The cycling Gods have not been nice to the Birmingham cycling scene this 2009, and the dreadful weekend weather continued for this years edition of the Sunny King Criterium. In what was described as being stung by the rain drops, 4 weary souls raced during the deluge that sat on Anniston, Alabama. Gardner Fish brought home another solid top 10 finish with a 6th place in the Juniors 13-14 race. Brad and Larry brought home top 15's in the Men's Cat 4/5 race finishing 14th and 15th. Doing the double Larry also backed up his first race with a 10th in the Cat 5 race. Big pats on the back went to Brad and Mike Herring who road to their limits to help bring Larry home in 10th. A HUGE thanks also goes to Laurel. She found solace in the liquid sunshine and rooted the guys on and snapped a few rain soaked pictures for us as well.
The Gods cranked up the weather tenacity for Sunday's Cheaha Challenge. This time along with the rain, came hail, wind, and tornado warnings. Luckily for us Laurel and Mike Herring road as if the storm was chasing them and were finished and in their cars by the time the bad weather struck. Kudos to them for their 88 mile effort, in the South's toughest century.
