…Good day in Marquette Saturday, tossed a coin in the morning and opted to pay respects to UPCross and head over to Marquette versus driving the opposite direction to Bayport, MN for the first day of a weekend double header at the MN ‘cross series.
Great group of guys there. If you ever get a taste for the endurance/cycling scene or culture of it over that direction it’s hard to not want to move there.
More on the race & festivities later as I’m rushing around cleaning and repacking for a trip to Bayport for a 2nd day of racing. Fortunately things went off without too much of a hitch at the UP State Championships, had some guys gunning pretty hard, Ryan Tervo, Colby Lash & Andy Stevens to name a few -- not allowing me to let up much. Gotta give thanks out to my last minute addition of a pit crew in Tom Carpenter, who filled in quite nicely for Kate. He got the bike swaps right on target….though may have missed on the beer handups but made up for that at the post race party at Blackrocks Brewery quite nicely. Thanks Tom! (Must have been that $50 he won on the race wagers).
Anyways, after an initial break away in the first lap, it held the same for awhile til later in the race I was able to put some gaps were going to stick and let me cruise in for the “W” in UP State Cross Championship.
More thanks out to new co-sponsor The Ski Hut who hooked me up with a new racing steed, tires & wheelset. Plus got to flash their nice new apparel.
I’m outta here… there’s a race calling…
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