Race Report: Central Coast CX #2

CCCX #2, Toro Park, 9/30/07
5th place, Elite Men


Ready set go.

A tougher course than last week. It started with a steep paved climb (20-25 seconds) then dumped onto a fast singletrack descent that took you all the way to the bottom of the course. Then gently uphill as you wound your way through a bunch of loose/sandy chicanes and a few barriers until you arrived back at the start. It was moderately hot, but not unbearable. The same fast guys were there again, except for Josh. But AndyJM was there, so same difference. I got a call-up and held close to Justin going up the hill and entered the singletrack in fifth. towards the end of the first lap, I didn't have quite enough to stay on the wheels of the lead four. I was less than five seconds back when they hit the pavement to start of lap two. But they just motored away. There was one other kid (Logan) with me as I hit the pavement, but he popped on the hill and went backwards. Managed to stay within 10-15 seconds of the leaders for the first three laps, but I knew that unless they started messing around I wasn't going to make it up to them. About halfway through the race, Aaron O'Dell popped off the back of the lead group and started coming back to me. With about three to go, I had closed to about 10-15 seconds on him, but he turned on the gas again and extended back to about thirty seconds by the finish. Hopefully one of these days I'll be able to hang with the leaders for more than a lap.

Still, a good race. Glad last week wasn't just a fluke. The steep climb made the course more selective. Good to see Bill out there again, as well as the Sycips that made it to the Fairfax race on Saturday. I was just spectating. That looked like a rough course.

-Aron

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