Murphy's Law reigns again.
There was a giant hole on the left side of the start line.
It was a ditch.
Hidden by a small berm.
When the gun went off, so did T.
Full speed ahead.
Then a frantic sudden hard-as-nails braking to a sudden stop just short of the ditch.
Leaving T in last place.
Not the best way to start a race.
It was a race of ditches.
Another ditch was not quite small enough to bunny hop, but not wide enough to ride easily. One foot drop off, two foot width, one foot rise. T hit this one full speed ahead, endo'd, came out of the pedals, and somehow landed on his feet running while his bike got left in the ditch. He said later at one point he saw 3 out of 4 riders go over their bars there. Eventually people just started hopping off their bikes and running it.
On lap three T got a flat.
Kind of the theme for this years 'cross season.
He finished the lap, grabbed his pit bike, worked hard, and ended up something like 14 places out of the money.
Not even a point-is-a-point-is-a-point (thanks DC) for this race.
But, as always, he had fun, "Riding circles in the sand at the Bosque school."
Next week is San Francisco for Thanksgiving and family, then the following week is the cyclocross state championships.
Tomorrow we're taking a break for some non-aerobic fun, rock climbing and cheering on the Outlaws at IMAZ.
Go everyone!
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Endo'd and landed on his feet running? WOW! Lucky he didn't get hurt. I once endo'd and it was not fun.
Hope you have fun at IMAZ and in SF!
I spent a summer trying to get better on dirt, endo'd also, sliced open my knee, ended up in Urgent Care--and realized that the rough stuff just wasn't for me...T was pretty lucky to end up on his feet :)
ok.I think all these exciting posts have motivated me to try cyclocross next season. Hope you had a great T-day!
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