Mud, mud, glorious mud! Soooo much mud that we were washing off our bikes and ourselves in a giant mud puddle, and getting cleaner!
I sucked it up more than usual this weekend, but I had a blast, so all is right in the world. I doing ok until I got to The Hill of Doom, a super steep muddy slope that took out a good number of riders. Try as I might, I just cant get into this whole crashing thing, so I hopped off my bike and walked it down like the delicate little flower that I am. Unfortunately, I am not always the brightest little flower and so I attempted to remount right at the base of the hill, right where all the braver riders were careening through. Thinking I had avoided the perils of the hill, was startled to be taken out from behind by one of these brave souls. Getting up, we were both hit; getting up again, we all got knocked down again. I'm sure it must have been pretty hilarious for the spectators. We all managed to escape the pileup without injury but I was psyched out enough that I just kinda chilled for the rest of the race. On the bright side, I have an awesome purple hematoma on my right butt cheek that makes me look like a complete badass! Too bad I'm the only person who gets to see it.
After the race, while washing off in the mud puddle, we got into a splash fight with team beer that quickly escalated into all out mud-wrestling. J. Wilson made sweet video of the race, and if you keep watching 'til 2:00, you can see a clip of our shenanigans.
As usual, awesome pictures can be found at pdxcross. While anyone can take a photo in black and white to make it all artsy-fartsy looking, these pictures are masterpieces. Just amazing! If you haven't checked them out, do it now. If you have never raced cross, their slideshows will make you sign up.
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