Fwd: [GW] Ham Lake Race Report B1
From: Jeff Ingham
Date: Nov 5, 2007 10:21 AM
Ham Lake….as cyclocross courses go this one is fun to ride but not
much of a “Cross” course. One long paved section then off into the
woods for the majority of the race, two single barriers. Got a crappy
start and there an immediate gap between the leading 4 to 6 riders and
me in the next group of 4. The 4 of us are trying to chase back on
pretty hard, on lap 3, I’m last in line in our group and I bite it on
one of the sandy turns. It takes me almost a whole lap to chase back
on. On the next lap I’m second in line behind a Bike Club rider and
he bites it on a turn. With nowhere to go I slam right into him.
Rich comes to a stop but manages to miss the pile on. It takes
another lap for me to regroup with Rich and Adam Birr and a Silver
Cycling Rider. We ride around like this for awhile. We are into the
lapped riders and I got caught behind Linda Copper at the mud pit.
She’s going really SLOW and a big gap forms between Rich and me and
Adam. Last lap I pull like mad on the paved section then take mucho
risks to try and catch Rich. We never make it, one more lap and we
would have caught back on. Adam out sprints me at the line. 13th
overall 10th in B1
I don’t think I had one lap that I nailed perfectly, the corners were
super sandy and loose. I’m sure there were plenty of crashes other
than my two. Seems like I’m cursed this year this was my third week
in a row when I thought I was good enough for a top 5 finish and I’ve
managed to screw it up by crashing. I did manage to add another nasty
bruise on my upper thigh, this ones about the size of a purple
baseball.
That’s the end of my cross season, I’ve got to be a hockey dad and
then I’m out of town for State’s.
Good Luck to everyone for the next month.