Frisco Cross day 1

Posted by Mr Pooks.

I'm up I'm Frisco with the family for a weekend of high altitude
'cross racing. Today did not dissapoint in the weather departement,
with a nice cold rain starting up just as the race began. Paco from
Velonews had a blistering start on the opening uphill, while I settled
into the chase groups trying to shake the cobwebbs from my legs. A
few laps later, it was just me and Paco after the guy from Mafia
crashed himself out of the lead group trying to bunny hop the triple
log barriers; amazingly, he did this two laps in a row! Halfway in,
the legs started to come around, and I went to the front, managing to
get a gap through a technical section. Though I kept telling mysrlf to
ride safe in the last few laps, I still managed to slide out on a
rough corner, but my gap was big enough to hold on for the win.

Looks like tomorrow will bring some snow; unfortunately, it sounds
like Paco may boycott the race due to the shockingly low prize money
put up by the organizers. I'll admit I was pretty bummed at the $40 I
made for the win, considering their take was over 6g's. Throw us a
bone guys! I'm putting all my winnings towards my Belgium campaign;
making 3 or 4 hundred each weekend would go a long way in making that
happen.