Possibly. Saturday, I gave a pass to Concordia Christmas Cross in order to run with Stephen. I was glad I did. I had a blast on the Chubb trail and was only mildly sore afterwards - the trail did not make a complete chump of me. The light dusting of snow made it the perfect wintertime workout.
Sunday - against my better judgment - I headed out to CXmas in Weldon Spring. I was more than a little worried that my paltry CX skills were not up to 31 miles of non-racing. I needn't have worried; it was freakin' awesome. White-knuckle descents on icy, gravely "roads", long climbs to gut out, Pabst, whisky, and egg nog aid stations, and a little mud thrown in all made for a perfect course. My skills weren't up to going fast, but I did stay upright and there were more than a couple people out on the course longer than me. And the best part were the other non-racers. Bumped in to a work colleague, Dan - I did not know he was a biker (and a good one at that). Hoisted a few with the Boz and King Furby at the finish line. Met a fellow SLUG, Laura. What's not to like? I wish every CX race was a non-race.
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