State Champs
Better luck next year
The old guys keep getting faster. I’ve one that state CX championships a couple of times, but I think those days are over. The fast guys are getting older and so am I. Today’s course was awesome and featured a ton of crossy stuff. I did a warm up lap on my griffos,but everyone was saying the rhinos were the ticket..so I switched and it was night and day. The rhinos on the off-camber were untouchable. 70 of us toed the line and the start was full-on crossy. I settled in top 10, but faded again to the 20s. The sand was my weakness today. I rode it well warming up, but during the race I couldn’t ride it consistently. I made a huge mistake mid-race. I was leading a group of about 7 riders and tried to ride the sand and went down and jammed a bunch of sand in my shifter and flatted. I went to the pit to grab my other bike but the group was gone. Oh well…there is always next year. I ended up 9th in 35+, 27th overall. What I find funny is some of the guys who race 1/2s all year on the road and the cross season, decide to ride 35+ for states. Stick to the category you ride and stay with it #HTFU brothers. I could race the 3s race but, that would be sand-bagging in my opinion since I chose to race 35+ on the road and for the full cross season. What do you all think of those that ride different cats for state championships?

Day 2 GP ZAC DAAB
The coach has been telling me to hold back at the starts. It’s hard to break old habits. I like to be in the top 10 at the starts, bonus if I’m top 3. But these old legs need to slow down to speed up I guess. When I was younger I could rock the starts and stay on it. Now when I rock the starts I blow after a couple mins. Today I rolled out easier and stayed top 20 and waited for the legs to come around and then hit it. I worked. I was able to claw my way back and get into the right group. 4th in 35s, 15th overall. 4th in omnium for the weekend and even made $90.