A newbs-eye view of ‘cross: Fighting fear with practice
There’s just one race left in the Blind Date at the Dairy cyclocross series and I’ve got my work cut out for me. With the exception of my wipe-out in Week 2 that left me in 14th place, I’ve been stuck in 3rd and can’t seem to budge. The rider who has been finishing first usually does so with such a large margin that I can’t even see her after the first minute of the first lap.
That’s quite a gap to close, but I’m an unreasonable person and let’s be honest – I want to win.
I know from my extensive experience in adult beer-league kickball that practice is essential to improving on-field swagger as well as performance, albeit to a lesser degree. So I’m ready to put some work into this. But where to begin?
For me, cyclocross can be broken into 3 categories: things that are hard, things that are tricky, and things that terrify me.[Read more…]