2024 Charm City CX - Day 2 - Cat 3 - 13th/33

Very tough and fun true mud cyclocross conditions, which are usually some of my best. I almost died during the starting spring when someone broke a chain and the field pushed to the right. I got pinched off and pushed into the yellow metal fencing. I suppose I was "lucky" I was able to push into the fencing with my forearm and keep my bars from catching the fence, but my right is definitely pretty swollen and bruised up now. After that I was literally dead last out of the Cat2/3 combined start, so I just made it my goal to work as hard and move up as far as I could. I ended up 13th overall, which considering my rough start I'm pretty happy with. I also made it my mission to try to ride the mansion hill descent every lap to give the fans some entertainment! 😉
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[@DannyPimienta]

I raced day one on cat 5 and I died the entire time 😂. I was dead set on skipping it right up until pre ride.

[@BadTanLines]

Wow thank you for posting this and further reaffirming my decision to skip both days. See you later this season I'm sure!

[@JSlade11]

@@BadTanLines Aww man, but you’re missing out on the fun true cyclocross Belgian mud conditions (except not that cold yet)! 😜🇧🇪

[@gavin7035]

Damn I thought 4/5 was a shit show cat 3 is even worse

[@JSlade11]

@@gavin7035 Yeahhh, there’s a lot of fast kids in Cat 3 but sometimes I think they miss their pedals and things can get messy up front. In this case though it was apparently a broken chain, but man it was not a fun experience! I think Charm start is often worse than most because of the turn, and the mud on the asphalt wasn’t helping either!