Battle at Barlow

So this weekend was my first inaugural actual for real Portland cyclocross race. Last weekend was Hood river, and I had done one cross race in Seattle last year. I've decided I like this thing called cyclocross. I'm not sure if it's my fancy new bike, or my awesome Cheerleaders, or my cute pink and blue kit, or the fact that it's in Portland so there is no traveling, or the fact that I still haven't felt like my breakfast is going to be all over my jersey by lap two, maybe it's all of these factors. Anyway...big fan. This race was the Battle at Barlow. Super fun course at a Highschool out in Troutdale/Gresham area. The majority of the course was pretty flat, starting in the baseball field, through the parking lot, into the soccer field, down to a creek, up some GINORMOUS railroad tie stairs, through an orchard, back into the forest for some more fast, twisty single track and then back into the baseball field. I raced the Women's B class again because I knew there would be a bunch more women at this race than there were at the Hood River race. I ended up getting 1st place. I was the only B to do 6 laps, all the rest did 5 or less. I am officially an A now. Sweet!! Although, I have a feeling that at the next race I'm going to have my breakfast all over my jersey. ;) Next weekend is the first cross crusade race. I'll be in Central Washington riding my dirtbike all weekend, but I'll be at the cross crusade #2 the following weekend. Cross crusade is the biggest cross series in the US. This should be interesting......