Rider Highlight: David Rosen took the win at Cross Crusade Race #4- PIR Heron Lakes, Clydesdale Category

Cyclocross Race/ 1.9 mile Cyclocross course. Mostly flat with 3 long straightaways. Muddy race conditions kept things slippery especially in the off camber sections.

I had a front row start due to series points. When the whistle blew, I settled into 5th place but when a teammate went flying by me on the opening straightaway, I jumped on his wheel and away we went. I was able to pass him once we got to the first technical section, and then just powered away from him and the of the field. I was out of the saddle sprinting on the straightaways as they only needed 45 seconds of power. By lap 3 I had a decent gap over 2nd place and from then on it was about managing my efforts and keeping an eye on whoever was behind me.

I work with Matthew Hill and the training I have been doing kept me really fresh for the event. By focusing on short/ hard efforts in training to simulate race conditions, and then knowing when to take it easy before the race, I was able to come in fresh mentally and physically.

 Take recovery VERY seriously. You may feel like you want to go hard on a recovery day because you are feeling fresh, but you need to save those “matches” for race day and stick to the plan.

 Cross Crusade races 5 & 6 for Halloween weekend.