The Big Picture | Virginia's Blue Ridge GO Cross Weekend

More photos from the opening weekend in Roanoke

A few weeks back after I went to Chicago’s Relay Cross, I was chatting with someone and told them the race was practice for me. They were a bit perplexed because I did not race that weekend. “No not racing, photography,” was my response.

After shooting some crits this summer during the Chicagoland Intelligentsia Cup, I felt like I needed a practice race…