NW CX Cup Series
|
1st
- Series Winner
|
WSBA Cyclocross
State Championship
|
2nd
- Silver Medal
|
MFG Cyclocross
Series
|
3rd
|
Season Summary: After being forced off the bike in June 2016
due to a medical condition that still persists.
I was given permission by my doctor to return to training 10 months
later. It was a gradual process of
riding checking in with the body and increasing the effort. I discovered that I was able to maintain the
level of pain whilst increasing effort and power, enabling me to set my sights
on the 2017 Cyclocross season.
Having only raced one
full season in 2015 returning from a near death mountain biking accident whilst
training for the 2014 season and going on to win the CXR Cyclocross series and
placed 3rd in the MFG series I had no idea how I would perform in 2017. As a USA Cycling Category 3 I decided to race
Category 3 men in my age group 45+ in the MFG series, self seeding I decided not to race the CXR series
and to target MFG as my B race series and the new NW CX Cup as my A race
series. It was a hard decision as I
really enjoyed the CXR series in 2015 however the season schedule favored
MFG.
with the goal of upgrading to Category
2.
With Nationals
returning to Washington in 2019 the NW CX Cup series was setup to help riders
earn USAC upgrade points and ranking, this aligned with my longer term goal to
race Cat 1/2 at Nationals and I know I am going to need a couple of years to be
competitive in what is a very competitive and fast field of riders.
The season was
without a doubt hard work not to mention long spanning September to December especially having to manage injury recovery on almost
a daily basis as I coxed my body onto the bike each day for training. I used an indoor trainer exclusively so that
I could monitor my body and mitigate any warning signs. In the end despite a couple of hiccups my results surpassed my
expectations and I achieved my goal of winning the NW CX Cup Series and earning
enough USAC points to upgrade to Category 2.
In addition I placed 2nd in the WSBA Cyclocross State Championship, with
a frustrating crash in the last lap and 3rd in the MFG series. You can follow the link for Race Videos.
Now my sights are
turned towards training and the spring and summer efforts that will help get me
ready for 2018 and my first Cat 2 races.
Race
|
Name
|
Result
|
MFG #1
|
Lake Sammamish GP
|
10th
|
MFG #2
|
Moor Cross
|
8th
|
MFG #3
|
Tall Tyler CX
|
12th
|
NW CX Cup #1
|
Crosstoberfest
|
2nd
|
MFG #4
|
Magnuson CX
|
1st
|
NW CX Cup #2
|
Deschutes River CX
|
1st
|
MFG #5
|
North 40 CX
|
2nd
|
NW CX Cup #3
|
Ridge CX
|
1st
|
MFG #6
|
Woodland Park
|
10th
|
NW CX Cup #4
|
Fort Steilacoom
Park (Nationals Preview)
|
1st
|
NW CX Cup #5
|
Kayak Point Cross
|
2nd
|
NW CX Cup #6
|
States Warm-up
|
-
|
NW CX Cup #7
|
WSBA Cyclocross
Championship
|
2nd
|
