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Donida Farms: Seattle CX 5
Before the race I hailed this as one of my favorite courses, FAST, but O how wrong was I. Dead wrong. That shit was deep, tacky, derailleur-buster thick.
Before I launch off into my personal diatribe of opinions about the course I should direct the would-be reader of negativity to my own personal blog of damnation, and let that serve as a warning to those wanting to maintain good positive mental vibrations. My thoughts are dark, my feelings wicked. I am pretty sure that I am now capable of true evil.
Lets focus on the bright notes here: the course was... "fun"? Jon and Lara sure loved it as this "mudder" couple pulled off their best results yet. Now that Lara is getting call-ups she's racing the part: 2nd place! Jonny is still fighting from the back but cracked the top 26th, getting 26th! But they are still by far and away the most valuable teammates and showcase that phenominal cyclocross spirit: JJ washed my bikes a total of 3-4 times, pitted for me, helped set-up and take-down the RV, and he helped zip me into my skinsuit (sorry jon, I know you wanted me to keep that one our little secret). Here's an intimate shot of Lara digging deep.
Heffe got into an amazing battle for 3rd and was shadowboxing with another all-black clad rider, pretty exciting to watch. He'd go into the forest in 3rd but exited in 4th, but then he'd lay down the hurt on the road section and run-up only to be overtaken again in the forest. You should probably check out the Javasport blog for his own rendition of this. I hope he speaks to the Pavlovian effect, as we discussed yesterday. When I told him to hurt this guy I didn't think Jeff would take me literally -- "I MUST HURT HIM",-- because he purportedly took him down hard in a corner then ran over his ankle.
Timmy, give us your race repore? All I know is that you finish dirty and your trash bag jersey was looking fine out there, making us all proud.
I've got some 3:D to post. Anyone else got pics to share?
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