In The Crosshairs

10. Is CX your main focus? STEPHEN CUMMINGS: I am a mediocre cyclist in all facets: Road/MTB/Endurance MTB/cross. WESTON SCHEMPF: Yes, but I race mountain bikes in the spring/summer for a fitness base. JOE LILLIBRIDGE: CX is my main focus. I am chomping at the bit by September for Charm City, lots of time on [...]

11. Got a training/racing/life/stock tip you would like to share? STEPHEN CUMMINGS: Buying things does not make you any fitter. MATTHEW PARSE: Eat an egg McMuffin 2 hours before each race. GREG FABER: Not really, I don’t consider myself much of a reference. Don’t smoke, don’t do drugs. Get a job where you can work [...]

12. Other than race, what do you do? STEPHEN CUMMINGS: Avoid working on my “fixer upper” house. Blog at thesteevo.blogspot.com. Drive a taxi and work as little as possible. KRISTOPHER AUER: coach and sales. WESTON SCHEMPF: I’m a semi-professional Manny=male nanny … Mr. Mom. JOE LILLIBRIDGE: By day I’m an Electrician, supervising different electrical projects [...]

13. Anything else you would like to add? GREG FABER: I didn’t really get the hype behind CX when I heard about it over the summer but after racing this season, I really do get it and understand why people are so passionate about it. It’s a lot of fun, the scene is convivial and [...]

14. Give a shout out to somebody. STEPHEN CUMMINGS: Squadra Coppi has nice people who put on a great race. I hope to see it grow. KRISTOPHER AUER: C3-Sollay.Com. WESTON SCHEMPF: Big shouts to C3-Sollay.com and our fantastic sponsors (see our kits at the races) the DCCoD crew, and VisitPA.com-PA’s and the mid Atlantic’s premier [...]

Being served up soon. Lots of good stuff. Hang tight. In the meantime, I have some photos of the Tacchino 3/4 race posted here. My man CJ has some sweet video here and here. If you have any photos, post a comment or e-mail me at cyclocrossnews@gmail.com.

VACX Crossers met up in Blacksburg, Virginia, November 15 and 16 for Tech Cross. Saturday night saw racing (mostly) under the lights and into a strong, cold headwind. On Sunday, everybody came back for another shot. The organizers sent everyone off in the opposite direction but there still was that headwind! Reminds me of my [...]

1. How was it racing under the lights? CJ CONGROVE (Cat 4 VACX C, 3rd place Saturday, 4th place Sunday): The sections of the course that were actually under lights were really cool.  The back section was pretty dark, I should have brought a bar light. JOHN MCKENNA (Masters 35+, 2nd Place Saturday and Sunday): [...]

2. What was the best/worst part of the course? MARY ANNE SNAVELY (Women 4 VACX B, 2nd Place Saturday and Sunday): For Saturday’s race I liked the off-camber sections. I didn’t like the downhill that took you through brush. On Sunday I liked the downhill where the barrier was the first day. I didn’t like [...]

3. Describe your winning (or losing) move. LAURA WHITE (Women 4 VACX B 1st Place Saturday): I won by staying on the gas the entire time. Second place made me work the entire race. I couldn’t let up until the very end. MICHAEL SEEK: I had a pretty good battle for third going with Andy [...]