By Tristan Schouten

The weather here in Wisconsin has not been very fall-like the last two weeks, it's been more spring-like with lots of overcast and rain. That is not fall in Wisconsin normally, but it's about par for the year I'd say.

I started the cross season out last weekend by traveling to StarCrossed in Seattle, WA where my team Cyclocrossracing.com is based out of. I had never raced in Seattle before and with big cross races going along with my team being from there it was a great way to get there and see what Seattle is all about. Unfortunately, some overbooked flights and lost luggage on Frontier screwed up the weekend and I suffered the raw end of the deal on little sleep, borrowed bikes and not very good races. It was a still a fun weekend and the guys out there really take care of me so it was good to spend some time with them even if I had to use a borrowed helmet for the races.