Castaic State Final Report

FOR THE RECORD..I have a ton of pix from this race, but for some reason they won't download. I will try to put more up as the system permits. Direct all hate mail to blogger.com if your fragile ego is crushed.
If I were to use two words to describe Castaic, they would be Sucky, and Suckier.
Hot and dry, windy and sandy, and no shade...oh yeah, with 34% climbs and NO discernable downhilling. Sweet. No wonder the Fuzz won't race here (Last year he projectile vomitted on a fellow racer while climbing).Nice.









Robert and I arrived at 9a.m., and proceeded to set up two e-z ups....only one of which would survive the day. Roger and Vanessa showed up, followed by Heidi/darter, James, Ariel, Don Burke, Julie, and Bert The Hurt, and Vegas Bob. The wind was not as bad when james and Ariel, Heidi, Darter and Vanessa went off. The girls BLASTED up the hill, passing Jocinda as though she were in a coma. Vanessa was gone, but unfortunately flatted in the second lap and took her out of first. Heidi (fresh from the 24hrs of Moab, just flying in the night before the race) had 1st all locked for the overall, but came to race anyway. After looking at her 24hr Of Moab times, she was ELEVEN minutes ahead of fellow EXPERT racer Heidi K.! She was tired and stopped for James' busted chain. James fell from 2nd to 5th as a result of the chain in the overall...bummer!


Bert took off like a bolt, and managed his best finish in semi-pro..6th place! That saw him grab a top ten overall and keep it, I think 7th(?) overall! Vegas Bob took off and had a great race too! He was looking to his meeting with the coach for the next weekend, and wanted to push hard. Bob finished in the top 10 in Expert!
It was a great race for some, and a pain in the booty for others, but that's racing! I pre-rode the course the day before the race with Vegas Bob and Steeps Shawn, and it was windy and loose in places. Other sections were surprisingly fast, lik the initial climb-o-death out of the start. All in all, that race reminds me why I drink beer heavily and heckle my racers. Well, the season is now over after a mere 11 races in the State Series alone. In the words of the '80's Demi-God Ferris Bueller (at the end of the movie, as credits roll) "What? Are you still here? Go home!"

Chris