T. Kenji Sugahara
I gotta say- great job to Sal and the officiating crew! A big thanks
to the sponsors and a big shout out to Rolf-Prima! Tessa sends her
thanks!!!
TT- before the race. "1.8 miles? EASY!" After the TT- "Ow! That hurt!"
Crit- loved it. Top B's shredded the field. The climb followed by a
left hander onto gravel with continued climbing put on the big hurt.
Being a critter by heart- I liked not having barriers. ;)
Long course- I am at a loss for words. Long. Epic. Hard. So glad
that it wasn't 80 minutes. I think Sal said he was glad it was
shortened.
Well... Cole had an unfortunate crash which took him out of the
running for GC- which is a total bummer. Congrats to Chuck for
winning the stage!
Lot's of good racing coming up!
k-
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Ron and Dorothy
Strasser wrote:
> I second Chucks post. Cyclocross Stage Race is a great idea. For a first
> time event, they did a very good job. They will refine some things and next
> year it will be even better. They are good learners. My take was a little
> different on the cyclocross crit..... too fast, not enough interruption of
> speed (I feel if you have the term cyclocross in a title, it means speed
> with interruptions). But that is just me. Everyone has likes.
> The Time Trial was lots of fun. I would have liked to do two laps with a
> bypass of the start area. I bet time would have allowed it. It was a good
> mix of surfaces. One lap was very fun however.
> Even though I had some reservations about the long course being BRUTAL. It
> ended up being BRUTAL! But it was well laid out. I felt they used the area
> of Campus chosen very well. It offered lots of different types of surfaces
> and some great natural barriers. I did make the mistake of riding the
> run-up with four laps to go. Was a good reminder of the "suffer" in
> cyclocross. I am glad I did not have my heart monitor on.
> I do not know if they can get permission to use some of the other areas of
> campus, but there are some fantastic woodchip 6-8' wide paths that just beg
> for "Cross" and some grass covered hills that could create "Cross Myths" for
> the children.
> Thanks for a great (tough) time. How about that Kenji..... from damaged
> shoulder last year to GC at the first Cross Over! More Pain coming on the
> Peak! Then this boy gets Psycho (sand, river rock and other places to
> play)Crossed!
> ron
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hood"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:33 AM
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Cross Over cyclocross stage race!!! THANKS!
>
>
>> Thank you to Sal and all the OBRA officials and volunteers for an awesome
>> event this past weekend. The Cross Over cyclocross stage race was truly a
>> unique event and if you missed it this year, you have got to make plans to
>> come down next year.
>>
>> Easily the highlight of the event was the cyclocross crit. Fast
>> gravel/pavement crit course that really shook up the competition.
>>
>> The long course was technical and very challenging with a run up that had
>> even a few of the Cat A guys walking by the end.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>> Chuck Hood
>> www.pactimo.com
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