Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do.
Looks like we need Miracle Max from The Princess Bride to make us a chocolate covered miracle pill for the Grand Cycling Classic.
I received a prompt email response from Amy Miller at Priority Health. You can still email her and tell her that you are sad that Priority Health is not sponsoring the race. She tried to put a positive spin on things, emphasizing that pulling their sponsorship “was a really hard decision for Priority Health to make” and that the races were not dead yet if they can find an alternative title sponsor.
While this is true, and I want to be hopeful on this exciting inauguration day, I just have a hard time believing they will be able to find someone to step in. Perhaps if they cannot find someone to put in as much money as Priority Health, they could still get enough to make a smaller scale race happen. The downtown course is just such a fantastic place to watch a race!
I guess I will just console myself that “mostly dead is slightly alive.”
Yes, mostly dead is better than all dead. But only a little better than slightly alive. Lets hope for the latter. It was a fun race to watch and a very cool GR event. I wonder if this is something that the bicycle club could advocate for an build sposor interest? A club of almost 600 people should be able to raise a few eyebrows (and maybe a few dollars as well).
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