Its early October and the days are becoming shorter as the temps drop...rain seems to be in the forecast constantly but its not as reliable as the local CX scene. The Mongers have added some super nice folks this year and I am personally happy to have the new riders crushing the souls of their competitors. Welcome to the BMCC: Ed, Lindsay, Abby, M&M, Brian, Dan and Bustin, I mean Justin. Others are coming along too. Along with the new peeps Abram put some excellent work into design some new kits.
Alpenrose always provides a world class venue to get the Cross Crusade off to a great start!! The tail end of a monsoon (sounds crazy) had hit PDX the weekend before so the course was dry in most sun exposed areas and a little muddy in some of the hollows.
Ed got us started in the Cyldesdales race as he moved up from Beginners for a bit more sleep and some extra race time.
Typically, we have a ton of C riders but folks have moved out of this Category this year in favor of other Cats. Master Cs will save us....there are always tons of these guys in the Mongers. This year it looks like Ryan, Kyle and maybe some others. Ryan doing his best Pendleton Round-up impression, as he works to control his new stead while TrustySwitchblade's Jason Miranda closes in.
Oh the run-ups...they weren't slippery but they weren't awesome either. Kyle grits his teeth as he powers up this bad boy.
The Men's Master B field this year is full of Mongers. We have Abram, Stroup, and Brian. Abram was still sitting out as he recovered from a broken hand sustained during a MTB spill in Colorado. Abram and Brian were ready to roll and roll they did. They kept it nice and tight and had some excellent back and forth.
This year the Mongirls are on the rise and the Cat.C field in a downright 'Mongirl Brawl.' Typically, we have at least four racers in this Cat. but at Alpenrose we had 5. Here you can see these girls battle it out!!!
Steph, Lindsay, Jericho, Shawna and Abey will make the Women's Cat. C our largest of the day. In the early days of the 2013 Cross Crusade series Julie 'the Real Deal" rode with Kim in the Cat. Bs.
The last race of the day comes way too quickly and this year we have a stampede of Men Cat. Bs and Singlespeed Morphis. Dan, Bill and Justin rolled out in the heat with some fast dudes and we cheered like no tomorrow.
It was a solid first day of the 2013 CX Crusade and our crew was super happy to share tent space with the newly formed CX Pistols and Bread Winner cycling teams. Life is good in the world of Oregon Cross!!!!
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