Campton Hills

This race wasn't as muddy as last year. I went in costumed as the "Cross Commando" in camo, but I never secured a gun and I didn't want to test the ire of USAC by using a WWII army helmet as I intended. Jason Knauff of the ChiCrossCup called me out on my "half-assed" costume. He was right. I got a call-up, though, which proved modestly helpful.

The day before, the crew and I went out for a pretty hard tempo ride of three hours to Highland Park and back. I was at first trying to reserve my juice for Sunday's race, but that's no fun, so I put in the digs. I ended up paying for that on Sunday when about 35 minutes into the race, two Pegasii came around me, followed by Isaiah Jay. I managed to hold off a couple of dudes for 36/52. I did better last year.

After screaming and heckling lots of guys and gals faster and slower than I, Mike Palmer and I drove to Elgin where I got a bunch of used Saab parts for really cheap. The cooling fan has a funky resistor and the headlight relay is on the fritz -- got the parts I needed for 10% of list.

This weekend I'm not racing in order to save money. I'm itching to skedaddle in the winter when the wind's blowing hard and the mood is bleak. Vacation>CX, at least until Ohio and Illinois State Champs.

Check out my recap of the Campton Hills race on Gapers Block. Yeah, I shot the video.