Crossin it up!

So we've had 2 cross races so far and I'm off to a good start. Both races were on the same coarse just reversed for the 2nd.
Both races were extremely fast and surprisingly I found myself in the front group building a nice gap on the rest of the field. The 1st race myself and a pro mountain biker built a nice gap on 3rd place but on the last lap he proved to have better handling skills has he flew through the corners for the win.
the 2nd race we did the same but had 2 others with us. One of the guys made us work our a**es off to catch him but when we did I think he was happy to have the help. During the race I came un-clipped 4-5 times with one of them being in the final sprint. Who knows if I could have got around the 2 in front of me if I hadn't un-clipped but I ended up 3rd.
As you can see in the pic's I am all about the socks. One of the local pro's got me in to this so every week I try to find a sick pair of socks just for the race. Amee and the kids love it because I'm MUCH easier to spot.
Well, that's all I've got for now...

Cross Season...

Well, it's that time of year again and I feel ready to go. I didn't race as much road this year in hopes to do some damage in cross... We'll see how this works out for me. I have decided to run my Reynolds DV 46 Tubulars for cross this year to see how they compare to clinchers. The bike is ready to go (other than removing the bottle cage) as you can see in the pic. As long as I'm ready it should be a good season. It'll be fun as hell either way.
Family update, Amee is doing good and enjoying only working 4 days a week. Haley is in 1st grade now and has about 4 boys (including a set of twins) chasing her... Lord help me!!! Jayce is freaking hilarious and learns something new everyday. He has perfected how to say "bike" so I am a very proud father.
Well, that's it for now... I'll post after the 1st cross race Oct 3rd.

umm.... it's already March?!

For those of you that actually care I want to tell you up front that I will try to post more regularly.
I wanted to let you all know that things are mostly good out here in UT and the family is doing great. Haley has made some very good friends and Jayce is 10 months today. He is standing up on his own and I days away from walking. Doesn't look like he'll beat his big sister since she walked the day after she turned 10 months.
That's all I've got for now but I have some cool pics to post in the next week so be on the lookout.

JC