Resurrection

A few weeks ago we (people who race in the MMBA series) got word that the series most popular and successful race, the Bradbury Enduro, was cancelled. The promoters reasons were many including a change of regime at the state park and personal and business conflicts. I know how hard it is and how much time and effort it takes to put on a race so I was a bit bummed but kinda understood. Of course it would have been nice to do it before the season started and before people pre-registered on Active.com. Of course, there was lots of talk around about the real reason for the race being cancelled. Reason number one was that the promoter was simply tired of organizing the race. He already got rid of one of his races (another very popular race) a few years ago and, in fact, tried to stop the Bradbury race a few years back as well but kept it going because of the uproar the potential cancellation caused. Reason number two was a rumor that he was offered a trip to see the tour this year and since the tour's last day is the day of the race it would mean choosing a trip to the tour or doing a race you're tired of promoting. Easy choice I guess.

Thankfully, the other day, I got an e-mail from someone who is resurrecting the race since it seems all of the hard work was done anyway; the park's rangers are on board (they were never even told about the cancellation and the race is a huge money maker for them!), the timer is already been hired and the course layout is already planned. The only snaffu is that part of one of the park's trails was accidentally put on private land so that trail will be out of the race but other than that it's game on.

Bradbury here we come!

Rating: 2 zombie squirrels for bringing a race from the grave.