'cross is coming (2023 edition)
August 24, 2023It is August and ‘Cross is Coming1. I’m getting excited because cyclocross2 is for whatever reason my favourite kind of bike racing.
I say “for whatever reason” because it doesn’t seem intuitive to me that this would be my favourite. I’m not a big powerful rider pushing massive watts. I fall over a lot riding around on rough terrain. I don’t like being cold and wet.
But yet, when I did my first cyclocross race I enjoyed it. I came back last year to do more. And even though I’m in the slowest category racing against kids and old guys, I really like it. I feel exhausted at the end of a race but I want to do it again.