ride joe ride

So the less said about my race last Sunday the better: bad start, broke my front brake cable on the second lap, limped around the remainder of the race and got to be the last rider to finish the lead lap (yeah just me, my rebellious broken brake and the people warming up for the next race on the course). That said, I really think the Northbrook course was better this year even without the hill. It’s like last year the race was all meatball and no sauce. This year, more sauce and less meatball.

Speaking of sauce(d), don’t miss the awesome documentary in the making which focused on the fans this week.

Also, Luke Seeman’s photography is always fantastic, and you can even buy a calendar filled with it so you can while away the boring spring/summer months staring at the photos and dreaming of cyclocross. His shots from Northbrook were particularly good, though. Maybe it’s that the golden hour now coincides with the 4bs race. Maybe it’s just because it’s so freakin awesome that we have that many people spectating.

Oh, I know all of you reading this know, but I won the CCC t-shirt design contest for what is undoubtedly my greatest ‘cross related achievement this season. Go buy some shirts and make sure they are orange.

With the training in the bag, it’s time to celebrate with a weekend of cross: Indian Lakes grass crit tomorrow (my favorite!) and then up to Wisconsin for some mountain-bike style cx at Gibbs Lake. Two days of cross!

Finally, I am still undecided whether to pack sensibly or as if I have succumbed to the inevitable.