Nincrossi

Well, this Saturday was the inaugural Nincrossi cyclocross race, held up in the hills of southwest Washington at the Washougal Motocross track.  Tony, Ben, Matt and Marc we're treated to a fantastic day of weather and racing, and of course, beer.  The race was sponsored by Ninkasi Brewery and they came armed with three kegs of their finest, and every racer got a free beer with registration! Yeah! This was great for us, seeing as how the first two Cross Crusade races have been dry events.

Well, this picture makes the course look pretty flat but it was really anything but! No section of the course could be described as flat, and each lap included two hard climbs that really separated the fields.  Each lap also included a trip through the signature "N", which was a twisty course feature that was set on a steep hillside and shaped like the Ninkasi logo.

Despite the tough course we all had a great day and some pretty good results were had. And after it was all said and done, it was nice to kick back and relax with a cold one!