Thank God I Didn't Race

Been a while since I posted but there really hasn't been much to talk about. We had our first serious snow on Saturday and of course I had to drive out to the 'burbs to teach a class! It didn't help that when I finished the event the clients driveway was frozen solid!! I couldn't even walk to my car as I would slide down the hill every time. I was forced to literally crawl to my car so I wouldn't break my leg/arm. Driving was a whole other ordeal, the second I let off the brakes the car slid down the driveway into the streets and spun 90 deg.! Luckily this was a residential area and nobody was out driving. Thankfully once I hit major roads the salt trucks had already been out and there was no ice left (I think).

Today Zach and I followed up on our plans to go support the Killjoy gang at the Wisconsin State cyclocross champs. Needless to say it was cold. And I don't mean nice brisk cold, I'm talking 2" of snow on the ground and rain coming down cold! We arrived just as the cat 4's were winding down and cheered on some old teammates and friends (mostly Henry and Jeff Kao). Up next was the cat 3 race which would be Mike's first race in the 3's. He had a great start and was killing the field until James Lalonde decided it was time to leave everybody behind. I'm not really sure what that family eats but 3 brothers should not all be that good! But they are, and James killed the field taking first in the race and the series. Mike ended up pulling a very nice 3rd with payout. Impressive for his first upgraded race. After that there was allot of standing around inside the warm shelter until it was time for Ben to race. By that point we were almost soaked with rain and starting to get a little grumpy.
Thankfully we didn't have to hang out to long and the rain subsided (for a couple minutes). Ben went down and lined up with the cat 1/2's and of course the second they took off it started to rain again! The course at that point was getting muddy and very slippery but Ben held it together and pulled off a very impressive 4th place. Once again a Marco Lalonde swept the field with a 1.5 minute gap for the win! Ridiculous!

Needless to say Zach and I jumped in the car and blasted some heat for a toasty ride home. Thankfully I had time to get home, shower and eat before our top secret meeting (all will be revealed soon....). Good job to all the Killjoy crowd and thanks to Julie and Zach for keeping me company!