Photo by Chris. Tim is so fast, the little girl in the back ground can't believe it.Did I ever mention cyclocross is fun? I am having a blast racing this year. Xterra was fun during the summer, but that was more of an individual thing. Cyclocross is so awesome because you don’t have to travel very far and you can race with all your friends. The team support from Iron Cycles has been fantastic. Best season ever.
The race promoters designed another challenging and fun course at the Indian Hills Golf Course. To add to the fun, the prize purse was the largest and deepest in Chi Cross history.
Iron Cycles wasn’t operating at full strength because Derrick was on an off week (he still came out to cheer rocking a Mohawk), Sofia hosted a party and partied too much the night before, and Brandon and Matt had to hold it down at the shop.
Larson and I started the day off in the 30+ race. I overcame a second to last row start and an early crash into a down rider in the sand pit to latch onto the first chase group with Walid, Gatto, Heck, and Whipple. I attacked early on the last lap and held off the chase to take 7th and felt that was a successful race.
Next, Chip held it down in the cat 3 race beating more people than he usually beats. It looks like he won’t be our sole representative in the cat 3’s next week because Larson and Brandon are applying for their upgrade soon.
In the Ladies 4 race Katie had her best finish of the season in 8th and solidified her spot in the top 10 in the series.
In the 1/2/3 race, in what was possibly the biggest and most competitive 1/2/3 race in Chicross history, Tim took the fourth place spot for the second week in a row. I overcame a couple crashes and moved up into the top 20, finishing 14th overall. Tim is now solidly in 3rd place in the series and it looks like he is only getting better.
Russ looked like the strongest rider in the 4a race, but he was undermined by a crash and a mechanical. He ended up 4th when he was outsprinted by a mountain biker (c’mon Russ) and Larson had his best race of the season and held down the 13th place spot in Matt Daniel’s absence.
Katie raced again in the 4b race and beat more boys than she did last week.
Matt, Katie, RUSS, Tim and I took advantage of the deep payouts and brought home some prize money. Everyone looks like they are getting stronger as we head into the last few races of the season.
The next day Russ, Michael Young (XXX Racing) and I headed up to Janesville for a WCA CX race. On a mountain bike type course Russ took second in the cat 4 race and I took second in the 30+ race.
It’s been a long time since I actually had a profitable weekend racing my bike. I took home prize money that exceeded my entry fee in every race I did. Unfortunately it doesn’t even cover half of the cost of the new Dugast Ryno’s I bought this week. Oh well, that’s bike racing. We really just do it because it’s fun.
The race promoters designed another challenging and fun course at the Indian Hills Golf Course. To add to the fun, the prize purse was the largest and deepest in Chi Cross history.
Iron Cycles wasn’t operating at full strength because Derrick was on an off week (he still came out to cheer rocking a Mohawk), Sofia hosted a party and partied too much the night before, and Brandon and Matt had to hold it down at the shop.
Larson and I started the day off in the 30+ race. I overcame a second to last row start and an early crash into a down rider in the sand pit to latch onto the first chase group with Walid, Gatto, Heck, and Whipple. I attacked early on the last lap and held off the chase to take 7th and felt that was a successful race.
Next, Chip held it down in the cat 3 race beating more people than he usually beats. It looks like he won’t be our sole representative in the cat 3’s next week because Larson and Brandon are applying for their upgrade soon.
In the Ladies 4 race Katie had her best finish of the season in 8th and solidified her spot in the top 10 in the series.
In the 1/2/3 race, in what was possibly the biggest and most competitive 1/2/3 race in Chicross history, Tim took the fourth place spot for the second week in a row. I overcame a couple crashes and moved up into the top 20, finishing 14th overall. Tim is now solidly in 3rd place in the series and it looks like he is only getting better.
Russ looked like the strongest rider in the 4a race, but he was undermined by a crash and a mechanical. He ended up 4th when he was outsprinted by a mountain biker (c’mon Russ) and Larson had his best race of the season and held down the 13th place spot in Matt Daniel’s absence.
Katie raced again in the 4b race and beat more boys than she did last week.
Matt, Katie, RUSS, Tim and I took advantage of the deep payouts and brought home some prize money. Everyone looks like they are getting stronger as we head into the last few races of the season.
The next day Russ, Michael Young (XXX Racing) and I headed up to Janesville for a WCA CX race. On a mountain bike type course Russ took second in the cat 4 race and I took second in the 30+ race.
It’s been a long time since I actually had a profitable weekend racing my bike. I took home prize money that exceeded my entry fee in every race I did. Unfortunately it doesn’t even cover half of the cost of the new Dugast Ryno’s I bought this week. Oh well, that’s bike racing. We really just do it because it’s fun.
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