26, November 2007

Greetings -

I hope all of you had a nice week, what with the Thanksgiving holiday and all that. The
Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team picked up where we left off and met yesterday in Sterling,
Massachusetts for the Baystate Cyclocross. This race is a UCI C2 event and is also part of
the Verge New England Cyclocross Series sponsored by none other than Verge Sport, the
official apparel supplier to the RS 'Cross Team. It was a chilly 27 degree morning at the
Chockset Middle School when I ran into pals Amy, Matt, and Justin. This was the first taste
of seriously cold weather for racing that our region has faced this season.

The race itself is a bit odd atmo* because it falls on the first day of the weekend, and it's one
weekend in the season that does not have a second day of racing with similar import. So what
do we do? We race our asses off, maximize the fun, make some decent memories to carry us
through the off-season which occurs between January and late August, and then we leave! This
race also carries an underlying interest for me because it's where Issimo first landed on my
radar. I wrote about that last season when Amy was first introduced as a team member. Click
here for that text. As fate would have it, Amy had a kick-ass race yesterday, getting the hole
shot off the cider track start, and helpingto break the race apart almost before the first run up.
Her tenacity earned her a 3rd placeand a step on the podium. That is was a UCI C2 event
makes this her best result in 2007,and the UCI points for a third will definitely pay dividends
when the call-ups at the Natz are made in just three weeks time. In the Elite Men's race, Justin
and Matt faced some deep competition in the form of most of the best racers in the country, less
Wicks, Wells,and Trebon, when a field of nearly 40 frozen North-easterners got the gun at
2:45PM. From the start, it was clear that Jeremy Powers, Tim Johnson, and Jesse Anthony
were going to break some legs. For our part, the RS-ers were never far off that pace, and
finished 8th (Justin) and 10th (Matt). These are very good results atmo.

Since I had a free Sunday, I culled a mega-list of links showing various RS cats these past few
weeks. There is no real order to the images, though some are obviously the property of folks
who don't allow the right-click shet. Have fun...

Some Amy from Cyclingnews -
http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=/photos/2007/nov07/baystate07/baystate071/08-EJC
http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=/photos/2007/nov07/baystate07/baystate071/16-EJC
Some Justin from Cyclingnews -
http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=/photos/2007/nov07/baystate07/baystate072/23-EJC
http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=/photos/2007/nov07/baystate07/baystate072/41-EJC
Here are some from Eric Carlson -
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060531291&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060548887&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060545581&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060544989&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060537811&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060544229&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060550805&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2061334860&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2061334702&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060547671&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060544031&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060539563&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060539103&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2060531687&size=o
Pics of Amy -
http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=918439&image_id=33
http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=918439&image_id=34
Atmo on a tear -
http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=918431&image_id=98
http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=918431&image_id=82
http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=918431&image_id=83
http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=918431&image_id=84
http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=918431&image_id=85
http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=abbiorca&gallery_id=918431&image_id=86
More Justin -
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223368570-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223368912-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223350827-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223359370-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223376960-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223376709-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223391807-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223352410-L-LB
Jon -
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223377866-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223377636-L-LB
Real Awesomeness -
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223395694-L-LB
http://sadlebred.smugmug.com/gallery/3852122#223395252-L-LB
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2053910233&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2053793753&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2054577054&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2053909663&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2053902653&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2054677980&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2053867053&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2053866197&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2054613214&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2054612414&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2053827963&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2054649104&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=523510396&size=o
Serious Issimoness -
http://www.trailwatch.net/cross07/trenton/satwomen/imgpages/image002.html
http://www.trailwatch.net/cross07/trenton/satwomen/imgpages/image066.html
http://www.trailwatch.net/cross07/trenton/sunwomen/imgpages/image006.html
http://www.kagl.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1139
http://www.kagl.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1149
http://www.kagl.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1218
http://www.kagl.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1221
http://www.kagl.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1215
More Atmoness -
http://www.kagl.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1317
http://www.kagl.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1313

Note: I know it's a freaking link-a-thon, but I did have the time and it only took up the last
22 hours. I'm glad there was no race to distract me today atmo.

A great interview of our own Pookums went live this week and it appears on Jacob Fetty's seminal
site, the bike game dot come. Click here for a direct link to the Q's and A's. And a neat story penned
by the inimitable MoveItFred appears on Stu Thorne's seminal site, cyclocrossworld dot com. Click
here for a direct link. Seminal is the word of the week.

That's all I have for ya'. I sure hope I haven't forgotten anything!

Thanks for reading.
e-RICHIE©™®
*according to my opinion
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