Originally Posted by
misskaz
The thing about CX is, it's fun (in a OMG I'm dying I will never do this again kind of way) even if you suck.
Seriously, I am an out of shape 36 year old woman with my only training being my commute and some touring rides, and I did 4 races last year. I hated/loved every minute of it.
cool. getting pretty excited. i'm just looking for a fun day out. i brought it up to some locals and they tried to scare me off by telling me that if i didn't go in with three bikes and six wheelsets, i'd be wasting my time. we'll see. i'll have one bike and probably one spare wheelset.
my regular commute is an 8mi loop consisting of: 3mi badly paved county route (250' rise in elevation, with another 200' in the last .25mi as my building is on a hill. elev not exact, just what my Casio says), 4.5mi on a rolling gravel trail where the gravel goes from packed to 2" deep in spots. in there is about .5mi of mixed dirt/grass/mud depending on weather.
one day last week i did it with horizontal rain and lightning flashing around me, so i'm hoping i have a decent base to build on.
whee!