Well hello cross race. It’s been a long time. I forgot how brutal you are.
After a smooth 2008 I got all my bad luck out in these last two races. 1 flat, 1 handlebar mechanical and 2 crashes. I hope that sets me up for a trouble free 2009.
Bikeposse was in full effect. Kind of a mixture of holla’s and heckle’s.. yeah good stuff. I like the heckles. I saw some junior’s heckling Marino during the B’s. Something about a “slimy dog”. I told them to give me their best heckle’s but it had better be something more potent than “slimy dog”. Unfortunately I think they used their best material on Marino.
The courses were fun except for one particular sand pit with square edged concrete surrounding it. A flat in the first minute! Whoops! Shoulda run more pressure I guess. Shouts out to Ice Berg for giving me his wheel and Big Worm for helping get my bars fixed. Charge back up and almost make contact with leader on the last lap but darn those leaves! High speed grassy slide. Right then I decided to roll it in for second and race the A’s Sunday.
Sunday had the mother trucking VORTEX!!!! That was cool.
Oh this runup was beotch slappin me the whole race and like a good ho I kept coming back for more.
I call this one Hemorrhoid Hill cause I think I popped a few straining on it.
Mother trucking Martin Cocks slowly rode away from me leaving me in 4th. I hooked some tape with my right brake lever on a nice pebble strewn asphalt corner. Jerked me clean off. Just like the Lance in ‘03. That junk stoled some skins from me.
I think there are other photos of me on a camera somewhere doing my straining horse face on Big Worm hill. I know Cliff got a video of me bunging up the sand pit something awful and surfing my top tube. Luckily there was no testicle damage.
Looking forward to next year. VORRRRTEXXXXXXX!!!!!!!
I loved it. I have a deep love for Cross. I would love to see a cross race with singletrack.
Makes me wonder, what is the runners version of a cross race? Run a 10k, and every once in awhile you have to get on a bike and ride? Doesn’t seem fair.
Great post. Wish I could have been there.
Mad props for finishing so well after a crash.