According to the unretouched reproduction of the Mayan Calendar (see above) 2012  will be the Year of the Dog. As you know, the Mayans did have more than one Calendar; there were the Tzolk'in, Haab', Calendar Round and the infamous Long Count. It has recently come to light that the Long Count was originally called the Bigg'dog calendar - and was used to track distances that the elite Mayan athletes rode on their By'cikals. It is believed that the Long Count calendar was dreamt up by a Mayan "High" Priest (Geraldo Camping) who spent his days in the temple courtyard raving about the fast approaching apocolypse. He was eventually driven out of the Mayans, but not before he and his minions supplanted the Bigg'dog with Geraldo's LongCount calendar. The only thing we know about the origins of the Bigg'dog calendar is that it's creator was apparently named "ArfArf"!

Happy New Year!

As we expected, Larry Zadnikar wins December's VO2Max with 7500 minutes (125 hours) in a stationary saddle. The chase was led by Marko who logged 2727 minutes. For the women, Darla Chilton maintained a big lead with 2152 minutes (35 hours) ! We'll be sending the sunglasses out next week! And the totals for January 2012 have begun!

Arf Arf!

Dave