My teammate Jeffro (in the Cossack hat above) created and hosted a CX race this past Saturday. This excerpt was taken from his Blog, CX Czar:
I've decided to host my own Cyclocross.
For the last several years I've competed in or witnessed some of the most unique cyclocross events in North America and would like to incorporate the best of these events into our own quazi-competitive event in the motor city.
My race team, The RACING GREYHOUNDS!, has an internal racing series that is made up of numerous public and private events designed to encourage cross discipline competition and team comradere (as well as internal trash talk and squabbling). These events include Time trials, Criteriums, mountain bike races, Triathlons, duathlons, as well as night mountain bike races, Iceman and of course cyclocross races like the Mad Anthony. As CX Team Captain, it is my responsibility to create a unique season ending cyclocross event that will follow those guidelines as well as punish all of those not familiar with the delicate art of Cyclocross (I'm looking at you tri-team) While planning this event, it was obvious that the best part of racing cyclocross is the fan/ racer interaction. It was obvious that we needed to have two races: The first for Greyhounds Team Points race and the Second to celebrate all of our friends and competitors that made this past year great.
OK, since I chose to help out I found myself at Dorais Park at 0730 to help lay out the course. It is a small, forgotten park near some run down neighborhoods. The best feature is the soap box derby hill at the top of the park and the concrete velodrome at the base. Perfect.
The "progressive ascending barriers" complete with an intersection:
The Tequilla Shot Shortcut cut out a portion of the course. The winner of both races did a shot on EVERY lap. That amounts to 13 shots!
The Invitational race brought out several teams:
It took 3 hours to set up the course. It took about 30 minutes to break it down. Afterwards we all headed over to Kuhnhenn's Brewing Company for eats & drink. What a great time! A huge thank you to all those who came out to play. Not too shabby for a FREE event. This could be the start of something big.
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