On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > The annual Cyclocross National Championships were held here about 15 minutes > from my home over the last 4 days. They got really lucky! The course was > quite muddy from melted snow early in the week, the amount of practice was > severely restricted to preserve the course. But a strong south wind warmed > things up and dried it out. So the racing was pretty much ideal conditions. > I officiated one of these 4-5 years ago in bitterly cold temperatures, this > was much more benign. This morning it was about 60°F, wind shifted to out of > the north, down to 30°F by mid-day, currently is at 12°F and still headed > down! My wife and I had only time for a few hours yesterday afternoon - a > small selection of shots here. > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p339940824
Great stuff, Stan. I've always thought that cyclo-crossers have it all over mountain bikers for grit, determination and riding in daunting conditions. These guys (and gals) are ~tough~! You've captured that very well here. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
