The Great Poo dodge of 2010, or OVCX @ Infirmary Mound

What, 2 race updates in a row from Jason? Either I am ambitious or Segal is slacking. You make the call.

I decided to go ahead and race at infirmary mound. Many of the fast Cat 4 35+ guys from KY did not want to make the drive so I figured it was a good chance to sneak some points. I got to the park early to get a good pre-ride in and warm up since I heard great things about this course. The first thing I noticed were the piles upon piles of horse shit ON THE COURSE! Well, that is nice. The horse poop section was immediately followed by the flood wall around the lake, or as Sparky named it "Swan-shit lake". Yes, 2 types of fecal matter occupied about 1/3 of the entire race course. Ironically (or not) enough, that was how I felt the whole race.

I got a good start considering the staging went like this: top 5 of the open 4's, top 5 of 35+ and top 5 of 45+ called up. About 5 of the 15 total were at the race so the front row was sparse to say the least. The official then said, and I quote, "now the rest of ya." Um, yeah, so that was neat. Anywho, I settled in about 5th wheel overall after the start behind Chip. I held his wheel for 1/2 a lap and a few of the usual suspects passed me. I raced with Dell (45+ from QCW) most of the race and we picked off a few and were picked off by a few. The course was deceptively hard, a good headwind by the lake slowed you down and the climbs were all long, shallow power climbs. The singletrack section had the big runnable ride-up which was all rooty, steep fall line trail so there very few places to recover. I wound up 8th which was better than I thought I did cuz I really was not "feeling it" today. I'll take back to back top 10's into my "bye" week though.

Congrats to Chip for climbing up on the top step in back to back weeks and Scott "Sparky" Lyle for getting on the podium. Even if he did have to file a protest for it. I left right after the 3/4 women's race so I did not see the men's 3 or the elites. The Cat 3 35+ report I got said the 513 RRP crew looked strong, all riding together and coming home 13th (Matt) 15th (Jeff) and 17th (Butch).

Jerry Hayes' had a standing bet with his daughter. She wins her race, he races in her socks. Congrats Emma!

Mama Petrov was on camera duty for the 4's and I got a few of the ladies. Please note my camera has no idea what the date is.

Me near the start, cloudy day
Lance demonstrating how most of the field "rode" the run-up.
Sparky showing us how it was done.
Me showing everyone how it is not done. However, I cleaned it the next lap. I have no idea how I went all ass over tea kettle up a steep up hill...
Jason Reser of Reser Bicycle Outfitters and a dog are seen here heckling Sparky's bike washing skills.
Sherri Cross face!
Hez Not Cross face.
Sherri climbing the front hill.
Hez showing that front side hill who is boss! But can someone tell me why she had to borrow my embro when she has on long sleeves, knee warmers and tall socks?
Good luck to everyone at Promotion CX next week. I am taking that one off so Brian will have to provide insightful witty commentary. Thanks Cap City folks for hosting, it was fun. I will see everyone at JB in two weeks to race off my turkey, gravy, and pie.