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The Rumble in the Jungle took no prisoners. The course was littered with blown engines and defeated egos. It was a proud moment for the Recumbent Nation as this little band hunkered down and held their own. They suffered some casualties as I was one but overall they responded with grit and steel. The ATP bunch was fast as usual. Benphyr's Team was loaded with A racers. Only two B racers were able to finish with this lead group. Ben was one of them and received another FTP upgrade for the feat. These guys finished in 48 minutes. Check those trainers for motors for goodness sake! Just behind this squad Captain Falcon brought his group in with one of their riders upchucking as they crossed the finish line. This was a tough race and no one knows this any better than Team Low Drag. These guys hunkered down and finished tight as a tick. That is a lot more than most teams can claim. At this time Jason is just finishing 14th overall Frappe with a time of 45 minutes!
Our female recumbent participation is low but not gone as we had one representative in the Herd Nation. Connie rode with the Famous Flamingos turning in a scorching time of 58:09. The goal was under an hour. The WTRL will be adding more women's Divisions in two weeks due to the explosion of women entering the TTT. I just cannot understand why the recumbent women do not want to be a part of this new form of cycling.
The highlight of the night was our High Speed Heroes. These guys pulled up Roy and myself from Low Drag to help with the numbers. You readers must understand you can't be competitive in these TTT's with just power. It takes teamwork, strategy, and numbers in addition to all out efforts. I wasn't up to the task and was shelled off the back early in the race. This essentially left High Speed with four racers in an 8 man race. These guys did everything they could do. High Speed turned in a time of 1:02 which was darn good for a four person team. The only thing the Premier League Teams have over High Speed is they have more racers on the teams. Roy Longcrier gets the star of the week for stepping up and not just providing glob speed for the group but also providing muscle power as well. Roy has earned his High Speeder badge and we will miss him in Low Drag.
This brings us to the shortage of recumbent racers. We currently have a very good group of recumbent racers. One couldn't ask for a better bunch. The problem is we need a larger bunch to be competitive. We have pretty much mined all of the available racers from Cruzbike. BROL has done what they can. The Bacchetta and other sites have looked but lack the interest. So the question is. Where do we go now? We know there are interested recumbent riders out there. How do we find them? In the meantime I guess we will carry on, have fun, and keep looking.
