Way to go!! I watched a cyclocross race once in Druid Hill Park; that looked like just about the most fun you can have on two wheels! I read the Bicycling Magazine forums every now and again, and I remember a guy over there, a roadie pro who does some off-season cyclocross, describing 'cross as something like "running around carrying sandbags in a cold, driving rain while repeatedly slamming a ball-peen hammer into your forehead."

I recall some BBC ladies trying to talk me into giving 'cross a try -- they used to do (maybe they still do?) some beginner-type clinic thing at Meadowood Park, I believe. My Airborne is a cyclocross/light touring frame, but I leaned toward the "light touring" end in my accessorizing (most notably, the bar-end shifters and triple chainrings.) I used to have a "real" cyclocross bike (a Jamis Nova), but I never really liked how it fit -- something always seemed inexplicably "off" to me when I was riding that bike. I was fortunately able to sell it.

Regardless of bike, though, I think my knees may no longer be up to such shenanigans.