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A few weeks back, Horner and Megan went to Jingle Cross Rock . Todd Wells had a nice write up about the race and photo of he and Chris signing autographs. Thanks, Todd!

Click here for Todd's write up!


A bunch of photos from the team's great season will be posted shortly!

Nationals

Nationals had a bit of a change of unexpected plans. Upon arriving to KC, I received word that Chris was in the hospital. I'm sure you've heard, but Chris had an emergency appendectomy Saturday evening. Thankfully he is fine and this happened while not on the bike or traveling.



The long and short of it all...
Chris arrives Friday night, doesn't sleep because he's not feeling well and experiencing what he thought was lower abdominal pain. Goes to the hospital, they admit him, do some tests and realize he need his appendix removed. He spends the night in the hospital, released Sunday night and flies home Monday morning to Bend, OR. That was his experience for Nationals! Chris was extremely disappointed that he couldn't race, especially after I showed him photos and video clips from the race.

Megan was on hand to represent IRMC and raced extremely well. With the course lined with large crowds and the conditions being mud, snow and deceivingly deep frozen mud ruts, racing was a task at hand. Several riders would be racing and would have there wheels slide out as if some one pulled the rug out from underneath them. Megan stayed up right the entire race and was able to make nice ground. It is also nice to repeatedly hear over the loud speaker, "Here comes Megan Elliot of Indiana Regional Medical Center".

PezCycling Interview

PezCycling interviewed Horner while we were in Portland for the third series of the USGP. Chris discusses road racing and cross. Take a look. Thanks to Dave and Richard at Pez for the great job!

Part 1 of the Interview

Part 2 of the Interview

Portland

This was the Portland USGP.
Craig prepping for the race in the hotel room. Things get a bit hectic in the room when you have bikes, a whole mess load of wheel sets, bike stand, tools and your own luggage. It's a whole lot of fun, though. Thanks to PEDROS for the awesome repair stand and tools!

Megan warming up and staying out of the rain under the SRAM tent.

This upcoming weekend, IRMC Cyclocross team heads to Kansas City for cross nationals. Click on the image below to find more information on the race!

Philipsburg Riverfront Cyclocross

Indiana Regional Medical Center Cyclocross Team member Bill Elliston is putting on the Philipsburg Riverfront Cyclocross race this Sunday in Philipsburg, NJ! BIKEREG.COM has all the info you need! Make the trip for this great event, which is the last race of 2007 NJ
Cross Cup Series...not many races left in the season. Start times are posted below.

	CATEGORY	DISTANCE		START TIME	FEE	PRIZES
	C (Cat 3/4)	40	minutes	10:00 AM	$25	Medals / 3
	Juniors (M:10-14 & 15-18; W:10-18)	40	minutes	10:50 AM	$10	Medals / 3 (per age group)
	Masters 45+	40	minutes	10:50 AM	$25	Medals / 3
	Masters 55+	40	minutes	10:50 AM	$25	Medals / 3
	Women	40	minutes	10:50 AM	$20	200 / 5
	B (Cat 2/3/4)	45	minutes	11:40 AM	$25	200 / 5
	Masters 35+	45	minutes	11:40 AM	$25	200 / 5
	U23	45	minutes	11:40 AM	$25	200 / 5
	A (P/1/2/3)	60	minutes	12:35 PM	$25	500 / 10

Final race of the 2007 NJ Cross Cup Series

Carlisle Cross

Cyclingnews has the complete race report from Carlisle Cross...check it out.

1 Alec Donahue (Joe's Garage)                                             55.45
2 Charles Pendry (Inland Construction - Btd)                               0.11
3 Jon Hamblen (Rgm Watches - Richard Sachs)                                   
4 Wes Schempf (C3-Sollay)                                                  0.12
5 Davide Frattini (Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light)        0.43
6 Nathan Chown (Handlebars Cc/Kona Canada)                                    
7 Michael Gallegher (Us Army Cycling)                                         
8 Jacob Fetty (Myogenesis/Thebikegame Dot Com/Hamblen Rules)               1.03
9 Ryan Leach (Gpoa-Cannondale)                                             1.05
10 Stephan Kincaid (IRMC/Rite Aid Pro Cycling)                         1.19
11 Stephen Cummings (Indiana Regional Medical Center / Fuji Bikes!)        1.40
12 Bill Elliston (Indiana Regional Medical Center/Fuji)                    1.49
13 Tyler Wren (Colavita / Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light)          1.52
14 Nathan Wyatt (Carolina Fatz/Sram/Santa Cruz Bicycles)                   2.03
15 Greg Wittwer (Fort Factory Team)                                        2.08
16 Peter Rubijono (Cambridge Bike/Igleheart Frames)                        2.31
17 Todd Cassan (Westwood Velo)                                             3.21
18 Ernesto Marenchin (Asylum Cycles)                                       4.15
19 Michael Yozell (Fort Factory Cyclocross Team)                           5.15
20 Gregory Lindstrom (Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing)               5.43
21 Andrew Wulfkuhle (C3/Sollay.Com)                        

Dennisbike provided the photos below and has more from the weekend!

Geronimo leading a group


Bill and Steevo

So Far

Portland, Day 1...The crowds were huge, so were the gusts of wind and rain! With rain, wind and mud, this was a hard day of racing with several crashes. It was great to see the crowds turn out to and show great enthusiasm for the racers.

Below is a shot from the race posted on Velonews where you can see Horner cresting the top of the short hill lined with fans.

Some brief word of mouth results from the MidAtlantic Carlisle Cross Classic

Stephan was 10th, Steevo 11th and Bill 12th. Full race reports to come.

Randoms

The IRMC Cross Team is spread out this weekend. Chris and Megan are racing the third weekend of the USGP in Portland, OR. Bill, Stephan and Steevo are in PA racing the third weekend of the MidAtlantic Cyclocross Series.

Results from today's races will be posted later.

Until then, enjoy some random pics from the Mercer Cup weekend of racing...

Horner and Bill warming up on the trainers.


IRMC Team mechanic Craig Merritts enjoying a laugh after a busy day.

Stephan "Geronimo" Kincaid post race


Horner post race
Group shot