Charm City Cyclocross race in Druid Hill Baltimore

Awesome race put on by C3 team! AFC helped with this event by setting up the course and breaking it down. We also had the first ever Beer Garden! This was a big hit and we hope we can do this at other races!

AFC had a big turnout in this event!

Cat 4:
Pat: 27th
Alex: 1st
Mike: 75th

Keith in long run in the sand pit

Pat working hard going uphill. Notice the GREEN CAST!

Masters 3/4:
Keith 23rd
Steve: 52nd
Dave: 54th
Mike W: will be back next week:)

Steve(MC) getting back on his bike after sand pit

Cat 3/4:
Adam: 5th
pat: 62nd
Matt Panas: will be back:)

Adam on a warm up. Notice his OmniPod(insulin pump) on his left arm

U19 Juniors:
Avy: 3rd
Holden: 10th
Lars: 6th
Jimmy: 3rd

Here is a special report from Jimmy Klose first Cyclocross race:

My race was the Superfan U19, at the Charm City Cross Race. We were the first race of the day with the official blowing his whistle at 9 a.m. on a picture perfect Sunday morning. Fellow AFC riders in the race were, Lars Tambeaux, Alec West, and Holden and Avy Rohr. It was a slow course at first, but as the race went on it began to dry out and was really fast. My favorite part of the course was the twisty hill leading up to some barriers. I had some problems, including not being able to clip back into my pedals after the sand pit and having my chain fall off after the big set of barriers. On the positive side, I got back on my bike smoothly and was able to ride smooth and fast on the turns. Now for the details of the race itself. I got off to a slow start but passed a couple people on the prologue. Seeing some of the kids that I knew were going to be a challenge to beat, they were already about 150 yards ahead. Good thing it was a 40 minute race. As I road past some women and flew up the hills, I finally saw some juniors in sight. I recognized them from the Turkey day race and knew that I could catch up as they slowed. Once I caught up with them I pulled way ahead and maintained a steady pace. On my third lap around I crossed the finish line with Alex who was competing in the Cat 4 race. As he finished happily, I still had one lap to go. For the last lap I was all by myself and crossed the finish line in 3rd place. It was a great day for everyone and since this was my first race I plan to do many more and keep practicing.

Next week Ed Sander!!