Jordan at the Mustang Cross Country Invitational on Friday.
Jordan at the Hudson Cyclocross Race on Saturday.
Jordan at the "Muddy as Hell" Orono Cyclocross Race on Sunday.
Jimmer, Painman, and the Red Lantern post Orono Cyclocross Race. We look like an inverse of a Cingular/AT&T "more bars in more places" commercial.
In the Cross Country meet, Jordan finished 2nd 6th grader from Hudson Middle School, moving up one spot from this past Tuesday. Jordan won the juniors < 15 (C-4) division at both the Hudson and Orono Cyclocross races. It was great to see the Gaines Brothers (Michael and Brian) back in town and racing again. I managed to place towards the back in both cyclocross races, but good enough for 5th in the Masters 35+ (A-3) division in both.
The conditions at Hudson were OK. Dag likes to layout a very tight technical course. It rained most of the day, and by the A race, there were some muddy sections to deal with, but not too bad. The A race actually ended up getting stopped due to lighting with 2 laps to go, with the finish order determined by the last completed lap. Hareland won handily.
The conditions as Orono were a whole different story. The A race was first, and started out clean, but the grassy sections quickly deteriorated into sloppy, slippery muck. I managed to slide out in one of the corners. I think I slid about 10 feet on my side and back through the mud. I fell again approaching the double barriers when my shorts got caught on my saddle. On a positive note, I was able to ride through the volleyball court sand pit every time, compared to 1 attempt and 1 endo last year.
At the end of the A race, all we could think about was how muddy we left the course for the B and C races. The B racers got so muddy, you couldn't recognized them, and their numbers were impossible to read. The C racers had it the worst. There were several mucky sections of the course which were so badly deteriorated, almost everyone chose to run instead of ride through them. The steep run-up was a complete muddy mess. I applaud MCT for the UCI quality course, but I can't imagine what the school is going to think about the muddy tracks we made through their grounds.
Props to Pmax for finishing 2nd overall at Hudson, and 1st A-3. Also props to the "brotherly love" display at the finish line of the Orono CX A race, where Doug and Dan Swanson each wanted to let the other win. In the end, Doug succeeded in getting Dan across the line 1st. Dan "Never say die" Casper was rocking it in 3rd place overall, until he rolled a tubular, and lost a lot of time, eventually finishing 6th.
2 comments:
thanks for the encouragement the other day.
zim
You bet. It was fun playing in the mud.
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