PIR part 2...slippery, sleezy grass and peanut butter mud...

The last Cross Crusade race provided the best opportunity of the season to experience the PACNWs nasty conditions. With heavy rain all week the somewhat flat course became a deep mud pit in the low areas and a slippery, slimy course on off camber sections. The MTB folks ate this up and it left me thinking I need some more bike handling skills. Add the tough course a large and rowdy crowd, the Original 'OG Beermonger' in attendance and that was the scene.

Tim and Jamie got us started off in the Beg. race and even though they made the course hard by removing the sticky grass we cheered them on anyway. Jamie was going so fast I barely caught him in the frame...woooosh!!!

Our boyz in the Cat. Cs looked real intent on doing well in the last Crusade race. Hammerin Heddy was half in focus, half out on a technical steep down hill. Where is my cousin I heard him say.
Billdozer came extremely close to knocking over the team's photographer as he plied his way through the trees and close to the tape. "Take the outside line, take the outside line," is all he could hear.
Abey-baby came off the IR (with a season long calf strain) and did his best to keep the kit clean by not falling over. His technical skills were on full display!
Next were the Mster Cs which was covered by Ryan and I. Luckily for me I did not take any photos of me wiping out into a briar patch, running my bike through technical sections, getting lapped by the leader 50 ft. from the finish line or any of the other embarrassing things that happened to me that day. The course was technical and even though some sections were fun I could never settle in and just race. It was an educational day for sure.

Beth was our only Lady Monger on this day and she held up her end of the bargain by power through the mud and using finesse in the technical sections.
Andrew and Jer rode in the single speed race which outside of Rainer this one seemed equally challenging due to the heavy mud. Nice work dudes!!!

Good ole Wags kept his tongue in his mouth and his 'do-rag' on his head this week and worked his game in the Bs.
All-in-all it was a great day shared with friends...this last picture shows some current, potential (future BMCC riders), and possibly some returning Mongers. See ya next week at Kruegers.