First Cross Country Race

[cladoo]

This past Sunday I raced our first race of the season and my first one since '04! I finished 8th out of 14 in the SuperVet Class (+48) , not bad but I should have done better. I missed the first dead check (unmanned) and had to back track 3.2km to get back to it. I was riding in 3rd at the time. I also crashed way too many times, my right arm is black and blue from the elbow out and my left thumb is swollen from a crash riding on Sat. I'm disappointed but glad also. I am not sure when I'll race again this year, I can't hit every race on the schedule.
Claude

[REVERUP]

Great job Claude! keep it up and you wont make those little mistakes that cost you big like the unmanned check. Just chalk that up as being rusty.

Roscoe

[cladoo]

Well I raced my second event this year on Sunday. It was a Hare Scramble in the same area as the CC last month, Porcupine Hills, AB. The course was 25km and I raced the Super Vet class again. This time I rode much better and got 6th, I had 4th but had my only crash on the last (3rd) lap and 2 guys got by me. The course was lots of fun, beautiful loamy trails, not as many rocks as I usually ride on and no dust! It did start to drizzle on the last lap but not enough to be bothersome, when that area gets wet it is like grease! I finished with a time of 2h45m about 15 minutes behind the winner of my class, a local. I still know I can do better but my racing shape is still not there. Here are some pics.
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[SideshowBob]

Needs more rocks. :-)

Nice pics.

[cladoo]

Oh there are rocks around, just this course is the exception.