Winter is the operative word here.  Any one who has noticed the news knows that the Deep South got hit with snow and ice again.  I was basically unable to get out of our yard except when a friend came over with his jeep 4X4 for about 5 days.  So, the only training I had was on the trainer in the basement.  But Sunday came and I was stoked to make the short drive back to Rome for CX#2.  There was still a lot of snow and ice on the ground.  Cycle Therapy and Bob Kuhn adjusted accordingly and the course was great.  Everything ran great and I was looking for a good finish.  I got a top three start again, came off the pavement into the snow and then proceeded to once again slide through the tape as we hit the first hard left.  I lost about 6 spots, but slowly fought my way back.  I traded blows with several guys and could not catch up with 1 and 2, but 3, 4, and 5 were in my sights.  On the last lap I made a hard effort and moved up to 3, but lost a little ground on the climb through the woods.  I was in 4th with 5 right on my tail as we came out of the woods for the last time.  We went through a series of turns through the snow, ice and mud and we headed back to the finish.  #5 cut me off in a muddy turn with only 2 turns and about a 60 yard straihgt back to the finish line.  I grabbed his wheel, put my head down as we rounded the last turn and started hammering.  I can around him and kept pumping and I beat him by about the width of my challenge fangos at the line.  Man was it a great finsh.  I ended up in 4th and was really looking for a podium at the CX#3 State Championship.

Talk to ya’ll later