Well now It's bean a couple of days away from bloggege. It is nice to stay in contact this way and find out what everyone else is blog gen about.
My week was very eventfull with travelling over to Bend with great blue bird views and the white stuff to focus in on. I rolled into Bend a day before my nat race and road the snow packed and very slick tecky course. So many spots to figure out and get them into the wattage and reaction plan with out over thinking it when racing. That sorta works but just from one day the course got even slip pier so doing the run up mounted wasn't working for me and some of the off cambered things took out the best riders.
When I lined up at the start i got front roll call up for being on the podium last year, that is so sweet especially on real technical day with just singe track being the run. I got the hole shot tell the first corner were eventual winner and 24 time national champ Paul Curley passed me. I hung on for a lap and was then passed by last year champ Gary Thacker. I hung in and even went by him for a trade off once then he got on the serious side of winning and off he went with me starting to really feal this throw down effort with no back off. I rode behind losing just a bit here and there for a while then that reality bug of shut down mode went to work on my body and mind. Bottom line to go red line this caliber of riders takes some serious preparation.
I've got the hart and desire but like I 've always rolled I'm a little lasy on prep,dam me. It really showed half way and three quarters in I just kept fad ding some enough that 4th place went by then 5th. Finally I got rolling some again and went into a lame chase mode getting by for 4th then seeing 3rd about80 meters up into the last lap and all the sudden up the run or ride if you could hill I was closing but not enough then down the hill on the flat and pavement there he was witha couple of lapped riders in both are ways. in pure excitement spastic mode I missed gears in disbelief I was catching him before the last turn and 100 meters to the finish. He got by the lapped rider before the turn I didn't,so around this distraction and big hard chase to the line coming up a bike length short for 3rd.
I left everything out on the course with no excesses other then letting it go and put up or shut if I think and want to do better.
The ace was so cool to be a part of and to have Montana homies and others yelling for me all over the course helped so much so thanks all. it was a pleasure cheering on our peeps and new friends in their races. Great experience for all in and around I would recommend highly coming to watch or be a part of next year. Merry Christmas Alllllllll.......
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