Cross is just damn cool

Reading Molly C's stuff, Erik "Urbanus" "The Caveman" Tonkin's reports, Peanut's,

Its fantastic. Following it up with some choice cross results and what not from cyclingnews.com i'm all weepy about the season. Lets keep racing!

But facing the fact that, i need time off, need time to get back to life...

But last year. I was doing the same. Reading as many reports as I could about cross. Following Geoff Proctor's camp was inspirational. Following the racing of wicks and company last year! It was the fuel that drove me to ride, to race, to build up as slowly as i did for cross. My results are none too stellar. Nothing to get invited to ride for a big team or what not. Nothing to say hey, i'm really good. But enough to say, hey, i'm getting better. AND most importantly. I LOVE THIS DISCIPLINE. Cycling has disciplines. Cross is definitely the most fun.

Reading about the courses. How they compare to the US. Can't help but think, if we raced like that it could be fun and challenging all at the same time. And potentially prepare our local heroes more completely for battle in europeland.

Or not. I'm sure there are folks that would argue it isn't "fun" to race in conditions like that. And the point that "we" can't afford to destroy our bikes racing week in and week out in those conditions. And the other side in that course designers get to choose what we ride. Not to overlook the fact that if we trashed a city park (Roger Williams wasn't really even that trashed last year) on a regular basis the way it sounds like it happens in euroland, we'd prolly not get invited back...

Still bears some thinking about cross here, verses cross there. no?

Of course, despite the course ya gotta run the races, and those guys over in euro-land (if they could figure out how to cross the atlantic without getting sick) would prolly come over here and completely fucking TRASH the 'muricans on any of our courses...

Imagine that. The whole Fidea team, loaded into a private jet, coming out to obliterate the US boys. How freaking cool would that be to see Bart Wellens and company lighting up the start line over here!

Oh...

Late props and great admiration goes out to Timmie. He toed the line at the Strawberry Cup. I'm sure much to the entertainment of that ridiculous groups of misfits and j-holes that make up his team. He looked like he was having the most fun on the course second only to the tall freak wearing the ill fitting stars and stripes. Timmie, you da man!

And add to the trivia this nugget: Name at least one president of the usa who was burried in a different year than he died.