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WBL 8: Gruber Images Watson Mill, dry, not on ice. But first, thanks to our sag saint SIR GREGORY the GREAT! WBL it is!

It’s not often that a highway ages so much that it degrades to being suitable for a two wheeled apparatus. In memory, there is no memory of this occasion. Towns grow quickly; roads don’t. So how the hale does a busy rural highway turn into the most convenient cut through: ahhh we gotta ask Carney about that. Maybe ask that Crumley crumpet man too for they have sway on these types of things. No matter how you skin it, we have that crispy skin cookin! Oh, a new development: A HOUSE DIVIDED. Collusion ensues? Lawsuits pending. Gruber duo at the top of the leaderboard. More later.

Back to it. Let’s be safe riding. That’s our miracle formula. The most reduced group of stubborn Zealots took part in the whether window WBL before the city of the gods was covered in the shiny icy stuff. Attendees included: FU Andy Baker, Coffee house Nick Dale, Grain train, Candy Andy, Preston’s wavy Eye, the Frenchman Cyril, returning Elliot Caldwell, John Petty PJ Terry, plus more. The Eye Preston took his first of many WBL wins, aiming for the records circle. But at the end: a House divided, not between the hedges, but between the sheets on the Playa and at the top of the leaderboard. See we now encounter a house covering the top two positions in the WBL. Loser sleeps on the couch. More later. Alto on tap. Results and overall below.

Gruber Images WBL:

Pro Finish:

  1. Preston’s Eye
  2. Gutcheck
  3. Candy Andy
  4. Challaghan
  5. Tommy Morrison

Non Pro Finish:

  1. Challaghan
  2. Grain Train
  3. Tom Petty PJ
  4. DA Daniel Abbaraccin
  5. Condor Nick

Women’s

  1. Greenthumb Gruber

Sprants:

Pro:

Gutcheck

PRESTON EYE

Candy man Andy Scarano

Non Pro:

Tom Petty PJ

Challaghan

Grain Train

Womens- Greenthumb

OVERALL:

Place

Last

First

Total

1

Gruber

Jered

83

2

Gruber

Ashley

73

3

Terry

PJ

67

4

Brown

Morgan

57

5

Grainy

Brandon

52

6

Thornton-Brooks

Jennifer

44

7

Eye

Preston

38

8

Zimish

Kaden

35

9

Baker

Andy

33

10

Black

Kelly

33

11

Brown

Thomas

33

12

Desevaux

Cyril

33

13

von Dziembowski

Conrad

33

14

Crabbe

Matthew

31

15

Dale

Nick

31

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A Changing of the guard. The first combo double ride in recent memory merged the Suburban Cycles and Parks Law Classic into one convoluted convalesces of inconveniences. Sometimes the best intentions and thoughts don’t pan out the way you’d expect. Mist greeted the bravest group of peddlers? Wait, wasn’t supposed to be warmer?  It seems that was simply an echo of what was to come. A new crop. A younger generation. With an organization as old as the WBL, it is natural for things to change or evolve. People come and people go, but the stories live on. Stories of bravery, true grit, frozen digits, and frozen pizzas. Da Box will also be there to greet you at the end with candy, soap, and all those other vices to slow you down. This change is visible in the bright young faces of the new ZEALOTS. It’s palpable with their excitement. We are in the midst of being overrun by teenagers and slightly older scholastics. Not in eons have two rides been won by juniors who can barely drive. See Matthew the Crustacean Crabbe came into town with his money hungry teammate dashing for the Kash Adamski. The duo walked all over Gutcheck’s soul. Pummeled Preston’s Eye(s) swollen shut. Only the Grain Train, Chase on the case Brady, and PJ the Terry(iest) put up their arms in defiance. On the ladies’ side, Jenny the Thorn took the clean sweep. Now Alto awaits. Log jam in the overall for 2nd to 4th.

**Jackie Crowell Women's Sprint: PCL (Mile 32)

  

· 3 pts. $50 gift card to Suburban Cycles

Jenny Thornton-Brooks

· 2 pts. / $25

Ash Gruber

· 1 pts. / Flicker Free Drink Card

Emma Frost
   

**Non Pro: PCL (Mile 32). (sponsored by Choco Coffee).

  

· 3 pts. / Bag of Choco Coffee

Matthew Crabbe

· 2 pts / Flicker Free Drink Card

Noah Nwinski

· 1 pt

?
   

** PRO: Normaltown Brewing’s PCL (Mile 32)

  

· 3 pts. / $25

Preston Eye

· 2 pts. Bag of Choco Coffee Beans

Owen Lloyd

· 1 pt Flicker Free Drink Carl

Matthew Crabbe
   

Pro Finish Sponsored by Suburban Cycles (mile: 39.5)

  

· 10 pts / $100

M Crabbe

· 8 pts. / $75

Gutcheck

· 6 pt / $25

Preston Eye

· 4 pts

Kash Adamski

· 2 pts

PJ Terry
   

Ladies Jackie Crowell Finish: (mile: 39.5)

  

· 10 pts. / $50

Jenny Thornton-Brooks

· 8 pts / $30

Ash Gruber

· 6 pt. / $20

Morgan Brown

· 4 pts.

  

· 2 pts

  
   

Non Pro Finish sponsored by Crowe Law Firm: (mile: 39.5)

  

· 10 pts / $25

M. Crabbe

· 8 pts. / $25

Kash Adamski

· 6 pt / $25

PJ Terry

· 4 pts

Kaden Zimish

· 2 pts

Noah Nwinski

 

**Jackie Crowell Women's Sprint: PCL (Mile 78.5)

  

· 3 pts. / $25

Jenny Thornton-Brooks

· 2 pts. / Beer from Normaltown Brewing

Amma Frost

· 1 pts.

Ash Gruber
   

**Non Pro: PCL (Mile 78.5). (sponsored by Choco Coffee).

  

· 3 pts. / $50 Gift card to Suburban Cycles

Kaden Zimish at 9 pro points

· 2 pts / Flicker Free Drink Card

?

· 1 pt

?
   

** PRO: Normaltown Brewing’s PCL (Mile 78.5)

  

· 3 pts. $25

Kaden Zimish

· 2 pts. Normalton Brewing Beer

Owen Lloyd

· 1 pt

?
   

Pro Finish Sponsored by Parks Law Firm Cycles: (Mile 86)

  

· 10 pts / $100

Kash Adamski

· 8 pts. / $75

Gutcheck

· 6 pt / $25

Kaden Zimish

· 4 pts

Preston Eye

· 2 pts

M Crabbe
   

Ladies Jackie Crowell Finish: (Mile 86)

  

· 10 pts. / $50

Jenny Thornton-Brooks

· 8 pts / $30

Emma Frost

· 6 pt. / $20

Ash Gruber

· 4 pts.

Morgan Brown

· 2 pts

  
   

Non Pro Finish sponsored by Crowe Law Firm: (Mile 86)

  

· 10 pts / $25

Kaden Zimish

· 8 pts. / $25

Noah Nwinski

· 6 pt / $25

PJ Terry

· 4 pts

?

· 2 pts

?

 

Place

Last

First

Total

1

Gruber

Jered

80

2

Brown

Morgan

57

3

Gruber

Ashley

56

4

Terry

PJ

54

5

Thornton-Brooks

Jennifer

44

6

Grainy

Brandon

39

7

Zimish

Kaden

35

8

von Dziembowski

Conrad

33

9

Crabbe

Matthew

31

10

Baker

Andy

29

11

Black

Kelly

29

12

Brown

Thomas

29

13

Desevaux

Cyril

29

14

Heeb

Mark

29

15

Martin

John

29

16

Murphy

Eric

28

17

Adamski

Kash

27

18

Carrelli

Maria

25

19

Dale

Nick

25

20

Raines

Pat

24

Tonight, sitting in front of the fire defrosting that numbness from the cold extremities, the mind wanders. The flames flick left and right. Grab more firewood. Eyes dart from open to shut. The mind wanders to beaches, lakes, warm sun, mosquitos, but mostly to finding that feeling again. You know the one. But we all have different ones. Resist the urge to poke or prod those embers. Instead, simply sit and admire what is right now. See the thing with right now is that it is just a moment. That moment is made up of the beings, people, entities, etc.. that happen to be there. Simply being there is important. However, being there is hard. I confess to succumbing to that. Fatigue is no excuse. Pride neither, except if you’re Simba. For we all know about Simba. I ain’t crying, that’s just Georgia dirt in my eye from some crazy cold WBL in the rain the whole time!

Now back on track. Humble prefers to keep in the eddy. That’s why this endeavor does drain. One wishes to be so Humble as to be able to express that humility. It does seem that there is a new demeanor about. I do believe this came about from the recent Supreme Court ruling on Finders vs. Keepers. One Gutcheck Gruber being the primary everything in this case. See Gutcheck had a hard upbringing in the WBL. Being dropped, feeling too cool for it, then turning the corner to remember what the other season is: community. We laugh, cry, we shut up and drive. Daisy taught us that. Now it seems that Ole’ Gutcheck took that Supreme Court Ruling and went to town on the plebians…but we all know how that ended up. For Julius Caesar’s murder spot is now a Roma bus/tram stop overrun by cats. So now, I ask of all of you ZEALOTS, Athenians, Romans, whomever, we accept all. To come out and explore the road network of the WBL. Say thank you. Come to a full stop after “pee-pee” breaks and wait for the follow car. But for now, Old Grey Beard Gutcheck ruled the coop…though he and Pat Rainman Raines are now bumped out of the non-pro category. (Broglio, Sevener, and Carney all agree). Results below…Though Gutcheck Cook has failed to sign in yet this year, so the points auto calculate formula’s are not working) SO PLEASE SIGN IN

Normaltown Brewing Non-Pro New Year’s Day Results:

  1. Gutcheck Cook – 10pts
  2. PJ “Wear More Clothes” Terry 8 pts
  3. Grain Chain Grainy 6 pts
  4. E. Murph! 4 pts
  5. Conrad the Crusader 2 pts
  6. General Patton Brown 1 pt

First American Bank’s March to Madison

ALL: 1 foul weather point.

Women’s Bishop Sprint:

  1. Greenthumb Norris- 3 pts
  2. General Patton Brown- 2 pts
  3. Molise Maria- 1 pt

Non Pro OC County Line Sprint:

  1. Rainman
  2. Gutcheck
  3. Wear more clothes PJ

Pro Flat Rock Sprint

  1. Gutcheck Cook – 3 pts
  2. Probably Tommy Morrison- 2 pts
  3. Most likely Ben Kolbie- 1 pt<