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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on December 5, 2011 at 8:23am

Congrats to Chase who took #5 in the 4B's, PJ took #7 for the 4B's and Evan took #13 in Cat 4's and everyone else who did an amazing job! 

How did you do? 

If it was your first CX racing or watching, what surprised you??

Ronit Belazel sent this awesome picture she took yesterday of PJ's back.  

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Permalink Reply by Poptart on December 5, 2011 at 10:29am

I rode by sat afternoon and saw the setup , looked awesome!

cross looks like to much fun

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Permalink Reply by David P. on December 5, 2011 at 2:48pm

I stopped by to watch for a while; I've never been to a cross race before, and it was right there, so why not? It was a lot of fun, other than being cold (since I was underdressed for just standing around.) It was also largely as I expected, save for there being less silliness (yes, there was Supergirl) and less hike-a-biking than I expected.

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Permalink Reply by Anne B. on December 5, 2011 at 5:56pm

My first time watching a cross race too- really fun! Though agree with David, I expected/hoped for more silliness! When's the next event (in Chicago, not suburbs)?

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Permalink Reply by nik was here on December 5, 2011 at 7:02pm

The AfterGlow, Dec 17th in Humboldt Park. 

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on December 6, 2011 at 4:00am

I voluneered for 4 hours and had a blast. 'cross races are so much fun because they are more laid back then criteriums, etc. I agree, CCC and Turin and all others did a great job of organizing. congrats to PJ Evan chase leyzdoo and Lori Chipps - you guys all rock.

 

Dan

 

p.s. the hot dogs actually tasted great. thanks for those. and the soup was awesome too.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Courtright on December 6, 2011 at 4:07am

Had a blast volunteering and hanging out with Julie H. and Chris Mailing (of Turin) at Registration Sunday PM. 

 

Great event!

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Permalink Reply by pjc jr on December 6, 2011 at 4:17am

Thanks to all the Chainlinkers this season for all their support.  This being my rookie CX year, I would have never thought that so many of you would come to so many races (even the suburbs) to cheer on your fellow clinkers.  It was tons of fun, and having folks screaming at me only fired me up in every race!  Great job to all the racers I knew and met through the series...I learned a lot from you all & enjoyed hanging out.  Thanks to all the volunteers that help make this happen!

 

Cheers!  Already can't wait to start next years cup series...

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Permalink Reply by George Vargas on December 10, 2011 at 3:49am

Again, you were awesome out there in registration... cool under fire with all those racers trying to register.  I couldn't find volunteers for registration and you came through just in time.  George

Steve Courtright said:

Had a blast volunteering and hanging out with Julie H. and Chris Mailing (of Turin) at Registration Sunday PM. 

 

Great event!

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Permalink Reply by George Vargas on December 10, 2011 at 3:51am

Thanks for volunteering, Dan.  You and the other volunteers were the unsung heroes that made it work. 

George (Turin club member and volunteer coordinator)

dan brown said:

I voluneered for 4 hours and had a blast. 'cross races are so much fun because they are more laid back then criteriums, etc. I agree, CCC and Turin and all others did a great job of organizing. congrats to PJ Evan chase leyzdoo and Lori Chipps - you guys all rock.

 

Dan

 

p.s. the hot dogs actually tasted great. thanks for those. and the soup was awesome too.

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