Live, from Windham Mountain

In lieu of tonight's post, you should surf over to Velo News and check out my coverage of the Yankee Clipper at Windham Mountain.

Cross country report here.

Short track report here.

Although I don't think I'll ever give up the road to race on dirt, I do love the openness that you get at mountain bike races, where it's acceptable to walk right up to big-time pros, talk to them about their race, the course, the heat, whatever. I haven't covered as many road races as I have mountain, but road races usually involve a slightly higher level of formality, which is pleasantly lacking from the mountain bike scene.

I wasn't planning on going to Windham, but a last-minute request from Web editor Steven Frothingham got me to change my plans, and I'm glad I did, it was a fun day -- although my neck is now crispy-red.

That's all for tonight. Remember, I was going to take a day off from the blog -- I guess today's the day!