Cross of the Corn #Crossishere!

Dear Readers,

Cross of the Corn!

It was spectacular. Perfect Kick off race. Monk and I are still stoked.

Before I dive in I'll say after staging for the 45+  men, we gave a moment of silence in honor of Kevin Breckenmaker. He was in all of our thoughts as the new season kicked off. As Luxy said, "I just felt like he'd drive around the corner in his Element any moment." God Speed Kevin.

This was one of those moments in bike racing and the Mid Atlantic  brother/sisterhood that sticks with you...

Monk and I traveled to Aspers, PA for the PACX kickoff race of the year- Cross of the Corn.

Monk and Bad Kat staged for the Women's Race!

It was rad. It was really hard, and it got hot.

This was an August Cross race. I know cross comes too soon. Blah, Blah, Blah...

I hate racing in the heat. I loved when cross started the last week of September and ran through December. However, that ship has sailed. Cross starts earlier these days, and frankly if you love cross I have a hard time reconciling being bummed about it.

This was a second year course. A good sign of a good promoter is that after the first year of the race, they work hard to get feedback and improve their course and learn from their mistakes. I'll be honest the course from last year didn't get a lot of love.

I heard nothing but good stuff this year. I dug the course, thought it was challenging, balanced and really fun to race. It had quick good power sections, tight bike drive sections and a couple of tough pitches. Two dismounts a lap rewarded those with good traditional cross skills.

It got hot in the corn!

It was amazing to see so many familiar and friendly faces. The first day of school analogy gets over used but it really is appropriate. It was great to be back in that fold. I was happy to connect with my teammates John and Mr. Joe. The Snitz Creek Brewery Team Recovery drink was delicious as well.

Monk and I both had good races and we were stoked. Destroyed, hot, smelly and sweaty, but stoked.

Monk chasing on the last lap...

As we rolled out of the Fields of Adventure farm/park Monk looked over at me and smiled and asked, "when is the next pacx weekend?"   I replied, "A couple of weeks why?" She smiled that shit eating grin that I fell in love with and said,  "I got a front row call up now, I can't let that go!"

Thanks to Scotty Roberts for my new FB profile picture!

It was a good day for both of us, as now we'll turn our attention to the Granogue Clinic on Wednesday and the Granogue race this weekend! Monk and I are heading up the kid's race sunday, so stop over and see us!

thanks for reading.

respect
fatmarc