With the OMA round in Minnesota looming along with the 18 hour drive we decided to break the trip up and head north early to a friend's place near Indianapolis and hit an Indiana Cross Country race on the way. Conditions were pretty warm and the track was dry. During the track description we were told "off the start we will head down across the creek and into the dusty section, and you will come out of that dusty section when you see the checkered flag." That was one of the most straight up, no sugar coated description that I had ever heard. That track was dusty but in all fairness the tight nature and subsequent low speeds of most of the track made the dust not too scary to race in.
I grabbed the hole shot and led the way. The first lap resembled a dry OMA Moose Run with some fresh tracks through a lot of weeds that hid a plethora of branches and logs just waiting to take you down. I'm told all the damage was from a recent tornado. One thing they didn't tell us in the track description was how slick the rock would be in one of the creek crossings. On the first lap I could see it would be slippery and was super cautious but still went down as I tried to turn slightly on the slab rock as I headed for the bank. It was so slick standing was even tough. Every lap I came through, there were several riders picking up their bikes. The temperatures were pretty warm and I was glad to have on my EC3D compression gear that adds cooling. Several guys I heard suffered from heat exhaustion during and after the race. Taking the win then heading off to the lake to take a dip and cool down.
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