Psycho Cross

I think now I'm really done racing for the year. We hooked up the trailer Saturday and Susan and I drove to Eugene, Oregon for the third race of the Psycho Cross series. I don't think that I'm going to go back for the final race next weekend even though I think I'm in second place in Masters 50+. It's a four hour plus drive. The race this weekend was on Sunday so traveling on Saturday was okay. Next week it's on Saturday so I'd have to travel Friday afternoon. It was a fun race. There were only two in my age group so I got some good points. The other old guy has been winning everything lately. He won his age group both days last weekend at the USGP races in Portland.

The race was at a camp north of Eugene. They do conferences and retreats and have a pool, mini golf course, cabins and 6 RV spots. So we stayed in the trailer right on the race course. It was really great having the trailer there. It was cold. Cold by NW standards, not by Midwest standards. The high for the day was 37 degrees. It was probably about freezing when I raced at 9:30. I was able to ride to the trailer immediately after the race and take a shower to warm up. Just like the pro racers in Europe.



It was a great course. It had everything. Some pavement,














some smooth grass,













some bumpy grass,















a fast downhill leading to a













watercrossing,














some steps, that's me. Also some single track, barriers, a couple of runups and a sand pit. I robbed these pictures from the blog of one of the race directors.

They're going to race basically the same course next weekend. I'd like to go but I probably won't.