Monday, December 20, 2010

WOW

Is it possible I could already be fired up for next year's cross season? After watching this...YES! Amazing to watch these guys hammer that hard in those conditions for that long.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

SD State CX Championship

The Inaugural Miss Chippie Cross at The Legendary Buffalo Chip in Sturgis, SD was well attended dispite the cold and snow as well as seemingly waining desires to come out and race from the normal faces that show up at the races. Could have been due to Cross Nats in Bend, OR this weekend or maybe skiing or just flat out apathy!! Great course, well thought out. Barriers were appropriate. Lots of interesting run ups and ride ups. The flat course did nothing to aid recovery that's for sure. On a warmer day this course would be so fast. There was a little shortage of tape and markings in some key spots at first, but after 2 or 3 warm up laps it was pretty easy to follow. Great Course!

In Men's A action the group started out on the long icy straightaway followed by a sweeping left up over the high barriers, up the stairs and onto the stage. Billy Colsen, Ted Jacobsen, Chad Carpenter, John Nelson and Casey Skyburg were out in front. Shortly after the group formed, Colsen went down and was forced to abondon (knee). They got strung out pretty quickly with Carpenter out in front (:30) followed by Jacobsen (:10) and Nelson rounding out the mens podium for the 2010 Men's Elite South Dakota State Championship Cyclocross.

As a side note we had several junior racers from the Sky Ranch for boys joining us today. They were riding bicycles donated by Schwinn Bicycles. They did great and it was their first cyclocross race! Nice job fellas!

Shoutouts:
Jake and Rochelle for promoting the race. This was by far the most "legit" race we've had at least in terms of promotion and organization.
The Legendary Buffalo Chip Campground for hosting.
Acme, Cranky Jeff, RMS and all other shops that threw down mechandise for winners.
Whoever made that cider and chili it was quite nice.