August 21: No Brains, All Braun/Brawn

The sports page of the Drafter Gazette is loaded this week!  Congrats to the following Drafters on their various adventures:Vilker and MegaWatt took advantage of the glorious weather on Saturday to explore 300k of Wisconsin's finest hills.  The longest event in the Dairyland Dare was no match for these two Drafters.  Vilks finished third overall with a time of 11:41:31.  MegaWatt decided to use more of the allotted time and rest stop hospitality, finishing   strong as the clean up crew cheered him on.  Z and BrickO took the more leisurely 150k route.  They had intended to ride a more substantial distance, but once they realized the finisher shirts did not delineate the distances ranging from 50 to 300k, they lost motivation.  BrickO was whining incessantly about lack of sleep and emotional exhaustion subsequent to dropping her eldest offspring off at the dorm the day before.  She claims there weren't tears in her eyes during the DLD, only sweat (hard to do that in 70 degrees and no humidity but let's cut a little slack here).Loose Screw fought the mountain and the mountain fought back, hard.  The Leadville 100 is not for the meek.  If they do inherent the earth, I'm quite sure it won't include the 100 miles of the Colorado Rockies terrain ranging from 10,152 to 12,424 elevations.

B2 Bomber found slightly less elevation to do a mountain bike race, but still incredibly challenging.   Congrats on rocking Ore to Shore 48 mile Hard Rock event in Marquette, MI.MI was a popular destination for Drafters this weekend.  CM Wille knocked 28min off her 70.3 PR at the Steelhead triathlon in Benton Harbor on Sunday.  Despite the sleep deprivation that comes with parenthood, Coach Cindi Bannink was on her A game, pushing CM to a 5:33:03 finish.  Wow.A dozen Drafters boldly set off last night, despite as many raindrops which began to fall at precisely 5:28PM.  L-Mac allegedly experienced derailleur failure and was forced to withdraw from the Draft.  This claim falls under suspicious circumstances, as the equipment malfunction occurred near Docter Evergreens, where L-Mac has been known to frequent for hiking and beer drinking festivities.I trust the group can find their way next week without me, as I will be Solar Eclipsing in Bend, OR.  To ensure success, I have chosen a route that requires No Brains and All Braun/Brawn.  Tobacco City Boy and Dan-yelly can't even get lost (congrats to both of you on a successful Indian Lake Extended route last evening).PDF map download:  Union Valley 30Garmin link to No Brains All Braun/BrawnDraft responsibly,BrickO