So - Does anyone recall Utah's candid advice to one of my blog entries leading up to the March Mayhem race? He said - "Sandbaggers, always Sandbaggers!" in reference to one of the many funny excuses for not winning.. Where was criticism on that one? Crickets.... My March Mayhem write up included "Sandbagger" as a tongue and cheek way to tie into his advice of me not winning + ties into some inside jokes between Ron and I (the latter you wouldn't get but it wasn't meant for you to get - it was meant for Ron to read and laugh).
There are two of you that took the "sandbagger" reference literally and decided to publicly call me out on it. One of you two took the time to txt me about it which I appreciate - pulling me aside and letting me know I may have stepped out of line, in my opinion, is the preferred way to address it. "Punish in private, Praise in public!"
Additionally, during the March Mayhem race, Ron ("Sandbagger") and I had a pretty great battle and laugh about him being a roadie sandbagger and even after the race, as we were swapping race recaps, I jokingly called him a sandbagger to his face - we both laughed it off - BECAUSE IT WAS A JOKE and a compliment to how strong he was. There is no doubt he was way stronger on the flats than me.. He was also drafting me every chance he could and that was the battle he an I had. I was trying to keep him off my ass - in doing so, we gapped the rest of the field by a huge margin. During the cat and mouse battle, I was like, "stop drafting me" and he responded "i'm a roadie, what did you expect?".. Chuckle Chuckle, Laugh Laugh, back to racing hard...
There is a little more history between Ron and I, at Mountain Creek when he wrecked on a rock right in front of me and then me trying steal his nachos at the lodge after the race. So me and Ron are cool... I was delighted for him to tell me that he drank too much beer the day before Mooch and wouldn't be much of a threat - I joked and said B.S.... I know his mind games... I envision this year, Ron and I battling alot and I hope so because it is fun as hell. If he beats me, I'm calling him a roadie sandbagger. If I beat him, he can call me what he wants, I really don't care cause at the end of the day, its just words and doesn't change anything with the race.
So - I may have made the "sandbagger" statement but it was made out of jest and nothing really serious behind it. Just like when I came around to the lodge at Mooch from lap 1 to lap 2 and
@The Heckler called me a sandbagger. I knew he was just heckling... not more, nothing less...
Jeez - this sandbagger thing reminds of the character Francis in the movie Stripes. "Lighten Up Francis".
Some of you guys rather focus on the smallest BS and make a big deal out of it than actually seeing the entire picture but like I said in the Negative people thread - I will decipher your negative comments as a backwards ass way to give advice. Queue - Pearl's awesome "over the head" gif.
