Saturday was just as cold and damp as you hoped for. Slimy, Muddy Goodness. The course was beautiful, milking a bunch of small features on a big hillside, that when muddy, became a bike handlers course. HARD course, lots of long hills, and what with the squishy ground made those going up do some serious breathing
The muck made it really fun, trying to gt around while in close proximity to a whole pile of other folks.
The muck made it really fun, trying to gt around while in close proximity to a whole pile of other folks.
Conditions led to much carnage, especially as the thawing continued.
New Belgium Cup USGP Cyclocross - 35+ carnage from Dale Riley on Vimeo.
I failed to start my Bar-Cam on Saturday (Doh!), but did manage to remember for Sundays snot-fest. I got to line up next to Rod Yoder, who you can briefly see disappearing up the road with Gary Thacker in tow. (I had noted to Gary prior to the start that he should probably follow Rod, and not me. This sage advice helped Gary a lot at the start....) I've been watching Rod's videos, and you can learn a lot about racing from watching him move thru a field. NO hesitation, just go, whatever line you get. You can watch Rod's video to see what the front of the race looks like, but here's the middle/Back view.
New Belgium Cup USGP Cyclocross - Day2 - 45+ Barcam from Dale Riley on Vimeo.
Should have some more video later, the Chief videographer was back on Sunday.
What a weekend. I'm beat to a pulp. Usually a 45 minute cross race doesn't hurt my upper body like this, but the courses were SO hard, and SO techinchal, that my back, core and arms are a wreck today.
Race came off great, my only complaints would be parking, and that the New Belgium beer tents RAN OUT OF BEER just before the star of the Elite mens race. Oh the horror. Hope that the USGP can return again, nice to have 2 "big" races here each year.
All in all a Whole lotta fun.
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