Tacchino Ciclocross

It's going to be a little chilly tomorrow - mid 40's. It's going to be a little windy. How much, we're not exactly sure, though there is a nearby public pool, with hot showers and an enormous jacuzzi for warmup, if that's any consolation. It's going to be hard as hell. This course is about 50% more relentless than last year, with a section of up and downs that's going to make you cry for your momma, who will tell you to having a steaming moccachino with triple HTFU if she has any respect for you whatsoever. There are also a few new technical bits in it that are going to make you curse the day you ever were born, at least unless you can figure out the good, fast efficient line through them.

But most of all, the Tacchino Ciclocross will have... wait for it...

The Suitcase of Sausage

If you don't recognize mid-pack sausage primes as the single finest prize that cyclocross has to offer, then you are a nothing but a swine, a pig. Because swine, and in the case of the Hebrew National kosher franks pictured above, certain rabbinically approved cows, are the only creatures in the universe that don't groove on sausage primes. I'm told there are reasons for this but frankly I just don't see them. Anyhow...

All the fields have at least a few spots open. If you know you're going to get your butt kicked tomorrow, but still come out and race hard, then you're definitely man or woman enough to grab our sausage. Come ride the Tacchino tomorrow and see if you can snag one of these beauties. They include, but aren't limited to:

• Men's 4 - The Jason Pearlman Memorial Hebrew National Quarter Pound Beef Franks (Kosher)
• Men's Master 3/4 - Boar's Head Pepperoni Prime. It's a little wrinkled and aged, but it's hard as a rock and spicy as ever.
• Women's 3/4 - Jimmy Dean Bold Country Breakfast Sausage, "Seriously Hot"
• MABRA Juniors 18 & Under, 16 & Under - Hillshire Farms Li'l Wieners or Johnsonville Brats
• Men's Master 1-2-3 - Hillshire Farms Polska Kielbasa - it's not so hot, but it sure is salty
• Women's 1-2-3 - Crofton My Butcher & More Apple / Maple Syrup Pork Sausage - Sweet, and it'll disappear from sight faster than you'd think.
  

Plus other meat, and meat-by-product-related mid-pack primes. Belgian beer primes for the masters class front runners.

Details about the event at Bikereg. See you there.