The title sounds so serious, but ironically it is probably
the least serious race I have ever attended.
It was a 30 minute race, plus two laps.
Extra credit was given for costumes, but no one took advantage of the 30
second head start allowed to anyone wearing a speedo. 30 seconds is a lot of time, but hardly worth
frostbite on nipples.
The race was held on groomed ski trail around the Wisconsin
State Capitol. It is part of the
Madison Winter Festival, which is home to the state XC ski championships. So after the skiers were done, we took to the
course at 8pm.
They tried to put cyclocross type barriers out on the course
to make things interesting, but with everyone on fat bikes we just rolled over
them like speed bumps. Scoring was done
on the honor system for the top three, and everyone else was considered fourth.
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| Fat bikers invade the Capitol |
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| I got a free entry to next year |
Afterward everyone headed over to the local pub, where
everyone who put their name in the hat received prize. Prizes ranged from Power Taps to socks, the
amount of support and swag that they were able to round up was
unbelievable.
It was promised that anyone not having fun was to be pulled
aside and beaten with a ski pole, but it never came to that because fun was had
by all. –David Swanson
