Yesterday was the second installment of the Blue Ridge Cup 'cross series. The Rocktown crew loads up in the white whale suburban and headed over the mountain for some backwoods racing.
The Charlottsville crowd was there in full force ready to throw down, but the Rocktown crew had the power. the first few laps started great with Jeremiah bridging the gap up to the first two racers, then i put my derailleur into the spokes again! My shot at second place quickly left and damage control mode came on. Creeping my way back from 13th, i was able to score a 10th place spot but just couldn't find my legs again after the bike broke.
Jeremiah and Mike got 1,2 again which is good and the course was more like a short track than a 'cross course which is fine by me. Rocktown was pummeled into submission by the sheer numbers of the foof.
The second part of the journey began after the 40 minute race. Mike, Andy, Jeremiah, Chris S. and myself rode home under the full moon. With temperatures in the mid 70s the ride was awesome! Lights were only necessary once in a while! We started on paved road, but we were soon in the backwoods climbing for 6 miles up a rocky, rocky, road tot he top of the Blue Ridge. Rewarded by a smooth 6 mile decent never felt so good! We killed it on the road home, partially because of Andy, who also beat me out for some KOM points. Two flats, 4 hours, and some cookies later we arrived back home, all pretty tired.
The ride over the mountain was pretty epic, like a lunch buffet at the Hut (and we saw a coyote.)
Next week! A properly tuned bike and a grassier course!
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