Posts tagged cross crusade

by Pat Malach Cross Crusade #1, Alpenrose Dairy Portland, Oregon – Nearly 1,500 cross-crazed racers, from novices to pros, toed the line Sunday for the …

I’m getting dropped. It’s a Saturday morning in the middle of August, and I’m on a training ride with my teammate Christian in Portland’s Forest Park. We are headed up a stupidly steep fire lane and all I can think is: I’m getting dropped. I should be at home sleeping in, or at least eating breakfast and reading a book. But instead I’m out here, heart rate through the roof, sweat dripping on to my Garmin so I can’t even read it, looking for an extra gear I know isn’t there. What am I doing?

Portland, OR — Even though it seems like summer only started a few weeks ago, the cyclo cross season is now rapidly approaching. The Knights of the Crusade have been feverishly working to line up race locations and dates that we think will make for the most kick butt season ever. Our website, www.crosscrusade.com is finally updated and the 2011 race schedule is posted. We will be visiting many of our long standing venues this year and at the same time have made some cool changes. The biggest of these changes is that we will be going to Bend for the Halloween Crusade weekend on Oct. 29/30. The City of Bend is throwing out a huge fuzzy welcome mat for us and is allowing us to race on the same course that was used for the 2009/2010 U.S. National Cyclocross Championships. Cross Crusade presenting sponsor, Deschutes Brewing Co. is throwing a huge party on Saturday the 29th in their warehouse. Which happens to sit just next to the race venue.

Cyclocrossers everywhere revel in reliving the glory of their races in online, home movie style, but videographer Burk Webb has taken it up several notches …

Bob’s Red Mill sponsors cyclocross events and racers from coast to coast – and it’s a company from outside the industry. No matter where you …

by Laura Winberry and Josh Liberles Barton, Oregon – A fine mist covered the final event of the 2010 Cross Crusade Series, settling into gravel and …

Well, it was a double race weekend, so apparently that means twice as many bad-ass videos. If you didn’t see Burk Webb’s epic recap of …

by Josh Liberles and Laura Winberry Hillsboro, Oregon – Wendy Williams and Sean Babcock both survived tough battles in the mud today at the Washington …

While I’m sure many of you enjoyed epic Halloween cyclocross weekends of your own, the shenanigans in Astoria, Oregon, are well worth a watch. Two …

Shannon Skerritt (Corsa Concepts) put in two dominating performances to win both Cross Crusade races over the Halloween weekend and claim the overall series lead …

Not like the Northwest cyclocross scene needs any more exposure, but we can’t help it – there’s great stuff going on up there. Burk Webb …

by Josh Liberles Temps in the 40s, a steady flow of hard rain and thick mud would deter most outdoor enthusiasts, but it seemed the …

by Robbie Carver and Josh Liberles Sherwood, Oregon – You never can tell what the weather will be like in Oregon. Participants in last week’s …

by Josh Liberles Although the race location is actually pronounced “Ray-neer,” anything in Oregon with a name that can be read as a derivative of …

by Robbie Carver An interesting New York Times article was published recently about an event called the Tough Mudder being held at the Bear Creek …

Great to see an electronic media class putting their skills and available technology to a worthy, important cause – namely, making a cyclocross video! It shouldn’t …

You heard about the Clydesdale Cyclocross Championships here first. Now we’ve got more details here for you non-climbers or super-tall folks looking to add another …

Racers and spectators were rewarded with a great race thanks to wet terrain and a challenging course, not to mention a battle between Molly Cameron …

by Stephanie Chase and Josh Liberles ESTACADA, OR – The Cross Crusade series all came down to the last race for the men, and it …

Mud, costumes and Thunderdome? Action, racing and otherwise, from the latest Cross Crusade and the Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships. This is cyclocross video diary #6 …

Costumes, camping, cyclocross combined with some mud. No, it’s not last weekend’s SSCXWC, but the Cross Crusade’s Halloween racing at Astoria. This is cyclocross video …

by Stephanie Chase We’re All Wieners: Cross Crusade #5 & #6, Astoria, Oregon It must be a sign of strong familial love when one’s parents …

The mud finally arrived at Cross Crusade, and cyclocross in Portland finally feels right.  We’ve got Diary #4 from our friends at Wend that offers …

by Stephanie Chase Some Oregon riders have been complaining about the lack of mud for the 2009 season. These people feel that “true” ‘cross races …

Our friends at Wend have continued their entertaining Cyclocross Diaries, and we’ve got installments #2 from Rainier, Oregon, and #3, from Sherwood, Oregon below. 

by Stephanie Chase October 12, 2009, Rainier, Oregon – The Kona flag was flying high at the second race of the Cross Crusade series, as …

Heidi Swift (who has also contributed to Cyclocross Magazine) and our friends at Wend Magazine have put together this recap of last weekend’s record-braking Cross …

by Stephanie Chase If you were in Portland, Oregon yesterday, there was a good chance you were at the Alpenrose Dairy complex to either cheer, …

HOOD RIVER, OR – Once again, the eighth annual Hood River Double Cross helps kick off the Oregon cyclocross season.  This year will see a …

Report and Photos by Brooke Hoyer New England Worlds might have been going on in Gloucester and Cincinnati might have been hosting some big races, …