and the first is always the worst!!! Getting back into the groove of CX racing is always tough... the hard starts, the accelerations, the racing without drinking, the pounding on the wrists and shoulders.... and we started off racing in 23degrees!!! it would have great to have a shot of Heed at about lap 5.... but i was forced to chug it at the end....
2 stories of my race: 1 - Ted Ingram trying to make a sketchy pass on the outside of a loose corner, hooking bars with him, ripping through the tape and then being forced to chase Crouch for the rest of the day.... and 2 - catching my pedals about 8 times on the inside of corners as i get back on the gas.... jumping the back end around and almost tossing me off a few times.... "OK Barnes.... pedal AFTER the apex of the corner...."
everything still worked out well... hammered for a while with Eric Jobin (just like the old MTB days!!!) until he faded and i chased solo for 4 laps.... finished 2nd and won my first cash of the year (almost paid for the gas to get there) and a 6 pack of Wellington beer!!!
Gotta love to hate 'Cross....
2 stories of my race: 1 - Ted Ingram trying to make a sketchy pass on the outside of a loose corner, hooking bars with him, ripping through the tape and then being forced to chase Crouch for the rest of the day.... and 2 - catching my pedals about 8 times on the inside of corners as i get back on the gas.... jumping the back end around and almost tossing me off a few times.... "OK Barnes.... pedal AFTER the apex of the corner...."
everything still worked out well... hammered for a while with Eric Jobin (just like the old MTB days!!!) until he faded and i chased solo for 4 laps.... finished 2nd and won my first cash of the year (almost paid for the gas to get there) and a 6 pack of Wellington beer!!!
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