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mud from cross...
Originally uploaded by divine_gear

aftermath of my drivetrain from the cross race this weekend that was put on by team spin. i hope that they put up pics., because this race was sick. toughest course in a long time.

the mud was only half the issues. they had a lot of zig-zags. a 'natural' barrier, in the name of a downed tree. and an enormous run up. this adjective doesn't even to being to describe it. we ran up the side of a massive hill. it was only supposed to go up half way, but the park system cut the grass all the way up, so that's what we did.

not only did i have trouble clicking in, i also had some trouble clicking out, as you are able to tell from the pedal. new pedals for me. this was a great time.

my problem was that i had a hard time telling what lap i was on, or how many more i had to do. so on two of the laps (both of which i thought were the last ones); i kicked it into overgear, and over took the guy ahead of me. needless to say on the last lap i couldn't keep up with him, and finished in fourth. first and second place took off right from the start. so bad in fact i didn't see them the rest of the race. so if i would have played a more conservative game, and understood what was going on through the start/finish i think i could have at least finished third, but by my last and sixth lap, i was spent.

i look forward to many more cross races, and thanks to mtn road cycles for the support.

namaste...