48th at Nationals, my first year going, I had a stupendous start, real good, seemed a bit simple, all the prep and talk, the warm up laps and looking at lines. It all worked, I moved up from a 54th starting spot to around the top 25.
I had a beer, in the shower, the races were still going on.
A bit dower about my placing, that's normal, I expect the best, I want the best.
I could not of gone any harder today, or road any smarter.
I made my way back to the course, and rumped around with some of the other from home peep cx'ers,
sorta, wimpy sulking, and the races, kept going on.
I thought, you know, I want to cheer these guys on,...the racers still out there.
A group of us headed out,
and yelled loud, Cheering 'em, f'n go,
and then made it over to the finish line,
for the finishes, and I congratulated everyone of the riders I knew.
I was so into it,
I was freaking patting the back of all the finishers. everyone, all of em.
Nationals was awesome, its taken me years to make it to one,
and It could not of been any better,
maybe I could have some better photos, or radder stories,
I just wanted to race my hardest, give my all
do my best,
The cheers, the advice, the camaraderie, I do not take for granted, its deep, and good.
I raced over 100 50+ men, like myself today, ...
and I had a blast.
clyclocross is a great sport, for its spirit, the dreams, the insane amount of pain, and the victories,
It is classy, badass, I dream Cross. I do, I dream cross.
Cheers! dlowe
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It was a pleasure spending time with you today DLowe! Thanks for classing up the joint.
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