My offseason technically started at the end of the Crossroads Cycling Classic (which I did really awful in and I don't wanna talk about it). I tried to stay in shape to race Carolina Cup and a speedway race in South Carolina, but that didn't happen and I didn't really care. I took about 6 weeks where I rode maybe 3 or 4 times a week with very little intensity. I got a cyclocross bike and raced in Hendersonville in September. I also did Hilly Hellacious the next day which was really hard and I got crazy sunburned.

Cross started on the 16th and Wakemed and I did pretty poorly. See suffering below.

Last weekend I raced in Southern Pines and won Juniors and did pretty bad in CX4. I won Juniors in Raleigh on Sunday and then just screwed around in CX4 and had fun. See proof of fun below.

This weekend is the Durham Bulls Century where I missed the "end" of the ride by 5 minutes last year. I'm skipping NCCX #3 on Sunday (cause it's in Boone and that's ridiculous), so my next race will be NCCX #4 in Salisbury, and then the next weekend I fly to Louisville for the USGP races there. That's awesome because it's a big race and I'm super terrible at cross which will undoubtedly be hilarious. I still haven't figured out how I'm going to get my bike there, but that's not super important...

I'm gonna end this there and force myself to write more in Louisville.

Here's a cool gallery of photos I took at the Wakemed season opener. I'm also gonna try to take pictures of the races in Louisville, so this can serve as my reminder.