When I had the idea of putting together a cross team it was to put together the greatest guys you’ve ever met and rode with. Guys that would self-sacrifice themselves day in and day out and would give more then they get…

This weekend made me proud. PMax teaches at an inner-city school with kids on the edge of trouble and he brought one of his students to the races this weekend and gave the kid his bike and shoes and got him into cross…then today after his student was done, he had completely toasted his brake pads from all the mud. FPA instantly jumped in and gave PMax the brake pads off his bike….and I gave PMax a new set of Ritchey clinchers, since I had no use for them…

Give back….it pays so much more and is so much more rewarding.

Wah

For those who love the muddy and technical crossy stuff, today was their day….It rained all morning leaving the course with some serious mud sections…add to that a long beach run and there was no recovery anywhere on the course. I got a good start and then I lost a little bit every lap in the technical muddy stuff. Even though the course didn’t suit me, I had fun. The crossniacs were out in full force today with 4 in the top 5 for 35+ (Guy, CJ, PMax, Wah). I rolled in 14th overall 5th in 35+.

Wah

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Wanna mix it up a little here: A couple mn guys are trying to introduce chip timing to our cyclocross races. They’re also pushing Pre-Reg. $25 pre, $30 day-of. $30 is INSANE. I just cant see it. I’d like ask everyone: How much are you paying to race? Are your racing going Pre-Reg?  Chip timing is stupid. For cross. Hell, its stupid for road racing (it counter-acts the notion of team work). Keep that shit in triathlons. It makes sense there. Here are my problems with that stuff:-chip timing. Isn’t cyclocross 1hr+1 lap (or 30 min, 45 min). Whats a chip gonna do, tell me I went more or less? Seriously… -Pre-reg. I have a huge chip on my shoulder about pre-reg. I get it when there are field limits, but I still dont like it. I’m one of those guys who wont know he’s racing until he’s in the car driving there, what with the kids, the family… So I get a financial kick in the shins since I cant pre-reg. SO I dont like it. But cross races dont have the same field limits, do they? And MN has a fraction of the participants showing than Seattle/Portland does. Its not even an issue here. $30 for a cross race? Why? Anyways… Thoughts? FPA 

I have a student coming out to race on Saturday.  I hope he has a great experience.  Be sure to say “Hi” to Alex.  You will know who he is by his Dreads.

I plan on racing Orono for sure and am 50/50 on Hudson.  I would like to work for Jared.  If the “Duece” (Dewy Dicky) is there we race for second, if he is not we race for first.  OK Jared?