The End is Near

Results since my last post:
Salida Omnium (3 stages, road)--10th place overall
Denver Federal Center Circuit (road)--8th
Snowmass NORBA National Short Track (mtn)--9th
Snowmass NORBA National Super D (Pro, mtn)--22nd

This season has been good for Free Agent Racing. Adam is sitting in 2nd place in the Mountain States Cup regional championship series with only one race to go. Adam just raced the Leadville 100 one hundred mile mountain bike race, and sqeeked in under 9 hours, earning him the very coveted gold and silver "La Plata Grande" belt buckle. Adam finished 56th out of 509 finishers, and finished 7th in his category.


Left: Adam, earlier in the season, racing to a first place finish.


As Adam was racing at Leadville, Steve and I were on the other side of the mountain at Snowmass, racing at the NORBA National finals. On Friday, Steve raced in the Expert Short Track race, was able to hold on to the lead group, and finished 5th. On Sunday, he raced the the Cross Country race, and stuck it out for 3rd place.



Right: Steve powering up the big climb at Snowmass.


I raced my cross country race on Fri, but unfortunately flatted and pulled out of the race (my first DNF since 2002). My Semi-Pro Short Track race on Sun went a lot better, as I went in with good legs. I blasted through the field, and finished a National Semi Pro career best of 9th place. After watching the Pro Short Track, I jetted off to the start of the Pro/Open Super D race. This was my first time racing in the Pro catagory at a National, so I was a little intimidated, as Adam Craig (current Super D national champ), Barry Wicks (current Short Track national champ), and Ross Schnell were some of the notables at the start. Ross and Adam showed up wearing some girly costumes, so that livened things up a bit (they finished 1/2, so maybe that made them faster). The race was crazy chaos, but it was probably the most fun I had on a bike this year. When the dust cleared, I had placed 22nd. Not a bad showing for the weekend, and it is always a good time to race at a National.