Blood, Sweat, and Gears is today. Red and Chum will be contesting the the last of the spring challenges or actually the first of the summer ones. But hey, it’s Boone. It only started spring in the beginning of May. Incidentally, the only “contesting” will be whether or not Chum will hang back with Red or if he’ll get the bit between his teeth. Time will tell. Time will tell.

At any rate, Red, just had the worst night of sleep he’s had in a long time. And he’s coming off his three month sabbatical in three days. Portent of things to come? He hopes not. At any rate, he’s nervous as a cat — a long tailed one. And buddy, is his but draggin this morning. 13,000 feet of accumulated elevation gain? It’ll be interesting. Thankfully, he didn’t have any calamari last night and isn’t planning on a Goo followed by an Endurox chaser.