UtCX Race 8 at Weber

	After the initial sprint east then north, the loop made its first wall hit on a hairpin high-speed 180. Jason Sparks hits the hairpin in the Masters 45-plus race.
	The loop now came back parallel (but in the opposite direction) to the start line in front of the canopies, where a double-barrier awaited. Also riding in the second race at 10:30 but in the Men 35-plus B group, Jack Gage jumps the second barrier.
	Around the next turn from the barriers -- and before you could fully spin up to full speed -- was the log. Some riders bunny-hopped, some riders rolled it, but most dismounted and ran across. Jack rides over the notch in the log. Nice.
	After turning back to the east, the loop dropped into a chute. It was wide enough that bumping the sides was never a concern, but it forced riders to jockey for position as the race hit the chute in single file. Riding in Masters 45-plus, Dave Benson hustles through the chute, getting ready for the quick veer to the left and pop-up at the end of the chute.
	There was a quick uphill turn at the end of the chute. From here riders sprinted toward the horse race track crossing, where they'd again play ring-around-the-trees. Bruce Argyle (racing in Masters 55-plus) turns from the chute toward the racetrack. That's Ben Lomond Peak in the background.
	At the southwest corner was a tricky up and turn, down and turn, crank up and turn. The riders sprinted toward a couple of hill hits on the grass east of the horse racetrack. Racing in Men B, Dallin Hatch zooms uphill toward the 180-degree turn at the top. Dallin gets two flats during his race.
	The ridge in the grass was again used to create balance and bike handling challenges. From the ridge, riders turn left 90 degrees, drop two bike-lengths downhill, then turn 180 degrees and sprint up and across the ridge. Here Jeff Kingsford of the Masters 55-plus category gets up over the handlebars to grind over the bump.
	After sprinting back across the racetrack, some high-speed grass came next. Rick Morris (2nd from left) and Bruce Argyle (5th rider) of the Masters 55-plus group are among the riders returning from the east side of the racetrack.
	One particular off-camber high-speed turn seemed to catch riders unaware. But there wasn't any brush, gravel, water, or other punishment for overshooting the turn. Darn. In the Men 35-plus C group, Corey Spencer rockets across the battered cones as he fights to get bike back onto the correct trajectory.
	After sprinting south past the parking area, riders entered a newly-tilled area. After dropping through a small hollow filled with cattails, riders hit a series of five logs. The logs were on a slight slope just below the south end of the racetrack. They were splayed out on the slope like spokes, with wider spaces on the higher slope. If you could pick a line that made the space between the logs equal to your best running stride, you could really gain ground here. Most of us never quite worked it out. From the logs, the course came back past the parking area to the starting zone. Jack Gage finds the center of the logs to have the right cadence.