CX Racin'

West Bend Wisconsin. . . . . .the snow fell heavy Friday night. . . .numerous accidents. A stretch of Hwy 41 was literally closed as there was a 6 car pile up. I arrive home from work after a long treacherous drive in the 4 wheel sleigh and decide I'm parking my butt on the couch and not setting foot outside again.

Saturday morning I look out the window, everything is white. . . .I mean REALLY white. A couple inches of snow. . . .a snow filled, slush covered drive way. . . .32 degree temps. . . .I'm thinkin' "sure, what the hell, let's go to do the cross race in Janesville". So I call Tiny to make sure he's out of bed because I figure CK and I aren't going to suffer alone. . . . . .

After a 2 hour drive we arrive in Janesville. I register right away so I don't change my mind. Then I walk to the course and see it's all mud. Now I'm thinking "cool, I might do ok. . . .looks like the skills will come into play". I'm seeing people COVERED in mud . . . .some of them all you can see is their EYES! Wow. This is going to suck.

I try to warm up but decide really, I don't care. That's the fun thing about not being in the series. . . .or having "good" races. . . .you can afford to not really care. So I stand on the start line and chat with Keith while everyone else warms up. In retrospect. . . .I probably should have warmed up. . . . .

Off we go. . . . . I used the abs a ton to balance myself. . . . .sweet, at least they got a good workout. Actually rode ok, except for the fact I can NOT ride unclipped. This was my downfall. Not only did my feet slide all around on the pedals, I kept trying to pedal with my WHOLE leg and I kept lifting my feet off the pedals. Duh. So I ended up running a couple parts I should have rode. . . .but whatever. It was not so bad anyway.

I feel like I had more to give, which was good. Not sure why I didn't give it. . . . .but then again, I don't really care either. :-) Finished 7 out of 10 Cat 3 women. Caught up to Colleen at the end and she put the hammer down and stomped me. Never saw her again. Nice finish!

Even in the mud I practiced my "form" on the barriers. That's the fun part. I may not have WON, but at least I looked cool.

CK took 1st in the 40+, he had a huge gap. He probably could have walked most of the last lap and still won. He got a sweet trophy and some cash. Add that to his Iceman cash and now he's surpassed me in the winnings department this month. But he doesn't have a sweet Iceman jersey. Ha ha.

Now it's time to RECOVER. Maybe ONE last CX race next weekend. . . . . . . .