Cyclocross has taken a little bit of a back seat to Mountain Bikes this year, as I'm really trying to have a break through season and need to focus on the training more. But I'm still getting out and racing some CX. I live in the middle of 2 series and only a few hours from a couple more. So there are a lot of races to choose from. I've got the Inland Northwest series, very local. I've got the Wild West Series which stretches from northern Idaho and Montana. Then if I want, I can drive to Seattle and Portland areas where there 3 more series, Cross Crusade in Portland, MFG and Cross Revolution in Seattle. I'm taking the early season to stay a little more local. I spent the first weekend up in Sandpoint, ID for the Crosstoberfest. A great course, very technical and challenging, good crowds. A friend and fellow UCI racer was there, Kevin Bradford-Parish. We are usually pretty close in the UCI races, but this he's definitely got a little more of an edge than I do. We had an excellent battle day 1 in Sandpoint, came down to the last couple laps, but he got me, and day 2, I was a little off the pace as I'm just not in the shape to handle day after day.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Rolling Thunder and the CX season thus far
This past weekend I went over to Missoula for the Rolling Thunder Wild West Series Race. It was awesome and hosted by Big Sky Brewery. The Saturday race was at night under the lights, and went through the brewery. But before I get a head of myself, let me set up the CX season thus far.
Cyclocross has taken a little bit of a back seat to Mountain Bikes this year, as I'm really trying to have a break through season and need to focus on the training more. But I'm still getting out and racing some CX. I live in the middle of 2 series and only a few hours from a couple more. So there are a lot of races to choose from. I've got the Inland Northwest series, very local. I've got the Wild West Series which stretches from northern Idaho and Montana. Then if I want, I can drive to Seattle and Portland areas where there 3 more series, Cross Crusade in Portland, MFG and Cross Revolution in Seattle. I'm taking the early season to stay a little more local. I spent the first weekend up in Sandpoint, ID for the Crosstoberfest. A great course, very technical and challenging, good crowds. A friend and fellow UCI racer was there, Kevin Bradford-Parish. We are usually pretty close in the UCI races, but this he's definitely got a little more of an edge than I do. We had an excellent battle day 1 in Sandpoint, came down to the last couple laps, but he got me, and day 2, I was a little off the pace as I'm just not in the shape to handle day after day.
Cyclocross has taken a little bit of a back seat to Mountain Bikes this year, as I'm really trying to have a break through season and need to focus on the training more. But I'm still getting out and racing some CX. I live in the middle of 2 series and only a few hours from a couple more. So there are a lot of races to choose from. I've got the Inland Northwest series, very local. I've got the Wild West Series which stretches from northern Idaho and Montana. Then if I want, I can drive to Seattle and Portland areas where there 3 more series, Cross Crusade in Portland, MFG and Cross Revolution in Seattle. I'm taking the early season to stay a little more local. I spent the first weekend up in Sandpoint, ID for the Crosstoberfest. A great course, very technical and challenging, good crowds. A friend and fellow UCI racer was there, Kevin Bradford-Parish. We are usually pretty close in the UCI races, but this he's definitely got a little more of an edge than I do. We had an excellent battle day 1 in Sandpoint, came down to the last couple laps, but he got me, and day 2, I was a little off the pace as I'm just not in the shape to handle day after day.
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