Grasshopper

I was all set to do these. They sound like my kinda races.
Sorta like the Billy Cross races. I didn't do any of the Billy Cross races last year, but we went and supported Morgan when he did one of the 6 hour races and I immediately fell in love. This year I'll do some Billy Cross.
Anyway, Morgan was yapping about the Grasshopper series and how much fun they'd be and the groovy environment and I thought, excellent! Another cool mtn bike race series.
And then I read the fine print, that the first race is "50 miles or so" and the 2nd race is "70 miles or so" and the 3rd race is "85 miles or so".
Uh, these are mountain bike races, right? I asked Morgan. Of course silly, he said. You should do them all with me, he said. It'll be the first time we'll race in the same race together. We'll get grandma to come and watch the kids. It'll be so much fun!
Not that my mom doesn't support our hobby, but even I have to think about whether or not I want to hang around entertaining my kids under a hot tent in 90 degree weather for 5 hours, waiting for Morgan to finish a race. I can't imagine my 65 year old mom really enjoying that. She's into stuff like sipping white wine in a napa vineyard and talking about Italy and food and real estate and shopping.
But then, thank god I saw that the 4th race is "25 miles or so".
"...these events are organized not for profit, but for fun. The less fun you have, the more you will pay. Do your homework... bring plenty of food, water, tools, clothing, catnip and blankey..."
Maybe I'll go to support Morgan for the first few, but I think I'll only be doing the last race.