Doug's story: Rochester Cyclocross

BaseCamp athlete Doug Rusho shared his experience at the 2025 Rochester Cyclocross bike race in New York.

Prologue start and opening lap of the Rochester CX race. Stop number 2 of 4 of the US national series in our back yard. A lot of out-of-town heavy hitters in the masters classes, including four national champions and ex-pros. Racing was very fast, painful, and dynamic. I had minimal prep for CX so far, and this course requires not 1, or 2, but 4 dismounts per lap with steep uphill sprinting (well, hiking by lap 3 😝). Knocked out consistent laps for 18th out of 31 in the 50+ group.

I have been focusing more on endurance over the last month or two for this weekend's mtb marathon, Roots, Rocks, and Ridges mtb race in Ellicottville, NY.