My goals for the 2007 CX Season were as follows:

1. Win a MAC B Race


2. Win the MAC B Series (Revised to Top 5 after Granogue)


3. Place Top 10 in a MABRA A Race

I'm thrilled with how the season went. I was lucky enough to win twice, once up in Long Island and then this past Saturday on the MAC circuit in Calisle, PA.

I didn't manage to dethrone Eric Linder and win the MAC B overall. But I rode well enough that I was the only rider lining up in Reston with a mathematical chance of taking the overall. I'm pleased with second place. Though, I must say that two years in a row, finishing second in a series overall to an HVB rider is tough. Last year it was Todd Hesel beating me out of the MABRA B overall.

My experiences in MABRA A races were generally of the "learning experience" variety. I usually ran out of gas racing for an hour+ and never could work my way up through the crowd all that well. The lone exception was my team's promoted race, the Tacchino, where the fast course and an amazing start set me up to threaten for a pseudo-podium (T5). I finished just off of it in 6th, more than enough to satisfy my third goal of the season.

My fourth goal probably should have been to keep this blog updated. And if it had been, I would have failed miserably.

Final MAC Standings

2007 MAC Men's B Standings

Where is the line drawn for those who will be called sandbaggers next season? I'll be racing A's, who else?