk like "Who wants to ride for a couple of hours, an hour is all I ever want to do.....".
Most Improved Rider
Another tough call. Was it "Mr. I-did -90X-all-winter + I-got-a-new-bike + I-inherited-the-Iron-Dragon + I-won-the-award-last-year"? Or was it "Mr. I-got-a-new-road-bike + I-ride-with-potassium-pills-in-my-bike-shorts-that-spill-all-over-the-road + I-rode-more-this-year-than-ever"? Well, in my opinion, the winner is Rob. He did log a lot more various kms than in past years and he did complete his first metric century.
Heat Stroke Moment of the Year
The debate behind this award is not who to give it to(that is obvious), but to pick his best heat stroke moment of the season. I continually think that he can't top his previous year's performance... and then he does! This year was a beauty. As per usual, the excuses are multiple and weak. "I hardly got any sleep the night before", "I didn't eat properly", "It was too hot". Yes, this award goes to Jay. Again, Jason left a pile of puke on the trail for the animals to fight over. Amazingly, it was gone only a few hours later.
Blazing Saddles Award
To all the members of CRC that attended the Boyne weekend..... I am not sure whether we impressed or disgusted Mehul but all I can say is that was quite a performance. .
New Bike Purchase
Wow, it only took 10 years of research and decision-making but Ali finally narrowed down his bike choice to that beautiful Specialized. Now we have to get him to start looking for a new mountain bike because by the time he actually decides to buy it.......
