Hardest Course Of The Season! – S03/E12 – The CXOff
Physical and mental tests galore! Starting with a wicked case of insomnia I nearly bailed at takeoff but The Bug convinced me to drive 1.5 hours to ride 40 minutes in the cold, gusting winds of AppleCross in Winchester, VA. Turns out this was the best course of the season. Already ridiculously challenging, a few […]
I ZIP TIED THE WRONG GEAR!! (WARNING: SSCX PURIST TRIGGER) – S03/E11 – The CXOff
I put together a pretty decent shitshow right before my SSCX race! Jacket zipper broke and for some reason, I didn’t tighten the zip tie down enough and I managed to unwittingly shift as I headed to the start line. For those purists who just can’t even deal with me not only riding a geared […]
5K RUNNING RACE WITH BIKES IN THE MUD – S03/E10 – The CXOff
Mud may have been a factor for the day’s races at Ed Sander Memorial CX. If you look closely, you can see a bit of it on the ground and perhaps some of it collecting on the riders’ bikes and kits. The amount of spatter depended on where you rode on the course. Like, share, […]
This Title Needs To Mention The Mud! Also, The Shoes. And Possibly The Skinsuit – S03/E09 – The CXOff
The Belgian mud gods finally smiled upon us (with mud in their teeth, of course) at Ed Sander Memorial CX! After a ridiculously dry and dusty first half of the season, we were treated to conditions that could be described as epic. Is there a point where there’s too much mud? Yes, and we discovered […]
DCCX IS A HELLUVA DRUG – S03/E08 – The CXOff
“Raw, I’mma give it to ya, raw like cyclocross straight from the District!” Yeah, that WuTang lyric doesn’t work at all but you get the point. DCCX—two solid days of freebasing pure, unrefined, cyclocross with the best people imaginable leaves you with the most intense #CXHANGOVER imaginable. You want to do it all again—to indulge in […]