Entered my first (and definitely not my last!) cyclocross race today. Halloween Cross-crusade in Bend, OR, where I live. Got talked into it by a MTB friend. Wasn't too hard a sell as I try never to miss an opportunity to make an ass out of myself in costume. Despite being pretty sick (and hungover from a late night of Halloween debauchery) and not having the right bike (yet!), here I am. Had a lot of fun until my lungs went on strike. Didn't finish, but reached my goal of not dying on course or tripping up a huge pack of serious racers.