cross recap

The season is over

but here are a few pictures from the last few races   The 1st is Storm the greens held at the old golf course outside of Louisville,it was cold and damp.I did not get any photo's of the team since we all raced at the same time.But here's a few photo's and some video.

The next weekend was frozen Brookside park in Indianapolis it was also the Indy State Championships and the final race of the ovcx anothe race with a full compliment of 7 hillers minus Dan who wasnt feeling well.Congrats to Jeni on her podium in the overall....GREAT JOB!!!!!

Finally I went to Kansas City for the national championships,I left on Wed morning with Rick Toler from Kreitler Team after 10 hrs we made it.The following morning we went over to the course to watch the races going on and to get our #'s and try to sneak in a ride.

Watching the video of the course it didnt seem to bad but actually it was 1 long twisty uphill followed by a fast twisty downhill,of course I signed up for the singlespeed class and forgot my smaller chainrings DOH!!!.

The course was not technical but very soft but not muddy for my races. I made it until 2 to go before I got lapped by Steve Tilford, in the 45-49 race I finfished 70th out of 101 starters.

In the ss race I had problems with a cog coming loose(note to self dont wait until night before to put cogs on) this race i was in the pits 3 different times i was lapped twice so in the the results it was a big DNF but actually raced the 45 min.Also it was 60 degrees at 8am for the start but at 1230 for the womens start it was like 25...ouch

Overall the weekend was awesome,the results sucked but I didnt really expect too much.

Doug Hamilton

Ryan Lindsay

Michelle Morris

Leaders of college races

elite mens start

Race recaps or maybe a few pictures

The only Photos before batteries died.
Another good course at John Bryan State park Lou had a fine 4th place and everyone else had a fun timeI did beat Mr. UPS driver at the finish.
The next weekend was another cold day but was made better by the mud from the rain a day before with this course in Lexington having a lot of off camber turns there were lots of slipping and sliding again Lou saves the day...shows up 10 min before the start rides to the start as his warmup then proceeds to finish 5th.Mark loves his fuzzy gloves.








Up next the state championships in NW Columbus a great venue,it was held at a soccer,softball field it was mainly flat except for a small rise on 1 end(it seemed when they graded the ball field they just pushed the dirt to 1 end)and the promoters used every bit of the hill...straight up,down,off camber up ,down a very nice course..ok I liked it because Iwon my race but thats beside the point.I only had a few photos of Jeni,the rest were of the elites.Lou had a hub seize up right before the start which he was able to get a new wheel and get back in line as the whistle blew,but after a lap he had a slow leak and dropped out,Gumby,Mark,Dan all had steady races as usual,since I've been getting crushed in the elite masters i decided to race the 3/4 masters and just see where I could finish,It started fast but slowed down after a few minutes which was very manageable at one time I was 2nd overall but I crashed (which Jeni captured very nicely),then riding around in 5th or 6th overall right behind the top2 in the 45+ i crashed again but still finished 1st Ohio rider...WOOHOO Dan didnt ride enough so he signed up for the elite masters along with me and Lou.I had a nice race with Mr.UPS and another rider most of the race with alap to go we caught Dan from Zephyr who wasnt feeling all that well(at least until the last 10 yards where got me at the line for 17th).Only 3 more races left:(