a weekend of...

tight one eighty down the hill...
Originally uploaded by divine_gear

racing takes a toll on my body, and mental state.

saturday was spent at the chagrin river cyclocross race. course description...flat, field, with some 'technical' sections. my philosophy in this race was, set up out front, and kick some ass. i did. start out up front. i lead the pack for a quarter of the lap. then, over the log i bashed my rear wheel on the log and jumped my chain. and watched half of the pack pass me. other than that, i was just 'hanging' on to my place. which i don't even know. beer was had o' plenty after the race.

sunday was spent at kirtland park with another one from team lake effects. now if it wasn't for it being at kirtland park, i would have stayed home and watched football. but since it was at kirtland park i went, simply because i enjoy the course. and what a course that was. they made it longer than the last time i raced it. the obvious one eighty trek down the side of the theater is always a joy. no barriers; however three run-ups of stairs. this was hard on me. i messed up quite a bit...one wash out on a up hill switchback, one chain jump (pilot error again), should have passed when i had the chance, mashed the boys, should have used 'butter'; so by the third lap, it turned into a 'training' ride as it were.

for some more pics check out the flickr. there are some more from saturday, and fast hands took some real nice ones from sunday; however i only put up a few simply because i didn't want to 'overload' sunday...

thanks for reading and viewing. time to do some soul searching...

amitabha...