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Shawn "bega" Blumenfeld
a quest to win a championship...

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hyattesville-cross - October 12 2009
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Over the years, I've dedicated a good deal of my life to helping other people race bikes. Whether from my early years of racing with the likes of Team Aggress, my own messenger racing Team Bega, and more recently the Hub Racing Women's Pro Team, I've received most of my glory from other people's victories. Don't get me wrong, I've played my part and I've recieved proper admiration for my job as a manager, a soigner, a domestique. But it's not the same as winning a race on the bike. And I've won a couple. But I want my own Championship. At the Cycle Messenger World Championships, I've qualified on the front line, placed top 20 twice, been in 6 finals. So now I really want to try to win my own championship in Guatemala at the 2010 CMWC... (im already thinking about 2011 also: the usa national championship timetrial in the mixed tandem masters classes)

hyattesville-cross

October 12 2009

hyattesville cross sunday october 11th 2009

rt 1 velo pb arrow bikes put on a stellar race realtaively local to me. only a 15 minute drive, i was able to race in the morning, turn around and get to work at conte's by early afternoon. now thats how every day should be.

a flat grassy course meant technical turns. the double helix spiral ( 4 circles in, turn around, 4 circles out) was a little bit daunting. you really felt as if you were head on into the other racers. i popped the little hills really well, never loosing a step, and i cleared the natural barricade logs on the back side on the bike. but it was the sand pit that got me, and i actually lost some spots because of it. 4 times around in practice, i took the sand clean without missing a pedal stroke. and i was fast through it. but the adrenaline made it harder to hold in the race, and 4 of 5 times i put a foot down 6 inches deep into the sand.

i had a real chance to keep from getting lapped, and ulitmately it took real class from the winner Stephen Robinson who was about to catch me with about 300 meters to go. with plenty of distance on 2nd place, he held up to let me cross the line ahead of him so i could stay out another lap. but the officials called it right, and with the leader in sight of the line, they turned the lap card to 0 and ended my day. the results will list me a lap down, but reality is he never passed me and i was still on the lead lap.

i took 37th. another move up in my field. and i beat the pants off of "cup-cake" sol who couldnt stay with me in the long almost road-like strethces.

next race for me is dccx october 25th 2009. announcing and racing. and ill be on the mic at the startline of bikedc this saturday october 17th. so i get some mic time and riding time. who else likes fall?