The Final Diaries
Here are the final diaries posted to CyclingNews.com from riders at this year’s ECXC IV.
Danny Summerhill, Clif Bar Racing: ”We…said our thank yous and goodbyes to all the mechanics and staff. If it wasn’t for them, none of what we have accomplished in the past two weeks would have ever been possible.“
Danny Summerhill in Loenhoet taking a 14th place finish.
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Zach McDonald, Classic Cycles, Bainbridge Island, WA: ”Like every rider who comes the camp, I wanted to come away from the camp with new skills and abilities. Since I had not raced yet I wanted to get an early jump on that train by learning how to foot-plant one of the cruiser bikes. After close to half an hour of work, I was getting some satisfactory results.”
Zach McDonald rounding the corner on his way to an impressive 6th place in Loenhout.
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Matt Shriver, Jittery Joe’s: ”There is nothing like being completely gassed on a climb or through a run up and sucking in the cigarette smoke. While we are racing, everyone is drinking and smoking watching you in pain. We are completely flat out, gasping for oxygen, trying to keep the legs turning and we’re inhaling some nasty, expired, Belgian cigarette smoke mixed with partially digested beer.”
Matt Shriver ripping it up at Diegem placing 31st.
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Manny Goguen, Minuteman Racing: ”Right around 6pm we hear the famous dinner call. Everyone heads down, grabs a plate, serves themselves and sits. The table is huge! It sits 10 on each side so we usually have multiple conversations going on. If we wanted to have just one, we would have to play telephone to get it from one end to the other. After dinner we all pitch in to clean up.”
Manny Goguen on the race course taking 34th on the day at Diegem.
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