OMG - do you know what I just did??!! I just pressed SUBMIT on the registration page for my first cyclocross race!! The DCCX this coming weekend. EEEEEEKKKKKK I am so excited!! I haven't felt this nervous/excited/out-of-my-element about a race registration in awhile. I have ZERO clue about what I am getting myself into. I know there are bikes with knobby tires, but the tires are skinnier than a mountain bike's. The handlebars look the same as a roadbike's. You get dirty. You ride your bike through mud and carry it over obstacles. It's a mass start with everyone jockeying for position, which will probably make an Ironman swim start feel like a walk in the park in comparison. And it's a heart-pumping, never-let-up-on-the-throttle, full out sprint for the whole race. SO. EXCITED!
What's even cooler - a CX race is so much less expensive than a triathlon! And less expensive than most 5ks nowadays. It will be a bargain to race this weekend!
And the best part - some of my girlfriends are racing as well! I'm going to the DCCX clinic on Saturday afternoon so I can have SOME idea of what Sunday will have in store for me. And then racing (and I will even drink beer afterwards because I heard that is what you do at these races) on Sunday morning. I was going back and forth between registering for the Rookie Race and the Women's Cat 4 race and decided to go with the Cat 4 - it's early in the day and it's just women - the Rookie Race is late afternoon and both guys and girls in the same race - I'm already intimidated enough, so I'm going to say no thanks to having an extra shot of testosterone in my wave. A huge thank you to Emily for letting me borrow her cross bike - I promise to return it to you in one piece so you can race later in the day!! And a huge thanks to Karen for lending me pedals and a big thank you to Karen and Melanie for answering my frenzy of texts that were full of questions!! I can't wait to hang out with you girls this weekend and find out how much fun CX races are!!!!
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YAY!!!!!!!!!
You know you have to stay for a little bit after your race for shenanigans ... because DCCX is a party!!
Where is the cx race? I've never seen one and might have some free time this weekend. It says the location exactly 0 times on all the websites.
DCCX is held at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, DC. The Armed Forces Retirement Home is at Rock Creek Church Rd, NW & Randolph St, NW, Washington, DC 20011.
More info at dcmtb.com
Gonna be a blast! congrats on signing up!
God bless ya for having the balls for this. It looks cray cray to me. But then again, so did that 1/2 IM. ;)
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