Pikes Peak Velo Cyclocross #2

Colorado Springs, cycling, cyclocross | UltraRob | Sunday, November 18th, 2007 at 9:00 pm

Update: 2008 Pikes Peak Velo cyclocross race info

Today was our 2nd cyclocross race this fall at Bear Creek Park. I showed up at 7 AM to help with the course set up. It was a bit chilly but not bad for this time of year. Another warm day was forecast and it didn’t take long to warm up. In fact it got up to 68 degrees.

Since yesterday’s Red Rocks cyclocross race in Denver was canceled, I think a lot of racers came that probably weren’t planning on it. I don’t know the final number of racers but one of the guys doing registration said he thought it was the biggest turnout for a cyclocross race in Colorado Springs. I’m not sure that there’s been any cross races in the last 15 years that I haven’t raced, volunteered or both and the fields certainly were the biggest I remember.

I roamed around the course quite a bit to make sure everything was Ok. Once there was more traffic, I spent time helping direct traffic since we had the road to the parking areas down to 1 lane. We were using the other lane for part of the course.

I was able to get several pictures when I was roaming around in the morning. I was gone for a couple hours during the early afternoon. My kids wanted to go watch the race and play in the creek so I also got some pictures of the Women’s and Pro Men’s races.

Both Velo Soiree and Two Wheeled World bloggers were there racing. Unfortunately I wasn’t around when Matt was racing. Although he’s been mountain bike racing for years, this was his first cross race. Velo Soiree posted several great pictures a couple weeks ago of the Boulder Cup race that you should check out it if you haven’t already seen them.

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