It was a beautiful day for some CCCX Road Racing action.  The venue was the normal course in Ft Ord in Marina, CA.  We were treated to a full days worth of racing with 150+ racers out in different categories.  We viewed some good breakaways and some good spring finishes to the different categories of racers.

I ended up photographing the race from the last two turns and straights.  It gave me a chance to get both the start/finishes of the races, as well as the podium photos.  The weather was good, as we had some nice fog for most of the day to keep things a little cool, and (at least for me) the breeze and wind felt great.  I’m sure it didn’t feel too good for the guys/gals who were racing since I believe that breeze became a headwind on the climb!

Race winners were given California Giant Strawberries (and according to my wife, they are GOOOOOOOD!)  Also on hand was First One Scene EMS to take care of all the wounded riders from crashes or anyone else in need of medical attention.  Luckily they got to hang out in their tent all day and relax, as we didn’t have any crashes during the race.

I also will be looking forward to racing against the Cat 5 guys on the 3rd race in Oct.  It’ll be my first road race, so take it easy on me!

Race photos can be found here:

Fall CCCX Road Race #1

It was a great day for a race.  I haven’t had the chance to photograph many crit races, and I forgot how fun they are.  Quick course, lots of turns, and lots of opportunity to photograph the racers.  It was warm out there though, and I was wishing that there was a little more shade out there for me to hang out at.  It seems the shade is always in the spot I don’t want to photograph at, and never where I plan to photograph.

I was able to catch the first big crash at the finish line, but I missed the second one where the medics were called out.

I also ended up having to head home early, so I only got the first couple laps of the womens race, and I missed the Mens 1/2/Pro race.

Race photos can be found here:

Watsonville Criterium 2010

It was a pretty good today.  It started off a little bad for me, as once I got there I realized I didn’t have any sunscreen.  I should be easy to find at the MTB race on Sunday if you’re there.  Just look for the weird reddish glow walking around the course, it’ll be me.  It looks like there was only one crash today, which is good.  It was good meeting a few new people today, hopefully I was able to get a photo of you or the person you were there to cheer for!

I’m uploading the photos as I’m typing this (which is Sunday night), and I’ll finish the process Sunday morning.  I’m putting the link up now for you to bookmark, so check back Sunday morning for the photos.

Race photos can be found here:

Spring CCCX Road Race #2

I had a really fun time today.  I got a chance to photograph some good racing and got to ride my bike around.  I was the guy either driving on the course in the green jeep, or I was riding the silver Specialized MTB around taking photos.  Weather was good, though once that wind picked up it started getting chilly.  That was when I really enjoyed the warm air from my car

To view race photos, please click this link: CCCX Spring Road Race #1

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I had a great time at the race last Saturday. The morning was great, then the sun came out and baked everyone. Later in the afternoon the wind picked up a little bit and gave us a nice cooling breeze.

I ended up with lots of good pics, and they’re organized by start time as usual.

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