Quaker City Cross : Two Outta Three ain't bad...

Dear Readers,

Monk and I loaded up the car and headed to Quaker City Cross this weekend. On the way home, Diane and chatted about our races, and joked through bouts of cross cough. While it was a good day,  all I could think of  were the magnificent and wonderful words of the great prophet  Meatloaf who once sang, "two outta three ain't bad!"


That's how I felt about today's race. Great Venue, Great Production- but the course. the course not so much.

great crowds, and venue (photo by Dennisbike)

I am a grateful racer. I appreciate racers, I appreciate promoters. Promoting race is really hard work, and really thankless work. As a former promoter, I know how hard it is. I am happy to be a former promoter. Thank you QWC for your efforts.

The venue was super cool. The race was really well organized, all the volunteers were awesome. The weather was beautiful. The results were fast and accurate. The beer was awesome.

The course was the worst cross course I ever raced on. That's all I have to say about that...

I'll admit I choose to do this race because these guys did such an amazing job with the Hill Billy Hustle in the past. Perhaps my expectations were too high.

The good news is this: The QCW crew races a lot of cross. These guy and gals know what they are doing. This was a first year at this venue. They have the killer vibe, killer venue- it'll be better next year for sure.

Heading to pit for Monkey- Photo Dennisbike

My race was solid, not great but I was pleased. If the past 3 weeks, I won my group, today I lost my group. Had a good start, settled into a group that had Mr. Joe and Johan dangling off the front, with Benny, Luxy, Stevens and I. With 3 to go I fell off the group. With 2 to go D-Lowe caught me, and I gave chase but he held me me off in the end. Racing was fun, because I like to race with these guys...

Monk had a good day after being sick for a week. She battled in and seemed to get stronger as the race went on... She was pleased and tired on the way home.

Photo Dennisbike

thanks for reading.

respect
fatmarc