Crazy Day

Yep, it was. I had a ton hollering directed at me at the State Championships yesterday keeping me going. The course was pretty fun and quite slippery in spots. I felt pretty good and came away with my first State Championship. The offseason started at PBR:30 courtesy of Joe Curtes! Ahhh, so refreshing.

Polska CX

Another great race put on by the Polska team. The bell's were ringing loud on the Polska Puker and it was crazy!! Mr. Braun was wasted and offered beer handups to me on all the laps but the last one when I wanted one. I grabbed what he had in his non-bell ringing hand and ended up with his warm PBR backwash to help me finish the final run up in style. I'm still waiting for the 2nd round of swine flu to hit after that error in judgement. I also got a PBR shower on the run up earlier in the race from Maciej. Mmmm, refreshing. I ended up 2nd and it was ok. Finished off the day by putting a stick through my wheel and ripping the derailluer off my bike while cooling down. Awesome. Lucky for me Mark M. had another 9 speed Dura Ace unit laying around for me to use. Looking forward to Sunday and then some time off the bike. Winter is coming and I don't have much siding on yet....

Sunday

was definitely hard. I suffered through my first 1/2 'cross race. I was above being "on the rivet" as Lisa even noticed I was frothing at the mouth on laps 1-3. Then it was time to settle in and ride with the next group. It was an ok course and good fun racing. I didn't contest anything on the last lap, I just stayed on and ended up 9th. The guy in 8th pulled the four of us around for the last 4 laps and I wasn't going to try and outsprint him. It was pretty evident I'll be back in the masters 30+ next race. I'm glad I did it and I'll do it again. Someday.

Who turned out the lights?

Eternal darkness seems to be upon us. The forecast for the Iceman looks downright balmy. The global warming God is smiling upon those who are racing. Of course it is 3 days away. It'll probably snow. I'll stay home, race cx and roof. Winters coming.