For those of you out there interested in the endurance racing scene - Candy & her suga daddy have made their brief debut in 24 SOLO produced by Ken Bell in association with Gripped Films. The movie follows Chris Eatough in his quest to win his 7th 24 hour solo world championship. It is a well done movie - especially since Candy is in it.

Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oqeJFmeCg

John

Bubba turned me on to this race - who else is in?

http://www.bikes-n-boards.com/rasta.html

Come and get a preview of the Smokin' Spokes race course - start the season off on the right foot.

Get your brackets filled out! Time is slipping by, get them in by 10:00 AM Thursday - let the madness roll!

My final four are as follows:
Ohio St Duke Florida Georgetown

As you can see I'm not the one to ask for advice! And remember, it for entertainment purposes only! Go Badgers!

Don't believe everything you hear - those weather forecasters! They want me to believe it's going to warm up - threatening me with spring-like temps. I'm not going to buy into all of this nonsense. It is what it is so don't get your hope set on anything!

White Death - Warm Temps - What's next? Brimstone and fire? The sky is falling!

Well, well. Another late winter storm has seemingly come and gone.

The last ride of the winter is going to take place this weekend. Heading up to the great white north for one final snowmobile trip of the winter. Predictions for snow are widely variable at best. I have heard 12 - 18" are possible and I can only hope and pray this comes true.

Like to play games?

Find the two deer in the picture above.

Winners get nothing - Losers, well, enough said.

Bubba

Each Friday night after work, Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak. But all of Bubba's neighbors were Catholic....and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday. The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest. The Priest came to visit Bubba and suggested that he become a Catholic. After several classes and much study, Bubba attended Mass.....and as the priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, "You were born a Baptist, and raised a Baptist, but now you are a Catholic."



Bubba's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison again filled the neighborhood. The Priest was called immediately by the neighbors and as he rushed into Bubba's yard clutching a rosary preparing to scold him, he stopped and watched in amazement. There stood Bubba, clutching a small bottle of holy water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat and chanted: "You wuz born a deer, you wuz raised a deer, but now you is a catfish."

Bubba - who loves ya!

It's been a terrible couple of weeks here in our world. A family friend lost their daughter when she was brutally murdered in Lacrosse on January 21st.

A scholarship fund has been set up in Danielle's name at the Citizen's Bank. Grants will be given to UW Stevens Point students majoring in communicative disorders. If you would care to donate in Danielle's name, donations can be dropped of at any Citizen's Bank branch. Please instruct the clerk to deposit the donation into the Danielle Gorectke Fund. If they have any problems doing this, they can contact the Minocqua branch for details.

Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

Thanks & Peace!

Nothing new here from me this week.

Bumped into Russell at the WAC in the spin room no doubt. Thank god it wasn't in the showers!

Training for the Rainier trip has begun in earnest. Leaving on July 18th and returning on July 23.

Day One - leave Paradise parking lot and climb to Camp Meir.

Day Two - acclimatize and work on team tactics, crevace (?) rescue, placing protection, etc...

Day Three - push on to Summit (weather permitting) back to take down camp and hike out to Paradise lot.

Day Four - alternate day to summit - back down and to the airport for the red eye home.

No fooling around here.

Concerned about the effect of oxygen depletion at altitude. Heading up with three friends.

John

Hey All - update for the week.

Well, with a new year underway, you might be asking yourself; what more can a guy do to have fun in the great outdoors?

How about climbing a mountain?

Plans and fitness building have begun. Weekly trips to the local indoor climbing gym have begun. Purchases of the all important gear has also begun.

Where are you going you might be asking?

Here! Mount Rainier.



Sunrise on the mountain.



Our intended route up.



Now this is what I'm calling cross-training for mountain bike race season!

See ya.

How about those Packers! Do you believe in miracles? Maybe this is the year of the unexpected. Ok, Ok. Enough about that. Where's all the snow? Here's a hint... it's in DENVER!

Here's one for the guys!



And one for the girls! A couple of real studs!



Happy Holidays!

I've been taking spelling and typing lesson from others in the blogisphere.

Merry Christmas from Santa Kirby and his stuff(ed) puppy assistant.

JP

From all of us in the Senkerik houshold to all of you.....

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from SANTA KIRBY
And his stuff puppy toy assistant.

Wow time sure does fly by! Where has the month gone? While I patiently await the coming of winter and the snowmobile season, I thought I would share some deer hunting photos.

A friend of mine shot the following deer this year during the Wisconsin Gun Deer Season on opening day - around 7:15 AM.

I received these pics via email. This could be a new state record for Maryland.




That's all for now. More as I have time.

Congrats to Randy & Erica on the birth of their new addition - Tessa.

Happy Holidays to all!

John

It has been quite a month - considering November is one of those crazy in between months. Cold and wet - with snow. Anticipating the upcoming Gun Deer Season - of which I'm going to try to reduce the deer herd by one buck. This will occur in the great white northern forests of Wisconsin. I hunt east of Tomahawk - usually one of the coldest places in Wisconsin.

I had an oportunity to bow hunt this year and purchased my license early in September. I had too many other family issues (football, football, and more football) to actually get out earlier this fall. But, I made it out to a local wood lot and was given the opportunity to shoot - not a monster as had been seen - but a buck never-the-less. It is the first buck I've shot with a bow - been hunting 28 years. I'm totally pumped about it too! I nice 8 pointer - not as big as the one that is illegally using the Meno trail system that has been used illegally by the local Tosa youth for decades, but nice even still.

Updates to occur as I have the time.

Well, the last WORS race of the season has come and gone. Not without some controversy though. I guess wanting to volunteer and getting the volunteer points has become an issue. Lynne emailed the race director about volunteering at Sheboygan - never received confirmation back from Dano - that should have been our first indication something was amiss.

She headed up on race day only to find they didn't need any more help and that this was all the talk on the website. Well she had not brought her bike along so continued with plan A and volunteered for th eentire race pulling tags at the finish line.

Not having received any points for the day bumped her out of the running for third place in her age group - she finishes the season in 4th place. She was pissed! If only she had riden then she would have sewn up 3rd place. Oh well. Live and learn. She'll never volunteer again and has indicated such in emails with the WORS organization.

I had a good race - eventhough my finsh placement wouldn't indicate such - 14th out of 18 or so. There were 7 or 8 day of riders that really did well on their home course. Now it's off to my 2nd 'cross race of my life this weekend. That will be for anther entry. So long for now.

Visted Shevegas on Saturday to see how the race course had been changed by the Fat-Kats crew. Riding this trail in the past was quite the pain in the butt! The old 'Goose hardtail wasn't suited for the rooted sections and I paid the price.

Riding the new f/s Trek was definitely an improvement!

I'm looking forward to racing again!

See ya in Shevegas!

One of the runts with a serious case of elephantitous - see the pain on his face?

About to be passed by another racer at Crystal Ridge - battling it out for last place I guess!


Lynne at Sunburst - work for her first place finish! Doing it in the old school uni!

Rome Around in Wapids was a blast as it was the first race on my new ride. The Trek Top Fuel 98 really came through. The roots and trail inconsistancies were smoothed out by this full suspension rig. The trails werequite flat yet remained dry after the weeks past rain events. They were in fine shape - not dusty - which made for better race in my opinion.

Lynie came through with another win and she looked like she was having fun too! Now it's time for her to move up to Sport class. Plans have already been finalized for winter training at the local H.C.

The normal band of misfits and hooligans were in attendance and Team Extreme was out in force - along with someone new to this circus they call WORS: Safety Officer Ryan. Decked out in a jaunting pair of yellow mud boots, a high visibility safety vest, and of course a regulation safety hardhat. Ryan's feelings were crushed when he first arrived - laughter from the crowd arose with much gusto. Feelings be damned! He set off showing his innate bike handling abilities by deftly riding between lines of parked cars. Cutting the show short, he decided not to hurt himself or anyone else and dismounted the bike. Look for him at any and all races in the future. He might be selected loser of the week at a highly respected blog near you.

One more race for this year at Sheboygan. See you there. Look for Officer Ryan too!