038: five days and counting

I have been a busy bee…

Putting in some last efforts, some last touches…

I’ve even had some ideas for some tweaks to the fairhill course.

I put out a note that I was going to be doing the Queen B ride this weekend. This is usually a pretty mellow, very steady 50 mile ride. The end result was that a pack of angry, hungry crossers showed up, and not many of the usual queen B riders.

The ride was steady, but anything but mellow. My apologies to anyone who showed up and got something different than normally advertised. The pace was such that I couldn’t take the time to take any jackass group ride shots. It was a hard day. I struggled to stay on the group at some points. It was a little more than I was looking for on this day. I only really have one thing to say about that.

It was CZ’s fault.

Congratulations to BL Rich who turned a crank in anger and was able to win the 35+ expert class at Bear Creek Last weekend. Rich is a great guy and a class act, I was very happy for him in his victory.
Cross Opens this weekend, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t feeling some anxiousness and some nerves. My first full year in the Master’s 1/2/3, I’m looking forward to learning a new class, but really nervous … It’s like it’s all new again… I have been spoiled with front row call up the past two years in the Killer B’s. I’ve started from the back before, I’m pretty good in traffic, but opening weekend often has larger then normal fields, and anything can happen in the packs.

That scares me a little bit. All I can do is control my ride, focus, and put forth my best effort and hope for the best. Mentally I am trying to approach this the way I do when I race outside of the region, lineup and let it rip, and the finish will work itself out. Truth is I wouldn’t be nervous if I didn’t care, and I do care. I need to get some points man, just a few points…. Can you spare a brother a couple of MAC points?
The point mongering for call ups has begun.

I’d gladly pay you on Tuesday for some points today….

I’m feeling good, I have some skin in this game, and I have high expectations. My confidence is up from where I was a few weeks ago, I’m driving the bikes well. Now I just need to go out and have some fun and make things happen. Race and race hard.

If you haven’t registered all ready for Charm City, then it means one of two things:

1. You are super pro and really fast, because the super pro thing to do is to not register until the last moment. You know gotta keep the options open.

2. You don’t have any points, and like the idea of starting in the total back. Come from behind victories are the total best.

Anyway, if you haven’t registered you should. And while you’re at it, you should go here, for the MABRA opener, which I will wax at length about next week, and of course you should be getting your name in the hat for Granogue and Wiss weekend the “King and Queen of Cross” weekend.

Let me also mention that the 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 races will be staged by order of reg for Granogue so get in there folks, get your name in there….

Someone get me a drink…

respect.
fatmarc

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