Somedays I feel like I'm a cartoon character out there racing. Just think Willie E. Coyote who keeps getting a anvil dropped on his head or falls off a cliff and keeps getting up. I seem to be getting great starts but the racing has been so good this year that a slight bobble here or there can have you chasing all day long. If the leaders ride clean your fighting for scraps. Plus, this is the first year since we started the cyclocross series back in '99 or so that we have had 4 different winners for the first 4 races. So you know that the competition is good...

Everyone thought that I'd love the Linden course but in reality it was jus a little too twisty for me. Not because of the turns but because you had to accelerate constantly, over & over. About 3 laps in Mark went to the front & I just kinda forgot my lines and got gapped off. Never one to panic I started to close it up again but then I had a crash at the barriers before the start/finish and lost all the time I was gaining back. With about 1 lap to go I gave it full power again but came up short for 3rd place. Never give up is my motto this year.

Here is a video clip I edited that my son, who is 8 took on the first lap and finish.