Cincinnati CX – Emily
Friday afternoon my dad, Kerry, and I pulled into the venue. It had been raining during the drive and was even sprinkling when we got there! It seemed like it may be a weekend full of real cross conditions! We got dressed and pre-rode the course and geez it was slick! No mud yet, but the grass was so slippery! I felt pretty good during the pre-ride and was excited about the conditions.
We arrived at the course Saturday morning and were delighted to discover that the cyclocross fairy had been there overnight sprinkling mud everywhere. I hopped on the course during the open time and it was like a slip n slide. Race time arrived at 4 pm. I had a good start and kept moving up on the first half lap. People were crashing everywhere but somehow, I was staying out of the way of all the mishaps and moving up even further until an unfortunate incident occurred. KK...