Parleys Canyon Riders: LOTOJA or a MARATHON

This last weekend was a great time to test your endurance, as there were three events held in our GREAT state, The Wasatch Front 100, Big Cottonwood Canyon Half/Full Marathon and LOTOJA.
For runners, TWF 100 is the ultimate test of endurance and if you can't handle that one, go run a half or full marathon. (Congrats to Sexy Legs Trabert for winning his division with a smooth 1:35 and his nephew, Jesse Rich, won the TWF 100. Are you sure these guys aren't horses in disguise?)

Several of the PCRs participated in the LOTOJA where their summer training paid nice dividends. The temperatures were perfect, but there was a little wind and rain that created some extra work. Big kudos go out to the support crews that kept the riders fueled and asked themselves, "are we really going to do this again?" The PCR blog staff would like to apologize to all you viewers for the lack of creativity and quality of pictures submitted this year. Our chief photographer, who opted out of the race had serious conversations with those going and when they presented their results all he could say was, "What's The Deal, REALLY?" One of the riders even had the gall to say, "We were there to RIDE the race, NOT ENJOY the race", which we all know is in major violation of the PCR's mission statement. The two substitute photographers have since been fired and rest assured there was definitely no severance packet offered.

Coach Craig and BIG MAN, suffering LOTOJA envy, decided to ride a marathon while others ran a marathon and enjoyed a closed canyon to traffic all the way to Brighton. After cheering on the runners and many of the runners cheering them on, they arrived at the top. BIG MAN said to Coach Craig, "let's ride our bikes on the walkway out to the dock on Silver Lake and take a picture", which they did. There was one fly-fisherman there and nobody else. It was BEAUTIFUL! As the two of them prepared to ride back to the parking lot, two rangers came to the dock to join them, one wearing a brand new shirt and pants and she said, "Do you two know that bikes are NOT allowed on the walkway? There are signs posted. I'm going to have to ask you to walk back. We don't want the liability of you falling and sometimes there are moose running around." BIG MAN didn't say it, but was thinking... REALLY? However, he did point out to the "young" female ranger, that had a job to do, that walking might be more damaging to the walkway with bike cleats than riding. "NO, I NEED YOU TO WALK."

With heads hanging low, the two of them started their walk back and after a couple of minutes BIG MAN couldn't take it any longer. So as they started to enter an area with high willows and out of the eyesight of the two rangers, he jumped on his bike and started to ride. Coach Craig didn't know what to do. Should he honor the request of the young female ranger or join the crazy BIG MAN. As BIG MAN made a couple of turns and was about to enter the parking lot, he came around the last turn out of the willows and standing right next to the walkway, 10 ft in front of him was Mr. Bullwinkle.... HOLY ANTLERS! We don't know who was more startled, but we do know BIG MAN can clip out REALLY FAST.

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