|   Racing...Love it and Hate it....(kinda long) | Endo
Jul 14, 2002 11:44 AM | | So here we go...another race this morning...it looked like it was going to rain, but i wasnt botehred, cuz last year it POURED at the race a year earlier. I pre-rode the course yesterday (saturday) and i was feeling good...i knew the trail well since i ride them a lot. They werent as fast as the other race course there, but morr opportunites to pass. So im ready for my race..my biek is riding perfect..i prepared really well for this race, knowing i wanted to win badly. So i get to the line, i see some of my friends down the line a little, knowing they are my biggest competititrs besides my self...so the race starts, and with 5 laps ahead of me, i took it easy the first lap, just to warm up a bit and check how people were doing. So its lap 2 and i started makig my moves..i was in like 13th or something, out of 20 or so...so i make my way up to 5th, with no problem..im riding good, i see my friend kevin in front of me, he got mad i passed him on a not so wide part of the trail, but he can get over it. I knew to beat my friend Ryan, who is like, XC GOD!, i had to kick it up, so i pull a GU outof my bnack pcket, suck her down, and take off. Im in 2nd now on the 4th lap, and i can see ryan on the climbin front of me, so i attacked, i BLEW past him, and i had no idea where this energy came from, so i fly over the summit of this hill, and start heading down..the rain starts to come, pretty heavy too, so im like, ok, have to make space between Ryan and I..so im spinning like a mad man, and i come to a desecnt, so i know im a failry well decender and ryan isnt, so im flying down...heres where it starts to suck...i cliped a rock with my front tire, and im like, OH SH!T! but i regain control...and then i totally didnt see this root in front of me, i think it was becasue my glases were covered in mud, but no excuses...so i hit this root with some good force, and i flew like superman..inthe process, i hit my knee on the hadnbar, flew into a tree, and on my fall with ground, my head hits a rock..i scurry off teh trail, knowing Ryan and soem otehr riders were close by...im like, OK, i need to finish..so i get up, and to my luck, my C-Max front rim is tacoed, i was like...hmmm, well this sucks, so i tired to do a trail side repair, with the help of the tree, no luck. I had to pick up my STP and haul to the line....Definetly a sucky ending to a great day. But what can you do, thats racing right? Hope you enjoyed, just thought id share my race with everyone. RIDE ON! |
| You finished and didn't give it up.... | Battman42
Jul 14, 2002 12:03 PM | | So it was a good race....
"It's not how fast you have to go to win.... It's how slow can you go and still win" Kenny Roberts, Team Yamaha many years ago.
Sounds like yr' in the running.
Thanks for the write-up.
Tim |
| Great report! | cleatgrrl
Jul 15, 2002 4:53 AM | | Guess your handle suits you. Happens to the best of us, way to gut it out. |
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