cross #1 - civic park

cross is back, and the first race of the season was well worth the wait. this year's course was about as fast as it's every been for civic park. wherever possible we utilized the gravel paths while still incorporating the hill for a two grueling climbs: one, shouldering the bike; the other a tough cross the face uphill which was definitely a challenge for the single speeders in the group (dave d, alberto, dave l, tomek, and tinker tim). instead of a timed event we went with lap counts: 5 for B and 10 for A (could have added one more lap for B and one less for A).

the B race was won by tim turene. of note, apparently liam tossed his cookies in an effort to lessen his weight for the final lap. i would have had some pictures of the B race, but i did realize that my camera was on movies mode and i managed to take a lot of bad movies rather than good pictures.

the A race saw 13 racers: 10 male and 3 females. not sure how many laps to call for, tom chose 10 over 9 thinking that it would be a good way to start the season - one filled with pain. the race started tight with a solid A train making its way through the first third of the course as a tight knit group - that ended as soon as we hit the first barrier. dave d, phil from out east, don s, and tomek separated themselves and the rest of us were left to try and catch up. we never did manage to catch up but we did enjoy our own race. 10 laps translated into over 50 minutes of racing of pain for the men and well over an hour for the women - perhaps a bit much.

here are some pics from the event with more to follow.