The video is from the Sports Garage Tuesday Morning Cyclocross Skills Clinic presented by Colorado Multisport. I'm doing my best Sven Nys impersonation and trying to hit the barriers hard and smooth.
The second day of the weekend's racing proved to be a very good one. The course was a big question mark for everyone involved given the venue, the Boulder Indoor Cycling Velodrome. This is tucked away in an industrial area of town just west of Foothills Parkway, and being only vaguely familiar with the area I assumed it consisted of mostly parking lots. While I'm not totally wrong, the imagination of the promoters combined with the fact that there is actually some grass and dirt and sand tucked back there as well lent itself to a FANTASTIC course! The highlight and most unique feature was that the course did in fact briefly go indoors. While there was a lot of stop and go and tight corners, the course was not lacking for long drag strips where I could make some use of my fitness and make up for my still-developing skills.
I ended up 12th on the day and didn't get lapped (by the skin of my teeth) and felt much better overall than the previous day's efforts. I had a proper warm-up on my trainer for 25 minutes or so and felt ready to rev when the whistle blew. Starting on the back row didn't help anything but I was able to work my way up through the field and felt strong. My form is starting to come around and I'm glad to have gotten a couple days of racing in my legs. I feel like the snowball is just starting to roll along and there will hopefully be good things to come.
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