Lets do the Hustle...

Good week.
Replaced the guts on a toilet.
Cut the grass in the dark.
Worked on the WHEELIE BIG problem in our garage.

And I got to do a couple of cross races.

Saturday was Town Hall Cross in Bethleham.
A good race. Course was really a tale of two courses. St.. Luke's stair case, which  was a long, switched back climb to the top of the venue where you hit the steepest pitch. Many would be forced to run this section, I was lucky to be able ride it. The rest of the course was a twisty decent, and then  the lower section of the course which was soft from the weeks rain, and really was a driver's course.(that was for you rotten). Super fun, tape to tape racing. Technical, they key was trying to find the spot that was solid, and driest.

LWeb hold the Elite Women's Championship Trophy.

I had a nice ride. I couldn't stay with the leaders on the climb. Featherman crushed me up the climbs, I felt like I'd get closer in the bottom section, but not enough to make up for the beating he was throwing me on the climb. Brad Ford and I had a nice back and forth. I got a gap and was able to hold him off when he had to run the top of St. Luke's Staircase and I could ride it. I had fun, but seriously around 1000 feet of climbing in a 45 minute race... ouch....  That hurt a lot... Good racing though...

Sunday was the Hill Billy Hustle.
I did a good job of scruming and got a good start. Chris Samuels and I slid out into each other on lap two and we hit the deck. We got going again, and Chris got a small gap that I could never close. Fred Klenk, Chris Facas and I rode the rest of the race together trading pulls at the front. On the final section, there was a section that offered riders an option: go over the natural barrier or take the ride around. Klenk and Facas  took the ride around, I hopped the log, and it gave me just enough to be able to hold on to finish up in the front of our little group.

win elite race, sign autographs, take pictures with fans- all in a days work for Bad Andy.

It was an amazing race, battling with the those guys. A good time for sure.

Monkey had a solid day taking her first hole shot of the year, and perhaps she over-started the race just a little. She'd battle in with a good group of girls before totally laying it out with 2 to go in the she battled the rest of the way in to the to the finish.

We both were pleased with our efforts on this day...

Cross is outstanding...

thanks for reading.

respect.
fatmarc