Race Round-Up: Better Than Chloroform!

This weekend brought the rain, the drunkards and apparently a good bit of Hawley-related racing! Saturday had Will and Kyle mixing it up (sic. violently accosting children) with the Cat 5s at the Blythewood Crit while Service Center dynamo Jeremy Edge traveled to Heritage Park for the first round of the Dirty Spokes Endurance series. Will and Kyle finished mid-pack but made up for it with top 5 finishes at Sunday's race. Jeremy and Terrapin partner Chris J-something put the serious hurt on the competition winning by a lap and some change, much to Terrapin boss Mike Stanley's chagrin who had bet against them. A dispirited second place duo from Mean Bean commited ritual sepuku trailside. The bodies have yet to be claimed.

"Gaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" A feral Jeremy Edge fights his inner animal...
At Sunday's rain-sodden crit, a lone spectator creeps out a Global Bike rider...
A rider for new local team Carolina Velo (translated: Veal Made In Carolina) dreads seeing the creepy lone spectator in the poncho...
The peloton crests the hill. One of these riders is humming Vampire Weekend's "A-Punk" to himself. Guess who? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!
The proof is in the pudding, the pudding of competitive cycling:
(late edit. Check out Andy Applegate's gnar-ish race injury. Barf!)