Originally Posted by
UmneyDurak
Suisun CAT4/5
Official: "who is cat 5"
Me: *raises hand
Official: For whom is this first race?
Me: *raises hand
People *aww well good luck, try to hang on. Jebus I raced against these folks whole season, in the same kit! No one else in the field has this kit, either.
Anyway, the important thing is to have fun at races, and with officials. lol.
Cat 4/5 racing is serious biz, how dare you mess around?? =]
People probably thought it was funny but didn't want to break the cool factor of serious faces pre-race. As you go up in the categories people do seem to lighten up a lot.
Was this the official with the walrus mustache? He's a big joker, and when he was working the Salinas Clean Air crit (I think he works for Velo Promo too?) as he was handing out podium cash I said "this is what it's all about!", as I received $20, as a joke. He thought I was serious and said something like "it better not be" or something like that. It's as if only he can tell jokes.