Chris and his cheering crew.

Krista looking for more oxygen then she can get.

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Shane Goodine. FOCUS SHANE FOCUS!

part of shane. ... hey. i tried!

Michelle..still a ways to go but doing great!

Kabushpantani.

Jeff needs to have less fun and he'll do better.

pablo needs to have a bit more fun. Micheal needs to look where he's going a bit more.

ISO 400. lots of grain. but you can still make out a smile.

Patrice coming around.

Sherry, stylin, smilin. what more can you ask of a person?

Frank tryin to lick his eyebrows again.

And its funny. ian has a stunning easton aluminum pure cross bike at home...but instead he rides his beast of the east cannondale. Odd cat this cat.

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Jeff. Nice pan if i do say so.

krist after the duckpond. one of the muddier sections.

Mike on the Monk. Rippin!

Tony putting down the hammer.

pablo taking the fastest route.

Michelle grinding it out. this is a particularly painful but short energy sapping climb.

Luc Arseneau, getting in the way of my flower picture! Good to see you racing again Luc.

Frank "the tongue" working hard.

Ian and his giant seatpost.

Mike. You can see the grass he was spinning up just behind the wheel. Luc Belliveau in the dayglo jersey just behind.

Archie, just behind Mike, on his favourite section.

Chris at a long focal range with ISO 400. That's just past the useful limit of this camera.

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Chris crankin around the lakes.

Krista in Twilight. Well it is afterall called a Twilight Cross 4 a Cause race!!!

Pablo taking the inside line on Sherry.

Smile through the pain.

Patrice with no flash. no treads on his tires either. good work.

Tony making short work of the short climb.

Focus Michel Focus!

Michelle nearing the traffic jam area. we'll need to sort this out for next time.

Luc A. Sorry about the camera shake...but i was running from spot to spot.

no head, but i'm still pretty sure its Luc B. :-)

Chris nearing the end of the race. nice new shorts btw!

Now THAT'S the face of a cross rider!!! Only one lap to go Krista.

Now he's riding with his eyes closed. FOCUS!

It's only 30min long but it takes a toll. Luc A on his last lap.

The devil himself coming across the line. I could remove the red-eye...but its more fitting to leave them in.

Shery...done and done. good work chic!

shane with one more to go.

Michelle. last go around.

Jeff. all done. time for a beer.

Smilin nuclear sunset Luc.