This weekend’s come and go faster than ever before. Getting here in Wednesday meant that I got in four laps of the xc course before Saturday’s four lap race. I had everything dialed on this fast and flowing course that is a total gas to ride. With a third row call up I was able to have a nice start and I was riding top 30 for the first twenty minutes, but I could feel that the pace was just a bit ‘hot’ especially when at 7,500 feet. I lost some ground finishing out lap one and on lap two but hung in there for some stable lap times to finish out the second half of the event. Race time was 2:35 so it was one of the longer races which contributed to the fatigue factor. It’s so hard to nail down the right pace when all the climbs are so broken up, a huge learning game for sure, but I’ll figure it out one of these times. XC result was 48th in a largish 100 rider field.
Short track is really something that I somehow hate to love. I love the intense, close quarter racing, but it is so frustrating trying to negotiate through all the traffic of the first couple of laps. The efforts required to move up leave me drained and unable to do anything for the remainder of my time out there. Today’s course was quite short, just over 1:15 per lap, so this meant that the most all of the field once again was pulled before the bell lap sounded. One of these times I’ll couple my good start with some sustainable power and hang in there longer than my usual 12 minutes… I guess that challenge is part of what makes short track exciting and frustrating all at the same time.
All for now; westward we go! Keep it Real, TJ
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