04 February 2009

2009 Cyclocross Schedule for New England (tentative)

There are lots of dates filled in now for the 2009 Cross Schedule on

NEBRA's site ...


Sun, 23 Aug Blunt Park Cyclocross Springfield, MA


Sat, 29 Aug Palmer Cross Palmer, MA


Sun, 13 Sep Quad Cross Bedford, MA


Sun, 20 Sep Sucker Brook Cross


Sat, 26 Sep Vermont UCI Cross Williston, VT ~VERGE~
Sun, 27 Sep Robinson Park Cross Springfield,MA
Sun, 27 Sep Vermont UCI Cross Williston, VT ~VERGE~


Sat, 03 Oct Gloucester UCI Cross Gloucester, MA ~VERGE~
Sun, 04 Oct Gloucester UCI Cross Gloucester, MA ~VERGE~


Sat, 10 Oct UCI Cross Rhode Island ~VERGE~
Sun, 11 Oct UCI Cross Rhode Island ~VERGE~


Sat, 17 Oct Mansfield Hollow Mansfield, CT
Sun, 18 Oct Amesbury Cross Amesbury, MA


Sat, 24 Oct Downeast Maine UCI Cross New Gloucester, ME ~VERGE~
Sun, 25 Oct Downeast Maine UCI Cross New Gloucester, ME ~VERGE~
Mon, 26 Oct MRC Cross - TENTATIVE DATE Wrentham, MA


Sat, 31 Oct Canton Cup Corss Canton, MA
Sat, 31 Oct Vermont Psycho Cross Brownsville, VT
Sun, 01 Nov West Hill Shop Cross Putney, VT


Sat, 07 Nov Northampton UCI Cross Northampton, MA ~VERGE~
Sun, 08 Nov Northampton UCI Cross Northampton, MA ~VERGE~


Sat, 14 Nov Plymouth North Cross Pllymouth, MA
Sun, 15 Nov Plymouth South Cross Plymouth, MA


Sat, 21 Nov Shedd Park Cross Lowell, MA
Sun, 22 Nov Spooky Bikes Cross Easthampton, MA


Sat, 28 Nov Baystate UCI Cross Sterling, MA ~VERGE~
Sun, 29 Nov Batstate UCI Cross Sterling, MA ~VERGE~


Sat, 05 Dec NBX UCI Cross Warwick, RI ~VERGE~
Sun, 06 Dec NBX UCI Cross Warwick, RI ~VERGE~


It's early, but what d'ya think? It works for me with the one exception being that Canton Cup and Putney are on the same weekend. The last two years I have done Psycho Cross at Ascutney which is the day before Putney, but now conflicts with Canton.

The Psycho Cross course is unique and brutal, it had small turnout both times I've raced it. That and Mansfield Hollow are the two most underrated (under attended) courses in New England. Ascutney was easy to pair up with Putney to make a weekend out of it. So now it conflicts with Canton, which is like the premier non-Verge race in New England, which is kind of a bummer. But overall I am psyched for the '09 cross schedule, though I don't mind waiting another 7 months because there is lots that needs to be done (engine overhaul). Cheers.

Climbing up Ascutney at the 2008 edition of Vermont Psycho Cross
Photo courtesy of Paul Weiss