Cross season baby! And it's about to get really heated up with Nats only 1.5 weeks away. But first lets recap the season thus far. Skipped first few O-cups to rest up after an awesome provincial MTB champs. By the time my first cross race in Guelph came I was itching to race. I wasn't sure how that would go cause I didn't do mush prep before hand and was on a large borrowed bike. It was huge! But came out with a win and that was that. Moving on now. Mr, Glassford and I got to work on training with Nationals in mind and things have gone great so far! Also super cool that Peter is taking part in this cross season.
Next race=Hillbilly Hustle=OMG! Too cold too soon and I was not prepared at all. I also tried to be all manly and go bare leg which sucked! Chown and Zack Attack maned up and crushed it while I pulled the plug after rolling my tire and then going all Hypothermic. Too bad cause that is my Fave cross race on the O-cup circuit and the course was great.
Durham cross was sweet again but this time more fast guys were there. I was training through that one so wasn't sure especially since Mark Batty had shown up. But turns out he trained through it too and we had a great race that ended with him hitting the deck on a barrier and me attacking to get away for the win. Love that course!
Off to the USA for some UCI action with Alex Sanna and his super girlfriend Hidy (sorry if I spelt that wrong). Joined by Mr, Batty and Easterner Emily Flynn and her mom it made for a super fun trip. The racing was fierce and Mark crushed day 1 with a 2nd and I was really happy with a 7th and some UCI points. Next day was... hell! They threw in an additional climb and that along with tired legs made for one of the toughest races ever! I had 11th but crashed with about 1min left and fell back to 15th. Still happy with how I rode though.
Ok almost caught up. Baseball cross=flat hammer fest. Loved the course that Watson and Barrie crew set up. It all flowed soo well and made for some tactical racing. Started 2nd row which made me start easier then usual but it might have been good cause I got to draft the whole 1st lap. Then I got board and went to the front and went hard for a while and got things going with a lead group of Zack, Mark and myself. Mark looked like he had been doing some serious training the week before and fell back the next lap leaving the 2 kids to work together. After a few laps of trading up the lead we saw Watson creeping up the field the same way a lion sneaks up and and Gazelle and then before you know it BOOM your dead. So the only logical thing to do was go faster cause we didn't want him there. He's got that old man power (old enough to race masters nats... Look out Mogg). Then it was time to break the team work and go for the win. So I put in a 1 lap dig and got a gap. But Zack never gave up and was biting at my heels for the rest of the race. I managed to hold him off and get the win.
Next race will be Nats and it's gonna be sick! We have a stupid strong U-23 field this year so it will be a show fo sho! Time to train!
