This is my blog and it's about stuff, mostly bikes: Velocross

All I can say is, great race. I did not think I was going to do this well. I raced my first 3's cross race today at Boulder Indoor Cycling in East Boulder. The course started in the back of the building in the dirt and zig zagged around a bit. Then you got out on some road on a huge turn that took you into some loose-dirt in some wooded singletrack. There was a barrier that you could ride that was metal pipe laying across the course in two spots. Then you got back out into the dirt and rode through some rocks and off towards Baseline Rd. Then you went over a barrier and had to run your bike across a hill and then into the parking lot where the finish was. The most fun part of the course was after the finish where you hopped up a big cement stair and then turned up another and then turned into the building. You rode in an did a big hairpin turn and rode over this little kiddie mountain bike course. Then you rode out of a loading dock on a huge wooden ramp back outside. It was an awesome course, probably a favorite of mine. Onto how I did. The race had 42 guys who raced and I got 2nd!!!! I was very surprised about how I did and had a ride to do it. I started about 30th in the 4th row and I ended up moving up all the way to 5th by the 4th lap. I was riding with 2 Boulder Cycle Sport guys, one was on a mountain bike, and a Stork guy. The winner of the race was my road teammate, Zane Godby, who has always been a big rival for me in cross because he is the same age and ability. On about the 7th lap something felt strange on my bike and I thought I had a flat tyre on the back. So I did a bike exchange for my mountain bike and rode that for 2 laps until I got on my Yeti again. By the time I had my Yeti it was 3 to go and I had dropped the guy on the mountain bike. Then the next lap I just sat in and didn't do anything stupid, I was holding 4th. On the dirt hill run I passed and dropped the other Boulder Cycle Sport guy and was in 3rd place. Right after the official rang the bell for 1 to go, we rode into the building and the Stork guy had pinch flatted on the stair and I was in 2nd. So I was able to ride into the finish easy with a solid 2nd place in my first 3's race, a placing I only had twice last year in the 4's which happened to be in the last 2 races of the season. I am already on my way to the Cat 2's with 4 upgrade points! I also won $50 my first cash prize in cross ever. I would say today was a good day.