Cyclocross Nationals in Kansas City

We took off Wednesday morning and drove to Kansas City for the Cyclocross National championships. We stopped along the way and picked up Jack Hinkens, one of Zach's racing buddies. The four of us got to KC About 5 p.m., checked in, unloaded and picked up our race packets. Thursday morning we headed over to the race sight to get some preriding in and watch the first day of racing. It was a little muddy but not to bad.
Zach (15-16) and Jack (17-18) both raced on Friday morning. Thursday night it rained an then froze, so Friday morning at 9:00 when the junior women raced the ground was still firm until the end when it started to soften up.

Zach was up next at 10:00 and the the course had turned to soup!

Zach got a good start and was setting at about 10th place ( out of 40) after 2 laps when another racer crashed into him and they went sliding through the fencing after they got untangled Zach continued on to finish a respectable 20th .Here's what his bike looked like after the race, there must have been 10 pounds of muck!
Overall it was a lot of fun racing with people from all over the country and seeing the big boys race.
Jack also had a good result and finished 17th in his race.
Jack finishes his race with style!