Kaleidopete
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I got DFL. 90% of the reason I suck is my starts so each of these OPEN races I am doing I am tryi g to hang on as long as I can on the SS. Today was tough. I tried a full lap preride, openers yesterday and today and I still went way too lon getting watmed up. My 2nd lap was a min faster.Anyone happen to snap a pic of the pro/1 results, I hurt my hand toward the end of the race and didn't want to wait?
Thanks for the pic @Kaleidopete
I got DFL. 90% of the reason I suck is my starts so each of these OPEN races I am doing I am tryi g to hang on as long as I can on the SS. Today was tough. I tried a full lap preride, openers yesterday and today and I still went way too lon getting watmed up. My 2nd lap was a min faster.
I hung with the pros until 3/4 way down the fire road. Last I saw of them was the top of the last fire road climb before the fast descent. A couple geared guys got me on last climb before tech but Once in the tech I saw @jShort creeping up. Somehow that motivated me and I put the hammer down and cleaned the whole last 3.5 miles. No one else passed until the climb up white road. Two geared guys road by and I saw @jShort coming up eventually again. On the last climb before the tech I put the hammer down and passed those guys back. I crept up on two more guys in the tech and made a fee mistakes with Jerry on my tail. I unclipped and finally jist let him by. I locked onto his wheel for the last three miles. I saw @BrianGT3 coming behind me and I just tried to drill any tech and anything that resembled a hill. My race craft sucks but I am learning. Let’s try to improve by bext week.
It was great seeing so manny people out there in the cold. @pooriggy , @Kirt , @Riggedfmx , @Santa @sarcaro , @xc62701 , @Sven Migot @scotth (tee shirt and shorts none the less) and @Kaleidopete
Everyone keeps saying that. Today I didn’t do what I wanted to do.(This is open pro/cat 1 btw ). I want to best myself. I should have held on longer today. The reason I am racing these is I want to hang in to the group and go as hard as I can u til I blow up. I keep leaving too much in the tank(just racing shitty tbh). I know it’s possible and I want to do it. For me it’s getting iver mental blocks. I always kill it in training and ride too conservatively in races. It’s been difficult to change.I give you credit for trying, but wouldn't you have more fun in cat 1?
SS did fine by me today.Oh and they killed singlespeed #singlespeedisdead
I wanted to say thanks to team town cycle and everyone involved.
My daughter Zoe had a great time. The course was awesome and very well marked. She absolutely loved those rocky single track descents.
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She's currently sitting on the couch with a bowl of ice cream and a huge smile
Thanks for the pic @Kaleidopete
Zoe looks/is so little there in the middle.
I guess we’ll wait til the last race to say they messed up. SS cat1 and cat 2 had minimum 4 racers each all last year. 3 combined today because not one cat 1 racer wants to do a cat 2 race. 1 in 45+, 3 in 15-45(one now on gears) and 1 in open...that doesn’t make much for a good SS race. Oh and one that is doing MASS now.SS did fine by me today.
U should race the sour grape category, you would crush it and make wine...bruh.