…days where you wonder what went wrong between the time of your last race to this one. I have to remind myself that my last MTB race was the ‘08 Chequamegon. That hurts but yet it helps to remind me to take this race in stride with the long season. Keep in mind “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” –Mahatma Gandhi
In a nut shell. I went out too hard and gotcaughtin a pretty face paced group of riders. Throughout the race I couldn’t get my heart rate down and on this particular course there are no places to recover. You have to be stuck on someone’s tire or be left in no mans land.
Lap 1 – went over my handlebars and messed up my saddlepositionwhich made for an uncomfortable lap 2 & 3. burped my rear tire and was losing air slowly with every root and rock that I went over.
Lap 2 & 3 – spent trying to recover, catch the riders ahead of me, and filling up my burped tire.
In short, it was a long day of racing that I ended up chalking up as a training ride. This weekend I hope for better. I will be down at Levis riding the in THIS race.
Hopefully my form comes back to me by Saturday.
Single Swizzle
Sturgis
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