8:44 AM USGP Portland

Last weekend I made it up to Portland for the finals of the USGP Cyclocross Series in Portland. The goal of shooting there was photos of the Giant Team racing in mud. It never seems to work out exactly as planned though and the sure bet of mud at a cross race in Portland in December proved there are no sure bets.

Instead it was cold and dry. I took it all in stride though and got some great shots. Some are over on the Giant Facebook Fan Page and more will show up later. Below I have two shots from the weekend.

First up is a late race charge from Amy Dombroski. I'm not one to point my camera at the a$$ of racers but as the last lap of the ladies came through my gut told me to do it and in this case it worked out pretty well. She is absolutely going for it, pushing so hard the rear wheel is coming off the ground as she's running up a steep hill. how steep is that hill? Well that other photo nerd that snuck in my frame (curses) has his foot wedged in the dirt so he doesn't fall. She ended up 9 seconds back from first.







Next Shot is Adam Craig. On day two of racing he made a late charge moving up a few places to take fourth. It was a valiant effort considering the amount of hair he has flowing out of his helmet. I'll go ahead and say it- he was the first finisher with a visor- that's gotta count for something! After the race he was asking one of the officials how many places deep the podium was and I heard one of my favorites "what color do you get for fourth?" Not dogging on AC- but America would be a better place if the podium only went three deep starting in preschool.