Friday, January 30, 2009

TXCX Day 2

Saturday post Age- Based race:

We went back out to the River Walk for a lazy Saturday afternoon for some more sight seeing/ touring.....

Yes, it really it's more than Hollywood fiction!



We were thirsty, again.



Rock Chalk! An MU alumni offered $100 to have it burned. Someone else offered $500 to take it home. I guess it's worth more hanging in the bar!



Alyson and I decided to go see what the big deal was about the Alamo. I've never been so, so, so... underwhelmed in my entire life. Basically, it was the first battle in the Texas war for independence from Mexico, which they won. Then they were a solo act for a while until the United States asked Texas to join up. They did and that's the story. I just saved you 2 hours of pushing through crowds.

So it took the Mexican Army of thousands least 90 minutes to defeat/ slaughter a hundred or so Texians. Seriously? That long?



Actually, all the Mexicans had to was wait until 9am and the Alamo would have been open. Go figure.......



TXCX: Skill based.



Fawley. He needs to be racing the GP cups or something where he can score some UCI points. The guy can ride. This course was much more fun and flowed very well! A little bit of everything, technical, open, just hard pedaling. I started in 4th, fell to 5th, rebounded and finished in 3rd! Crazy fun race! Alyson was running back and forth on the course yelling time splits and all the usual sayings at CX races. It was awesome to know where everyone was as the 2nd place through 6th place riders were within 50 seconds the entire time. I don't think I ever had more than an 11 second gap on the guy(s) behind me. Stefan Rothe was there showing his International Competition form from the Tour of the South China Sea. He was going so fast in the straights... I wasn't happy about that at all! But the loose corners slowed him just enough for me to creep away towards the end.

The "tight and white" of Source Endurance was easily seen all day and I was able to score a podium place. Also, here I am in a movie (below).





Men's Open
1st Bryan Fawley Dallas Racing License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
2nd Cody Dean
License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
3rd Adam Mills
License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
4th Jeff Park Solar Eclipse License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
5th Stefan Rothe Mercy Cycling Team License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
6th Kevin Koen
License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
7th Craig Virr Team Six License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
8th Aaron Sinclair Gulf Coast Cycling Association License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
9th Nathan Phillips Bicycle-Heaven License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
10th Jeff Carmody
License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
11th Ryan Wohlrabe Bicycle-Heaven License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
12th Craig Fitzgerald The Woodlands Cycling Club License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
13th Andrew Beres Colavita Racing Inc. License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
14th Steve Dodge Dallas Racing License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
15th Jeff Patton
License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
16th Robert Kane Bicycle-Heaven License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
17th Zachary Lytle Bicycle-Heaven License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
18th Francis Hamre Mesa Cycles Racing Team License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
19th Robert Biard TxTough/Team Hotel San Jose License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
20th Eric Jordan Lone Star Racing Club License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.
21st Kevin Barton Joes Pro Bikes License status for rider from this race is Valid.  A red dot indicates points from this race will not be tallied towards the Texas Cup.

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