Dark Knight cross –almost dead last.

I picked up a set of Racing Ralph 700×35 on Friday at Hardcore. They are expensive but their 2.4 big brother run really well on my mountain bike all season. Mounted the tires with Stan’s on Saturday morning and headed off to IKEA to get some furniture for my daughter. By the time we got home and started re-organizing the house for the new stuff I knew I will not be able to pre-ride the course. Considering this is a night CX race and my first CX race in many years I felt a bit uneasy. Anyways,got to the sign on booth 30 minutes before 9pm only to learn that I have to pay $10 to get a new number plate. I have not raced on the road once this year so I have no idea where my old number is. So I got a new number,and lined up in the last row of the elite field. The field was huge,lots of good racers. Started as dead last and slowly tried to make my way up. It was quite a challenge to race a course in the dark without pre-riding it but being at the back I had no pressure to go too fast,so I enjoyed it a lot.   By the end of the 1st lap I felt like my rear tire is leaking. Stan’s was just put in few hours ago and did not trust it fully yet. I was sure that my tire is loosing pressure by the minute,so I road every corner like small child.  Made it to the finish without being lapped which is not too bad for my on an elite CX race. The next day when I checked the result they listed me as “did not start”,hopefully they will fix that soon.