An obstacle course is to be expected if you take up cyclocross. But in a road race?

I chanced across that article only a few days ago. This is yet another thing to make me glad that I\’m not a pro cyclist! A \”sketchy\” surface; an unlit tunnel; unpredictable people. That sounds like it was one tough day.

Cyclocross can get tough, I\’m sure. Would I like to try it? I don\’t know. I don\’t have a \’cross bike, and my road bike might not be sturdy enough. My hybrid is probably too heavy.

I\’d need scads of training, that\’s certain. Can I make the time for it? Could I grit my teeth and plow through those power-developing exercises? I tend to be a wimp when it comes to that, so maybe I\’ve answered my own question.

I\’d have to push upper-body strengthening exercises big time! I can pick up either one of my bicycles to carry it up the three steps to my front door; but lifting a bicycle over my head for \”portage\” would be something else again. That\’s especially true of the hybrid, which weighs 35 pounds or so.

Hey, that\’s an idea. Practice the obstacle course doing portage with the hybrid, and portaging a road or \’cross bike during the race would seem easy. That\’s one obstacle take care of!

As to cyclocross being rough — what would Teddy Roosevelt have thought of it?