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Chicago Cross Cup #5 Carpentersville, IL.

Posted by: on Oct 22, 2011 | 2 Comments

What a great course! So much fun! Mud, rollers, water crossings, sand, sweet corners, and a beer garden. This is cross.

This year the rollers had an add on of farm field full of mud. Thick, sticky, clay filled, mud. Gave the earlier races hell. Hell being fun in cross. We surely do enjoy the suffering. And suffer we did. Everyone on the team put in their best and had a good time doing it.

Katie Tom was sporting her leaders jersey after becoming the overall points leader for the Women’s Cat 4 last race. Brandon held his own in the Cat 3 race. I almost got to finish my second 1/2/3 race. Only getting lapped by the top 4 riders. Great job fast SRAM dude. Mumford was in the top 10. Get some.

But mostly, I can just say, THIS COURSE ROCKS!

Here are some pictures. And thanks to our sponsors!

Village Cycle Center, Trek Bicycle Corp, SRAM, Sidi, Giro, Gore Bike Wear, Tifosi, and Saris Cycling Group.

Mud creek crossing. Photo credit to: Ben Van Couvering

Mud covered rollers.

Kinky Llama Racing base camp and heckle corner

Katie sporting her fancy yellow jersey!

Becky powering around heckle corner

Mumford moving through the corn field faster than Malachi.

Brandon avoiding someone during their prayers to the mud rollers. Photo credit: Bill Draper

 

Race report was cut short. More to come soon. Have a great day! Go ride your bike.

2 Comments

  1. Becky
    October 24, 2011

    Hey, Becky raced in this race too…

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  2. bikellama
    October 31, 2011

    Becky did race too! There is a good picture of her ripping up a corner. She also was one of the first people to battle the amazingly stick mud from the farm field add on to the course. The mud clogged the brakes, wheels, & frame making it nearly impossible to pedal. Pushing through it all, Becky is the bomb.

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