- Tech Guide
- Location: Queen Elizabeth Park Edmonton
- Course: stravalink
I had hoped to do more racing this year, but it turned out that four was what I could handle with my work and other life commitments. So the second day of Baby Walter Cross was my season closer.
The course this year went the opposite direction of 2022 which I think I preferred. The climbing of the stupid hill was still tough, but the descents weren’t terrifying and we got to skip the runup in favour of a singletrack descent (with roots that were highlighted but you needed to dodge).
I was never really in the mix on this one, pretty sure I was defending 24th after taking my descents too cautiously. I did manage to avoid being lapped (by like 10 seconds) so I could do my final lap in peace and enjoyment. Of course that was when I tossed my chain into my spokes on the long grindy climb and had to spend a couple of minutes getting it out.
But even then I was having fun. Riding between the tape has been the happiest I’ve been this year
results #
Podia #
Expert Men #
- Ethan MCGHAN
- Bredy SHEARS
- Randy PERRY
Novice Men #
- Evan KINDZIERSKI
- Eton KOHLENBERG
- William KINDZIERSKI
Open Men #
- Ryan MACLEAN
- Finn BORSTMAYER
- Larix HALLETT
Open Women #
- Francesca SEAL
- Pepper HARLTON
- Annie SCOTT
Sport Men #
- Colin WEIR CHABA
- Quinten MACKLEM
- Josh BARKER
Sport Women #
- Kristin BAKER
- Madeline MAGLEO
- Jen ASHTON
my results #
- 12th place (out of 18)
- 48:57 (with the mechanical on the final lap adding like 2 minutes to my time)
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In the Leaves Defending 12th - photo by Stewart “The Legend” Hutchings ↩︎