{"id":3876,"date":"2011-10-25T05:54:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T11:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2011-10-25T05:55:37","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T11:55:37","slug":"reservoir-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=3876","title":{"rendered":"Reservoir Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wee hours of Sunday morning, an unexpected batch of rain passed through the Little Rock area. The course, which Heather had told me would be fast and technical, turned a little slower, slippery, and technical. Unlike the previous night’s course, it was a vast expanse across a large city park area, and was much more of a traditional CX course (though it was definitely more technical than any other CX course I’ve ever ridden).<\/p>\n

Once again, the women raced on the same course as the CX4 and masters 40+ men. The start went straight up a large hill, and each group of racers started after the previous had cleared the top of it. This meant that the CX4 men got about a minute lead on the start of the women with the masters somewhere in the middle. Once again, there were only 3 of us:<\/p>\n

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I took off up the hill from the start and none of the other women matched me. So, I again took to chasing down men, and had caught a couple by the time I made it through the first section of tape and onto the pavement.<\/p>\n

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The course was an absolute blast! The constant mud\/turns\/elevation change made the time race time fly by, and, in the next 30 minutes, I managed to catch all of the men, and lead the last two or three laps from the front.<\/p>\n

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Back at the car after my race, I found out that my friend (aka “little brother”) Jonathan’s bike had been stolen out of his car the night before. So, I offered to let him use my new bike for the A race.<\/p>\n

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After a fast start, he would go on to be sitting a solid 4th. I was taking photos of Ryan and the other racers, and I happened to be at a spot where the course passed around\/over a small rock ledge. As he rounded the corner, I yelled, “DO THE ROCK DROP!” I heard him upshift, and the rest was photo history…<\/p>\n

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Ryan ended up 3rd in the A race. During & after, I took a bunch of action\/artsy photos. Here are a few of my favorites, but you can see the rest on Ryan’s blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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While I was milling around waiting for photo opportunities, someone asked me, “what’s your secret to being so fast?” Lots of hard work, son. I’m not fast yet.<\/p>\n

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