Got Soul ? Hell Yes !

3rd overall 2008 Utah Masters CX 35+A's

The 2008 cyclocross season was spent trying to hold on to the top 5 riders. With few technical problems to speak of, they simply stripped me me off there wheel as they took turns attacking our lead breakaway. On the final race the current 3rd place racer did not show, forfeiting 3rd to me. 1st on the right, second in the middle. I'm 3rd on the left with the mud mask.

Sam jumps peleton

Iceman Cometh 2007 CX

Running with Lions

As the 2008 cyclocross season winds down I review my campaign. I currently struggle to reach the top 3 overall. That's the first time since being in this state. There where no predictable problems. I could always be more fit. I was much faster this year than the previous seasons. But faster still was the competition. The " masters A" field means just that. Men who have mastered the balance of family and fitness. They are the ones who remained after the pride of youth. They remain to compete against themselves, youth and time. They are mature lions of the pride.

The 2008 Cyclocross season rides on

The 2008 season has been pretty successful. Mostly seconds and tirds, with one DQ for knocking a rider down and not finishing one race do to business travel. The rest of the season promises increasingly colder temps and epic conditions. I currently sit 3rd in the series. http://www.utahcyclocross.com/results/2008/OverallPoints.pdf

- RIDE AWAY -

Ride Away

Life is a cycle in which we ride
where stray egos come out to play
A peloton of personalities and pride
All trying to ride away.

Confidence to the front, the unsure to the back
Separating the predator from the prey
But I can't hold back I must attack
And ride them all away.

When desperation pursues and holds my wheel
And misfortune blocks my way
My spear is carbon and the tip is steel
And I ride them all away.

When time attacks my body
With sickness and decay
I grimace my face and double my pace
And ride them all away.

When the clouds of life gather against me
Threatening sorrow and dismay
I face it's wind and dig within
And ride them all away.

As the chaos of life falls behind you
Leave them only one thing they can say
You came to race and set the pace
And rode them all away.

Sam Moore
9-11-06