So does having a broken collarbone suck as much as people say? To sum it up, yes.
I’ve eschewed taking narcotics as they have a bunch of nasty side effects.
1. dizziness
2. nausea
3. constipation
Yeah- that’s right. You get stoppered up- like real bad. You take happy pills? No poo for [...]

You saw the Barton mud video… (two posts below)… I just received this from Stephanie Chase at Ironclad HQ.
Rage, Muse! Sing the rage of the furious sirens of black and gold as they do most honorable and glorious battle in cyclo-cross against their sworn ale enemies of Team Beer.
For the glory of ‘cross, all might [...]

By John Wilson- tasty muddy goodness ending with some good ol fashioned Ironclad mudwrestling.

This is what we need more of! Here’s the link to the original article. Thanks to David Hart for the heads up.

Now THIS is why Cross is so good in Oregon. If folks in other states are interested in why it’s so good out here, take a look at this video. We have a good time. Watch Julian (the fearless young kid) jump three guys. Amazing! Video is by Dan Kaufman. [...]

Three more photos from Astoria. (thanks to Daryl Hemenway for the photos)

And the pony rides

Is out….
RAPHA Cross Roller Race - Oregon Manifest 2008 from RAPHA on Vimeo.
Thanks to our intrepid reporter, Brian Barker for the heads up!

The winner of the 2008 Cross Crusade Halloween costume contest- Annie Cheng who was sporting a Marvin the Martian outfit.

All Finishlynx photos courtesy of none other than Candi!
Stats:
Saturday: 667 racers
Sunday: 825 racers
Last year: 680 racers
Photos:
Cheryl Willson aka Kick Ass webgguru
Melissa Boyd
Reports:
Jason Sager
Fiona Graham
Ironclad
Vista Ridge Velo
Stephen Fitzgerald, NRR
Karsten Hagen- didn’t race but [...]

As you can see, the rats have been giving me crap. I threatened to send them to Peru and they shut right up.
Been busy last couple of days sending out e-mails, contacting folks and thinking about 2009. I think I’ll be offering an electronic version for our yearly newsletter to help [...]

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More photos coming later.