Well now that it's over I kinda but not really miss it. I am sort of a mamby pamby about the cold,muddy ,rainie and sometimes snowy racing and training but that's just me and sometimes ,not often I am into it all the way.
I rode in stuff here in green oh Oregon sometimes that would make a preacher type of person swear. now that it's in the past I'm just wondering could or can I ride in these elements again. i did pretty good the last two years in the Oregon region especially sense I'm so dam spoiled with Arizona in the winter and Montana in the summer ridden.
My age group at nats was so stacked. I new going in of peeps like the King Ned O. Then last years champ Paul Curly. Gary Thacker year before champ and then there were the surprise guys like krice,Smith and Root. For our age group even and up the guys are really bringing it.
I was on the front line at the start with Ned and company. maybe I put to much into the hole shot but being up front usually keeps you out harms way and for a quarter of a lap that's how it was and well yes it felt good but I was in redlines ville. by the time we were on the backside of the coerce and had just got back on a stretch of pavement Pale Curly went blazon by and I was in recover mode but should have passed him right back knowing we would inter the dark forest and single track portions of the coerce because of snow covering the rest soon. Curly was running tricked out front tire with little or no tread for speed so when we went into the first fast lefty of the mud slicked corner down he went taking up all room from inside to the ribbon boundaries. I came to a complete stop with him spinning up and back on with the race and our short gap from Ned and the rest caught. Krice went fast around both Curly and I then Ned which I didn't try holding off or cutting off from taking the single track away from me.
This is were the hole race went from i was really in win mode to loosing my groove , rhythm and killer instinct to just survival mode. What is up with that???
Back to the race so in 4th now and all the things above just going on I was passed by two others putting me in 6th and off the podium. I didn't give up but just couldn't getting it Rollin again. I considering the quality of races I was against I'm pretty happy with 6th but not so much so I'll be back cause that's what we do when we have the passion and lust for the podium and us boys and girls that never wanna grow up or slow down.
So each and all hope you get what you wont for Christmas, are good yourself and the peeps around you and Happy new Year. Cheers...
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Nice race report. I enjoyed reading it. Dicing with NedO is pretty cool.
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