I guess I'm not a noob, anymore.

[GLC1968]

Not sure why 'cross doesn't scare me. I think it's because there are fewer trees to plow into.

That's probably true - but my fear is that I am so competitive that I'd do something to hurt myself and then ignore it in order to finish and end up very badly injured. I used to play rugby and that happend to me a lot - I'd get blinded by the finish (at least back then, I was younger and healed quickly). I could never race MTB for the same reasons! At least in tri - there isn't really anything to run into or trip over...*knock on wood*

[zoom-zoom]

That's probably true - but my fear is that I am so competitive that I'd do something to hurt myself and then ignore it in order to finish and end up very badly injured.

Ha...kinda like me with the grade 2 sprain in the trail relay. Though I would have dropped out had I not been part of a team...I took one for the team, literally.