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Cold and wet. Seemed like good CX racing weather. First race of the day so there wasn’t too much mud yet but a lot of slick wet grass. I took the start out MTB style. I was surprised when everyone fell in behind me and didn’t try to jump . . . → Read More: Tally Cross 2009 This was a race of 1sts. 1st time starting on a road behind a motorbike. 1st time doing a course with over a mile and a quarter of road per lap (~6 miles total). 1st time being put into the woods by fellow racers (twice). 1st time being thoroughly cussed out during a race. 1st time . . . → Read More: FSC #2 Fernandina Beach Woke up early and rode down with Tim and Nancy on Sunday morning. Arrived to mud, humidity and bugs. First reaction was, “ah crap!”. I was ready to go though, no matter the conditions. I got some valuable course info from Graham and David. That along with Tim’s knowledge of the course helped get my mind . . . → Read More: FSC #1 Gainesville
The Setup Even with all the rain the course was still good. The bottom half of the big climb was a little muddy and extra rocky. I guess all the rain had washed the dirt out from between the rocks exposing them more. All the culverts were full of water . . . → Read More: Bump & Grind 2009 Went up to Thomaston, GA with Chris, Jim and Darren saturday morning to recapture my youth at one of my favorite race courses in the southeast. We met our insulin challenged friend Phil at the race course and thus commenced a classic boys weekend of camping, story telling, eating, drinking and racing.
This race was about half as exciting as East Macon. My class having only 6 guys was disappointing to say the least. I’ll choose to believe the threat of rain was the reason for the low turnout. Any other reason would be depressing. The course was fun with a good combination of short hills, tight singletrack and . . . → Read More: GSC #2 Flat Rock Park
It was so cold I warmed up for an hour and still didn’t really warm up. We . . . → Read More: Red Bug Challenge 2009 |
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I wanted to win this one. It was a small race but that didn’t matter to me. I needed to break my streak of four 2nds. I am tired of 2nd.
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