With events sponsored by Urban Cyclocross and SoCal Cross at 16 race venues streching out 150 miles over 4 months time I just may have found a sport too serious and too fast for me.
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September 30, at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton. The first time at a cross event. The lawn surrounding the Historic Mansion was groomed perfectly for Croquet. I was overwhelmed and out-classed.
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October 7, at Veteran's Park in Sylmar found a much larger city park so the course could stretch out. I actual passed a couple of slow pokes.
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October 14 in a baseball park in Palos Verde I finally hit my stride. The course worked up a canyon had a water crossing and a sizeable downhill. But I barely worked thru a quarter of the group.
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October 20 at Hansen Dam offered a well spaced course with a couple of run-up's and a 1/2 mile paved drag strip. I could not break the top 50%. And so it goes for the cross season.
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Thankfully, I've planned a few very important trips to take me away from all this fun on the grass. I hope to return in time for the tail end of the cross season. Until that time, my mind is not made up, but I'm leaning heavily in favor of building a cruizer bike for safer riding.
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