Cyclecross - PIR 11/8
A few of us got together Sunday to support a couple of our intrepid Crossers. Myself, Allen, Ben, and Justin braved the bad weather to watch Tony and Jeff rip it up in the mud and rain. I got there around 7:30 to set up Casa de NRR and then waited for everyone to show up. We got a nice spot near the start/finish and by the food and beverage area, so at least we didn’t have to go far for sustenance :) Tony was first up and he raced the 35+ C race. He got off to a good start and was in the top 10 until he was taken out of contention by a flat. The results haven’t been posted yet, so I’m not sure where he ended up, but I’m guessing mid pack somewhere. It’s kind of hard to tell after a couple of laps ’cause they’re spread out all over the place….. Next up was Jeff. He moved up to the 35+ B’s, so he had a bad starting position. He still battled it out and made a great showing of it.
Justin, Ben, and I (Tony was wandering around somewhere too, but we lost him) hung around to watch the SSXCWC. I’ve never seen this race before and it was a real party. Hanging on the Thunderdome while the racers came through was just surreal. There was someone twirling fire pots, a bag piper, the drum corp up by the main spectator run up, a band belting out vintage Black Sabboth, and even a stripper bus that was used as a short cut. The rider needed to present a dollar tip to the ‘dancer’ inside to run through the bus and cut out a chuck of the course…. We missed that one as it was strategically place on the far back side….. We all packed up and took off around 5. It was nice to get home and warm up after being out in the cold for the day. I think I can speak for all of us in saying that it was a GREAT time! ( I even have some beer and brats left, bonus…..)
Here’s some Thunderdome action -