Cyclocross Action from Hood River Double Cross!

Steve leading former teammate Brett Luelling!

The Hood River Double Cross turned out great. This is my first ever back-to-back cross race and it was a blast. I got a nice call up for Saturday’s race and the pace was furious from the get go. Donald Reeb and I sprinted for the single track and from there he slowly distanced himself. I was joined my Brett Luelling and Molly Cameron on the first lap and we stayed together for several laps until Molly slid out. Brett and I set out to close in on Reeb, but he was simply too strong to catch that day. We kept the pace high and stayed together until about a minute before the finish where I put in an attack in the sand pit to finish 2nd on the day. Brett is a great racer and I had fun pushing the pace with him until the end. Sunday’s race started out similar with me, Brett, and Molly quickly distancing ourselves from the rest of the field. Molly dropped back after about a lap and it was Brett and I riding together again. Brett set a blistering pace and I held on until about the half way mark where I’d dropped my chain on a run up and then had to back off– I settled in to my own pace, but I was quickly going backwards and ran out of gas with about 3 to go. Molly caught and passed me and I had to settle for third on the day. I finished 2nd overall on the weekend and I feel that the back-to-back racing was a great stimulus as we get closer to the opening Cross Crusade race on October 2nd. This is going to be a fun season!

Thanks for reading,

S.