This was the friendliest group of racers I can recall — everyone talkative and eager, because we were all so grateful to be racing again after the pandemic.  All that training and solitude, the uncertainty of whether and then when races would start again and in what format (panting through a mask for 5+ hours?),…

This was the friendliest group of racers I can recall — everyone talkative and eager, because we were all so grateful to be racing again after the pandemic.  All that training and solitude, the uncertainty of whether and then when races would start again and in what format (panting through a mask for 5+ hours?),…