SuperCross Action captured by Tom Rinehart
The first two stages of the Otter have come and gone quickly. Today’s TT wasn’t even five minutes long, so quick can be taken in literal terms. Both stages were very muddy and required some serious slop riding skill. I’m learning the ropes of mud riding, but most of my energy only had me going sideways yesterday. Off of the bike, most of my time has been spent cleaning things such as dirty bikes, dirty clothes and dirty bikes again. Good thing the Econo Lodge has a nice bike wash setup.
Finding my game face just prior to TT staging.
The xc course is drying up very nicely so if the rain can hold off through Sunday we’ll enjoy primo conditions. I joined some fellow pro bloggers for a hot lap on the course today. Martini, Sager, Tristan and I put in a pretty quick ninety minute lap doing a ‘Boulder Slow’ pace. It was a good time out there and the legs responded well to the ride. There were hundreds of sheep running around in one place so we had Jason get them out of the way for us. Perhaps Nick will post the picture he got of this sheep herding escapade…
So tomorrow the short track field is officially split into top and bottom 1/2 by gc. Unfortunately I’m in the top of that bottom half. Who knows, maybe I can ‘win’ 60th place. Expect a report tomorrow evening once all the gear has been cleaned once again. Keep it real, TJ
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