I wish him the best... saw people friending him on FACEBOOK... thought he was sort of the William Hung of cyclocross

Ernest Gagnon Dropping the Pounds while racing Cyclocross
on NPR
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/09/162586325/instead-of-surgery-man-pedals-off-the-pounds
about to give this a listen

but without listening...
sorry about the William Hung thing
I would definitely cheer for you if I saw you out on the course
you deserve some serious cowbell ringing