October 30, 2005
Unicross
Last week I did my first unicycle cyclocross race, otherwise known as unicross. I'd been waiting until after the marathon to race and I'm glad I did, it is hard on the body. It's almost like picking up unicycling from the beginning again taking it onto the grass and rocks and mud. Next week I'm going to do another race. I've been practicing a rolling mount which would really help. My normal unicycle mount can be tough to pull of on a gravelly uphill. With the rolling mount you ideally walk/jog beside the unicycle, then hop on and mount with the wheel moving the whole time. This keeps your momentum going over the challenging section. Maybe I'll be able to do something like that in a week, we'll see. Drew and Beth are racing on more traditional cyclocross bikes and having a blast. They did a race today, I instead did the Run Like Hell 5K downtown dressed as a vampire. Last week I came in fourth in the unicycle class and no you can't ask how many unicyclists there were!
Posted by Dave at October 30, 2005 06:44 PM
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your quads are looking pretty ripped in that photo dave
Posted by: Andrew Ross at November 1, 2005 02:14 PM