Thursday, October 16, 2008

2008 Dead Dog 8

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBER
STEVE TIMMS
This makes it official, Steve rode with us at the Sprott and Bull Gap Time Trial. Steve has been new competition at this past year's MBC time trials as well.

Dead Dog 8

Steve Timms

10.12.08

On an overcast and cool morning, my pit crew and I arrived in Trussville for Dead Dog 8. Though the rain threatened none ever materialized and the mild conditions were just right for racing. The 40-49 beginner flight was set to go off at 10:04 and the organizers were faithful to their word. Fortunately I had been able to scout the trail earlier in the week so I was prepared for the hilly, tight and technical trail, if not the exact route. A quick downhill led to the trail and I was second into the woods. Each lap on the 5 mile course was a test but by my count I was second through the first lap. I was pulling past riders from earlier flights but was not able to hold off two riders from my own group which put me into fourth. I was able to hold onto fourth place to the end and finish the 10 mile distance in 1 hour 4 minutes. Overall I was pleased with my performance and look forward to improving and trying again next year. Also on the scene were several friends from the Montgomery area who shared in the fun.






Sunday, October 12, 2008

Bamacross #1 Avondale

The first race of the Bamacross season was on October 5th at Avondale Park in Birmingham. The BBC Team did a great job of setting-up and running all the races. The stairs up the amphitheater was a killer...over and over again. For those who did 2 races must have relished the pain in deed.

Well once again Jeff and Carl represented the Cycle Escape Team, with both of racing in the Master 45+ category. This was 45 minutes of extreme cycling fun that only comes with cyclocross. Neither one of us performed well enough to make the front page of the Montgomery Advertiser, lucky for me that my chain kept falling off to give me a ready-made excuse.

We did have the pleasure of socializing with many of our good buddies on the Chain Reaction Team, as well as running into a couple guys from Montgomery. Part of the fun of racing is socializing with the other racers from current and past years.

The West family shared some photos with us that Beverly took, so we give here the credit.