The season is already into its second week here in Colorado.  The Crossniacs have been representing at all three races so far.  Gerry and I were able to hit the opener in the ‘Springs with a course that was filled with leg sapping mud, a great way to start the season.  Then Chad and I heading to the high country to fulfill our Team’s promoting requirement.  Both of us assisted the registration Crew in making it run smoothly.  No racing, just putting our time in.  This past weekend brought a race in Golden where Gerry and I toed the line in a field of close to 75.  We are ready for a good season of racing on the Front Range.

These are the banners FPA put together for the CO Crossniacs, which we proudly fly at the races. 

Jim Redmond

Kurt Martinson

Tuesday Kenwood Park at 6:00pm

 lame-ish write up of my race at the “scene”. FPA 

1st cross race of the year…60 mins is long…72 mins is even longer….I got a decent start and then faded as the 1/2s kept the pace insanely high…I got into a group and we worked together and a few people popped along the way…2 laps to go and we were about to get lapped by the leader…but he didn’t pass us..there were 3 of us. The other guys were racing the 1/2 race so I was fine letting them fight it out..because we almost got lapped, we did 1 more lap then the rest of the field that got lapped, ending up in a 72 min race. I sat up at the end and was cooked. Rolled in 2nd in 35s and 11th overall…Plenty of horsepower out there today. The guy that won Duewy Dickey, is a MN legend and happened to be racing 35+ as well…so the rest of us will be racing for 2nd place if he stays in the 35s. No touching that guy…he even put the screws to Natz Champion Bjorn.

Wah, 35+ open, Minnesota

I wasn’t planning on starting my season until next week at the Lion of Fairfax, but last-minute access to a rental car this weekend made it possible to get down to Monterey for CCCX #1 @ Fort Ord. The C race was the first one of the day at 9:00am, so Mom, Aunt and myself left SF a little after 5:00am so that I had plenty of time to register and warm-up (which I did; we were one of only two cars in the lot when we got there).

My warm-up wasn’t really a warm-up - it was more of a futile effort to keep my heart from popping out of my chest from the pre-race butterflies.I was thoroughly amped up by the time I got to the starting line and was able to easily take the holeshot on the sprint uphill into the first barriers.

The course was made up of mostly flat singletrack and was really fast. I got passed on the first lap by the eventual winner (who ended up putting over a minute and a half into me by the end), but after that was on my own for the most of the race and ended up finishing 2nd!

Not a bad way to start the season!

-Nick in SF

Most of the season’s Kit-Off-Kits have been mailed to those needing it mailed. A couple more will go out next week. Local-locos (its friday) can pick theirs up from me.We will have extra shirts. And considering I dont want those extras sitting around MY house, I would encourage you to purchase an extra one or two. They’ll go on fire-sale asap you’ll want to scoop them up. FPA  

Who’s going?

We are planning a party of sorts…at Natz, but the venue is 30 minutes away from  the event. Would you drive 30 mins to a cool cross party?

Thanks West Coast Guy for the continued Stoke..

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