velocity cross

velocity cross 2024

October 19, 2024
cycling
cx, races, argyll park, vcc, velocity cross, aba cx cup, race reports, edmonton

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This was the race put on by our club so I went out to do at least a bit of help with the setup on the Friday night. Because last year our race got smoked out, people got half price entry for this year. And socks!

My race was forgettable because on the very first lap there was an off-camber bit and my tire went flat[^1]. I hadn’t brought anything to the pit to keep myself going, so I put it up on my shoulder and ran for a couple of kilometres until I got back to the finish line and withdrew from the race.

velocity cross 2023 - smoked out

September 3, 2023
cycling
cx, races, strathcona science park, vcc, velocity cross, aba cx cup, edmonton, wildfires

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Sidney McGill was going to be racing in the Open Men category and I was really excited to see her, and to race in the Novice Men, but by 7am the AQHI was over 10 and no one wanted to get blacklung for a race (also the Alberta Bicycle Association won’t let you do anything if the index is over 7). It sucked, but there wasn’t anything else to do about it.