rondot@spiritone.com
OK. Getting kind of scary now. We are entering that time where Cross is right on the edge of being so “last season”. This means the gray overcast sky is impacting our ability to think and train properly. It is showing it’s creative face. But as Matt so perfectly noted about my foundation of existence “Imagination without Reason creates Monsters” (he was channeling Francisco Goya). This means drastic measures are needed before we go off the “Cyclist’s Cliff”.
So.....
It is time to bundle up in way too much clothing, go out and ride your bike, disguised as a first year commuter, or go into a nice warm and cozy room with your trainer, ear buds, altitude control and “lose yourself”. Come back to the chat with more wild and crazy adventure stories after letting either of those activities ferment for a time. Remember to launder your bibs!
If you really want to do Nats or Worlds (kep the season alive!)...............just take the SS mountain bike and have fun! Think more like a Clyde. Trample-Trample-Trample!
out of thread.
ronnie
From: Matthew Case
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 7:36 AM
To: Stewart Campbell
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Drop a Cat and Podium at OBRA CX Champs?
Pretty sure I saw one of these folks actually peeing on the podium while taking a beer hand-up and ordering a Ridley with Zipp Firecrests to prep for catting down to the kiddie 'cross. Gotta keep an eye on that Tom.
Steve Young
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, Stewart Campbell wrote:
So I have not been following this thread at all, but I keep on seeing the subject line. All I can think of is how the cat felt after being dropped. Poor cat.
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Drop a Cat and Podium at OBRA CX Champs?
I'm sure Buerkle is a great guy, and is certainly a fast racer. Congrats! But he was up to 22 upgrade points after PIR, two weeks before the start of the Masters C race at Winter Cross. He should not have raced in that category again this weekend, and in my opinion should not be getting 1st place in the series as a result of failing to upgrade, unless he's competing against the slew of other GPTB Masters C racers who were bumped out of that category as well (me, Ketner, Marjama, Crepeau, Thompson, Gutwald, Rees, Drucker, Hewett, etc).
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From: Matthew Case
To: Matt Westermeyer ; javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'obra@list.obra.org');
Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Drop a Cat and Podium at OBRA CX Champs?
Totally agree with you there.
On 12/5/12, Matt Westermeyer wrote:
> In defense of Jason Buerkle who is a friend of mine, he raced Master C all
> year. At Winter Cross immediately after racing (and winning) master C's, he
> raced the Master B's which was his first race at that higher cat. I'm not
> sure how that is sandbagging or comparable to the other examples where
> somebody raced (and at times competed) in higher categories, only to drop
> down and race a lower cat for State Championships.
> I'm all for calling people out, but take a look before you do and make sure
> you know what you're calling out.
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