Seattle Cyclocross # 7 Spinker - now a Cat 2!!

Last race of the season for me and my last as a cat 3. I felt fine before the race, started well and just got slower and slower. I'd like to think it had something to do with being ill last week, but I'm not sure it has. Anyway, it wasn't my day. the course was pretty flat with no mud or sand to speak of, but there were a lot of fairly tight 180 degree turns, some of them quite tricky with loose rocks and stones. I got out of the gate fine, and probably lay about 5th or 6th after the first lap, but then just went backwards, and ended up 17th :(



Still, I've had a good season, starting off as a cat 4, and ending up as a cat 2, so I'll be making up the numbers next season with the 1 and 2's. I know I'll take a good thumping, but it's a good incentive to be in good shape for the start of the season, and the longer races should help to bring my fitness on.

Highlights for this cross season include a bronze in cat 3 at the sate champs, and a win in cat 3 in the Starbucks Grand Prix. Best mountain bike result was a win in the Indie Series final at Greenwater in the sport category. As for the road, I think my best result was was taking silver in the cat 5 state champs after being in a crash in the last 10 miles - that and 3 wins in 3 weeks in the cat 4/5 at Pacific Raceways.

I don't know what next year will bring, but this one has been a good one all round on the bike. Right now, it's time to get a job!