Cold, rain, mud, flat tires, and muddy snot couldn’t stop the Bliss train from delivering. Here is John getting a bacon hand-up from one of the intrepid volunteers. Photo “borrowed” from Mountain Flyer Magazine.
Marital Bliss went down to the Whiskey 50 in AZ last weekend. It was not typical Arizona weather. John B.’s narrative:
“In one sentence, it was a 50 mile cyclocross race — rain, sleet, hail and snow for all but 4 miles of the 50 mile race — oh, and 40 mph gusts on the one sunny climb section. Racers were abandoning everywhere; at each aid station there were people shivering uncontrollably and wrapped in blankets. 100’s DNF’d. But Team Bliss, nothing if not stubborn, persevered and finished.
Michele B. rocking the SS podium. Her time would have won the open masters division. Boom!
Michele took 3rd in the Womens SS with a 5:46 and would have won Womens Masters with her time as well. She also put the hurt on quite a number of male single speeders. I raced in the 45+ and finished 22nd out of 86 with a 5:01, one flat (that I almost cried trying to fix) and fingers that as I write this are still numb.
Holding hardware and the incomparable, Larry Grossman, in her arms
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Nice video Castilian!
Way to go Team Bliss!