Yesterday was the final race of the Outlaw Cyclocross series. It was held, again, at the Paradise Ranch development on the site of a future golf course. It was, again, muddy. Way muddier than last time. I decided that, even though I'm still sick, I was going to go out hard and see if I could keep up with Steve Law. Steve is a friend of mine who turned 50 and is racing in the 50+ cat for the first time this year. He always beats me unless he breaks down. I started hard and hung with him for a little while. He soon pulled away from me though. He ended up winning the 50+ race. We race with the rest of the B cat so there's a lot of other people on the course with us. I beat about 6 people. I beat Joe Davis who always beats me and I even lapped Vern. I didn't beat them with my riding skills or my fitness. I beat them with equipment. My wheel/tire combination was right on for the day. I ran the FSA carbon wheels with Dugast Rhinos. Everybody had problems with mud and leaves clogging their wheels. I should have taken a picture of Vern's wheels. He probably took a picture. If he sends it to me I'll add it. My wheels would feel clogged and hard to turn at one point on the course but on a following downhill section they would clean out somewhat.
We're going to Portland for Thanksgiving and I'm going to race in Eugene on the way home Sunday. Then I'm going to do a couple of races in Humboldt county and that will be it for the season. I'm already thinking about next year. I'm going to be way better.
Here's Vern's bike. You can see why he had problems.
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