October 15, 2023Race Info
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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).
October 14, 2023 Race Info
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Baby Walter Cross is a two-day race put on by the Alberta Cyclocross Collective, which isn’t a club exactly, just all the cx lovers in Edmonton. The park has a really big hill, which makes for a lot of climbing.
Apparently on the Saturday race (which I didn’t attend) there were some big crashes by people trying to bunny-hop the obstacles and failing badly. One of them happened when the rider came unclipped between barriers, but I don’t think there were too huge of injuries.
October 15, 2022 I was the last competitor across the line in the Novice class of the Zombie Baby Walter Cross race. But a bunch of people had been lapped or did not finish, so I wasn’t actually in last place. It’s funny how that feels.
It’s not so funny how it feels to wipe out trying to turn while sliding down a grassy hill. Which I did. But I kept going, gritting my teeth while kids in my race were bunny-hopping the barriers.