alright guys. on this bedlam/TNT/experience and "safety" thing. we are talking about amatuer particpatory hobby-like sports, are we not? pardon my frankness, but it seems like like some racers are taking themselves and their efforts a wee bit too seriously here. and, said racers are throwing "safety" out as a smokescreen for really meaning " i want to run my own race in my own way and have nobody in my way".
safety is as safety does. if there is a bunch of guys in your way pause a bit and then go 'round. if they are so bad and you are so good i can't imagine why you couldn't pip past them easy enuf. i mean, come on. mountain bikers race inches from each other on roots and ruts and pass left and right all the time, and they kinda like it.
and again, let us not lose sight of true scope of things here. somebody mentioned " this is st ANTHONY" as if that is supposed to mean something. in an informal office poll this morning not one respondant could say what this event even was - most guessed a church. by contrast all respondants did quite well on identifying the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the Olympics. get a grip - it is a participatory event in a fringe participatory sport. get over yourself and quit trying to control others and define events to meet your personal needs. shut up and race, i believe the mountain bikers might say.
safety is as safety does. if there is a bunch of guys in your way pause a bit and then go 'round. if they are so bad and you are so good i can't imagine why you couldn't pip past them easy enuf. i mean, come on. mountain bikers race inches from each other on roots and ruts and pass left and right all the time, and they kinda like it.
and again, let us not lose sight of true scope of things here. somebody mentioned " this is st ANTHONY" as if that is supposed to mean something. in an informal office poll this morning not one respondant could say what this event even was - most guessed a church. by contrast all respondants did quite well on identifying the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the Olympics. get a grip - it is a participatory event in a fringe participatory sport. get over yourself and quit trying to control others and define events to meet your personal needs. shut up and race, i believe the mountain bikers might say.