Oct. 14, 2012

Sunday was my second CX race of the year, so a couple of pictures of me by Sam and mine of the B race. The coarse was not technical and short, so lots of laps.... I started well and was top 10 going into the first sweeping turn, a mtn biker on my right hit the rocks and veered across the whole field and I lost a couple of spots, then the third turn another mtn bike (see a trend?) chopped me badly and I lost a spot... I passed a couple and was in ~12 or so most of the race but faded badly over the last 1.5 laps to finish 17th of the 27 finishers!

Sept. 13, 2012

Hot laps during CX training night.

Aug. 16, 2012

First cyclocross practice of the season.

Jan. 8, 2012

Sporting a 'cross beard.

Dec. 19, 2011

Mountain bike trails in Cheraw State Park. Very sandy.


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Oct. 23, 2011

Lions Park CX, Raleigh, NC. Race day 2. Sam and Deb decided not to come, so only a picture I shot after my race. I had a good day, moved up three places over yesterday (but so did Clay... time to pick a new nemesis)

Oct. 22, 2011

Week 4 races are half done. Sam's first race didn't go as well as hoped... she caught a boy for 4th place on a downhill U turn and turned too sharply (the corner is the one we are pre-riding above)and washed out her front wheel. She went down hard, hit her stomach on the handlebars, scraped her knee and knock the wind out of her... DNF. At least she gets another chance in the morning. My race was OK, I dropped a chain in the first lap at the sand pit, and spent the rest of the race trying catch Clay (running in sand above), who beat me again... I am not use to losing to friends ; )

PS my POD is the third one down of Sam, the rest are by Deb.

Oct. 16, 2011

Race three of the season. The race featured a great course, including a real run up! The mass start was the largest I have done with 72 starters... no hole shot for me as a large group of Cat 2 road racers were lined up. Congrats to Clay for finishing (and beating me) his first CX race.
I included a picture from Sam of me rounded a corner.

Oct. 1, 2011

For Deb's birthday weekend I decided to take the family on a romantic camping trip to Spartanburg, SC. As chance would have it, there was a cyclocross race there too and I raced CX for the first time since last year's New York State championships and the crash that ended my season. The race was as I expected... I will have to race myself into shape again this year. I did wear a heart rate monitor. Fun data - I maxed out at 180 bpm and stayed above 165 for the full 40 mins.... that evening we made pie iron calzones and warmed ourselves against a 40 degree night!