Sushi

(More blog entries from marty)

474 riders. 167 teams. 59 solo riders. 1 guy in an inflatable sumo wresting suit. 1 guy in an inflatable shark suit. With the sound of a cannon near high noon, the 12th annual festival of fun called the 24 Hours of Great Glen is underway. Forget about approaching hurricanes. It's a bluebird day under the Rockpile. Newbies and veterans, the serious, and slackers all ride the eight-plus mile course under the highest peak in the Northeast.

As for that sumo wresler and shark, well, it had all the makings of a moveable sushi feast as the first wave of mountain bikers ran a lap in a grassy field before mounting their two-wheel knobby knockers. But, the wrestler was ahead of the shark, so there was no sushi and sake.

That sumo guy, noneother than Hannes Schneider, of Team R (ather) S (ki) N (ow). He's my teammate, along with Krissy Fraser, Al Hospers and Hans Bauer who hasn't shown up yet because he got called in to work. That shark was Marty St. George of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the mascot for the Littleton Landsharks. So, what's it like to run in a shark suit?

"I'm dying," said St. George.

Have a feeling that's something some 474 people can understand.

Comments

Re: Sushi
by Ryan on Aug 11th 2007, 1:01 pm

At about 10:30 this morning, Marty said to me, "I'm get it. I'm ready." Talk to you tomorrow afternoon, buddy.