{"id":709,"date":"2009-09-13T18:11:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loftninjas.org\/rants\/?p=709"},"modified":"2009-09-13T18:11:03","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T02:11:03","slug":"cyclocross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.loftninjas.org\/rants\/2009\/09\/13\/cyclocross\/","title":{"rendered":"cyclocross"},"content":{"rendered":"

First cross race<\/a> complete. I think my muscles held up much better than my lungs. I got a chest cramp about three laps in, Mom guessed we did seven laps of probably 1.75mi or so. Maybe when the results are posted online we’ll get more information. I placed about 47th of 60 or so that appeared to finish in my category. According to the last results I saw I was second to the last person who wasn’t lapped, but Mom was sure otherwise. No matter though, I did pretty well for my first cross experience.<\/p>\n

I ran into a new Cross friend after my race and she asked how I liked the clinic on Saturday. When I told her I didn’t make it because I was out friday night drinking at bike parties and too hung over to do much Saturday, she said “I like the way you race”.<\/p>\n

A friend saw me and contemplated yelling “Go Beardo!<\/a>“, which is awesome.<\/p>\n

Because I bought a season pass and showed up to the kick-off party right on time, I ended up with bib #1 for the season. It’s been a great conversation starter as people ask me about it. The best was today when a woman yelled “hey number #1” from her car, and wend I turned around she apologized for having her pants down and being half naked whilst changing.<\/p>\n

Besides Bike Sabbath, Meg and Colin road out separately, although no one made it out early enough to see me race it was nice that they came.<\/p>\n

I road back with Bike Sabbath to around Eastlake and continued home from there alone. With another 20+ miles tacked on and not a great sleep last night, I’m definitely pooped now. I’m sort of fighting to keep distracted to not go to sleep this early and wake up at three or four.<\/p>\n

Bar end shifters are definitely all but worthless. I need to swap them for the brifters on the Volpe. These “road cross” tires are going to be useless in the mud too. I was most uncomfortable in the woods sections I think, maybe I should go down to the Colonnade or over to Pack Forest sometime. I’m also still too programmed to try to clip one foot in as I get on the bike to be able to remount that large frame that quickly. Between the two options, practicing jumping on the seat is probably cheaper than finding another frame. I can’t really afford more parts right now between building what I did and the xtracycle. So we’ll see how all that goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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