After watching Jon churn through the mud at last Sunday's Cyclocross race in Lembi Park, I felt a sudden urge to write a blog post. Force of habit perhaps. We arrived at the course in a steady rain. Finally, a rainy day in California! Jon had new Challenge "Limus" tubular mud tires and was, of course, also equipped with a decade of mud experience. I suspect, given how dusty and parched the last four years have been, some of the newer Cali-Crossers in the race had never ridden proper, muddy 'cross courses before. After Jon's warm-up lap he came to the car and smiled, like, "I got this." I smiled, too. All of us felt pretty confident as we headed to the start area, so imagine my surprise when, after the start whistle had blown and the racers were on their way, some guy was off the back and riding partially naked, struggling to put on his clothes, and that guy was Jon. Yes, Jon started the race about 25% naked. Right before the start he