Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Leavenworth Ski Hell -- by Dwaine

Cyclocross racer speeding down grassy hill
The course was rated somewhere between brutal and diabolical by all who experienced it. No racers were immune to the suffer. Definitely the toughest course I’ve raced so far. The Leavenworth Ski Hill played host to the latest round of the Northwest Cyclocross Cup (NWCXCup) and the flavor of the course certainly left a taste ...

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Monday, September 10, 2018

Sammamish summary and race lesson -- by Dwaine

Cyclocross racers on grass course

Competitive sailors understand that the boat’s crew is responsible for winning races and the boat’s skipper is often responsible for loosing them. My most recent performance does a fine job of paralleling that theme. Like the sailing crew I executed the long and hard work of training, practicing, equipment preparation. Like the race loosing skipper …

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