#220: Cross-A-Nooga #2
After Saturday’s Southern X, I wasn’t sure how it would go. Either it would go well or really bad. Getting up on Sunday morning, I didn’t feel bad, but didn’t have a lot of snap.
Our CX3 race was run as A-race with CX12 + CX3 together. The course was a power course with a few short steep hills, lots of sharp corners, a sand pit, and a few barriers. My start had me marking the back of the field (not surprising) but I was still in contact.
I continued to try to fight up a much as I could but was having trouble getting through the sand without stalling. I was only really getting it right on the last 2-3 laps.
At the end, I had to settle for 4th in CX3 just 8 seconds behind Nate Netwon (Biker’s Choice). The difference was clearly the sand issues I was having.
This is my last race of my 2008-2009 CX campaign. My two January TBRA races were disappointing in my pair of 4th places. I know why both occurred (illness & hard climbing), but it is nevertheless disappointing.
Photo galleries: [A-race: CX123][B-race: M35/WCX123][C-race: CX4/WCX4]
Now it is time to clean up the ‘cross bikes for summer storage (I will leave my X-fire available for riding) and pull my TT bike out of the attic. Road season looms. My first planned race is only 6 weeks away.
Is RR a ‘road’ race? But I guess you use your road bike and not the crosser so I guess it counts.
Comment by Chuck — January 26, 2009 @ 10:55 am
[...] a lot of photos of the B and C races (I got a few of the A race as well), and posted the link in his race report. Here are a few of my favorties: A mid-dismount shot One of my trips through the start/finish area [...]
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