Yesterday’s Bengal Cross was not the snowiest cross race I have been to, but with the wind chill, it was likely the coldest. Peter Joyce and the guys from the ISU Outdoor Recreation Department built a fun and challenging course at Bartz Field on the ISU campus. The hilly area around the playing fields includes several levels of fairly large landscaping terraces as well as some smaller terraces which provide steep climbs/run-ups and some abrupt drops.
I don’t think there is any question that mild temperatures like last weekend would have drawn more participants, but sometimes it is the extremes that make an event memorable. This was the inaugural year for Bengal Cross and its organizers, and like the other Southeast Idaho cross races, it has substantial potential for growth. I look forward to riding Bengal Cross years from now and reminiscing about the kind of miserable year that started it all.
Six cyclists from the Upper Valley braved the conditions at Bengal Cross: Dan, Shea, Jordan, Kellen, Jeff, and me. Dan and Shea opted for the B race and won the men’s and women’s divisions respectively. They were each rewarded with a large handsome ceramic cup custom-designed for the event.
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