Selfie Party

Been out lately enjoying the beautiful fall weather and the trails... Such a great time of year!!

Always nice to get out with some friends who also enjoy racing between conversations...

And then enjoying a friendly spin on the way home....

Also helping me get my lazy butt back into shape for 'cross season... 

#Ilovemybikes

Why do I do this to myself??

So now that the official MTB season is done... it's time for 'Cross!!!
A favorite course of mine has always been the Toronto CX at Centennial Park... but this year it changed venues to Wild Water Kingdom... so i thought i'd go check it out.
Not a bad course... but it took about 4mins to remember why i love to hate CX.... man it's hard!!!!
Got off to a decent start and did some chasing before settling into a group with Eric Box and Rob Holmgren... and we rolled pretty well.  I had to remember how to carve corners and lay off the brakes, but my downfall was still the deep sand!!

2 sand pits per lap x 8 lap - 15 bad lines = Lots of gaps to bridge...

With 2 laps to go, Rob put in a charge to get his gap, I tried to bridge up but couldn't, Box almost caught me... and I finished up in 3rd for M1.  Can't complain about my legs when i really  haven't been riding that much!!!

At the end of the day.... we all came across the line muddy and tired, sore back and cold fingers... and reminded that as hard as CX can be - it's about the suffering and enjoyment of pushing your body and equipment to the limit...

When's the next race????