Cyclocross Racing - MABRA cross championship--Taneytown MD

who's out to get some hardware this sunday?

If not for the hardware, I will be there to try and defeat my crossresults nemesis...the *new*guy.

you better bring the sausage.

I'll be there watching and taking pictures of what I cannot do.

I will be there sucking it up as Ive gotten used to as of late. Might as well finish the season right?

With the added 40+ age group and being one of the few entrants in my category that actually live in DC, theoretically I could medal in this race. If they add a 6'5" or taller category, I'm golden.

I will be there sucking it up as Ive gotten used to as of late. Might as well finish the season right?

i think you should ride your singlespeed. sorry... just had to say it. you were crushing it early this season before you started riding the geared bike.

schiek---you have a valid point there. finish as well as you did last sunday and i bet you'll medal.

this AM was the first time i've ridden since sunday. ugh. going to be tough to get any more rides in before sunday.

lack of gears aint going to help my legs or breathing out otherwise I would. I had two of my best races ever on the geared bike so its hard to think its whats holding me back.

i'll be there. i haven't seen you guys in WEEKS. will bring root beers.

sweet. how was the polo tournament??

root beers? man, i really miss when IBC made the 32oz bottles of root beer.
i'll be there, in the C's, probably continuing my downward spiral of finishes. everyone else got a lot faster during the season.

I'll be racing Cs and Bs.
Yeah, I miss IBC "40s" as well.

Polo tourney was pretty rad. 2 on 2 instead of 3 on 3, so it was really hard. Richmond has awesome food - if you eat meat. Like me.
Hamburger with grilled cheese sandwiches as a bun. ****ing brilliant.

weather for tomorrow looks lovely. :-/ 36 and raining.

My car just broke down, anyone want to give me a ride? I love in dc and race C's. If you can help call me (chris) at 9192721295

best race of the year

this is the weather i've been asking for all season.
awesomeeeeee.

bryan, what the ef? whered you go?

wish i had as good of a day as steve and chris. congrats out there today guys.

also - marc gwads rode a solid race.

So, the start looked like this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3072842434_0db46e053c.jpg

The sand looked like this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3072845942_af2a06de21.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/3072007871_96edc03255.jpg

The riders looked like this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/3072004435_cceb6140d0.jpg

The falls looked like this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/3072848956_22ccf5264e.jpg
(I really wish I didn't have mud caught on my lens cover so it would have opened before snapping this)

And the faces looked like this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3072836586_8412a6e495.jpg

Full set on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryandudek/sets/72157610483796075/)

bryan, what the ef? whered you go?

wish i had as good of a day as steve and chris. congrats out there today guys.

also - marc gwads rode a solid race.

thanks! I'm not exactly a "mudder" so I was pretty happy with how it turned out.

and, good practice riding in the mud.

good seeing you out there ryan.


marc

im going to remember this race for a long time. I will day dream about it all off season. I may just be a mudder.

Nice race boys. Probably could have done better if I stayed upright for more of the race but I was happy with the outcome. Sh*tty luck, Ryan. Hope your bike heals.

I've finished 18th two times this year. Each time Bryan finished ahead of me. With him going AWOL, I finished 17th. And first in the unofficial 40+ DC Statehood category.

gone muddin'

i just wasn't feeling like making the drive yesterday. dunno why, really. i commute year round in worse weather than that. glad everyone had a blast.

^^You get a pass this week. But no excuses for Sunday in Reston. Expect you to be there.

I have some photos up here: http://www.cxhairs.com/photos/

i'm sorry to disagree, but that race sucked. mostly because i had the wrong set of gloves and my hands were frozen the whole time.
also 'cause i got taken out with 1/2 a lap to go by my own teammate though in fairness there wasn't anything he could have done to prevent it.
boo hoo. see you all in reston if'n my thumb is healed enough

i didnt do as well as I could have either because of crashing but the race conditions and the course made it my favorite of the year.

yeah same here - i had great legs and was killing it the first lap and thought i could break that 9th place wall i've had all season, but the mud just kept pushing me back.

I have interviews from the race up here: www.cxhairs.com (http://www.cxhairs.com).

also MABRA cross series results are on mabra.org.