RobW
Well-Known Member
Great recap - i agree that these are a great prep for the rest of the year. The pre race routine is so important- lining up midpack I sort of feel the same, putting power down but nothing to show for it.Another Sunday in Spring, and another short track race. These races are really good at shocking the senses. I’m basically doing a cross race effort at a time of the year where my body wants to be doing something else. Like drinking beer and eating Doritos.
I could tell 20 minutes after I got out of bed that body didn’t want to cooperate. I hit the snooze button 15 times, the coffee wasn’t strong enough, and breakfast went down as smooth as that first Miller Lite before a Jets tailgate. Then to top it all off, the weather was looking like winter.
After a few warm up laps I came to the conclusion that I was not warmed up so I tried to squeeze in one more. @gtluke told me I did too many and I was wasting too much energy. Ha Ha funny guy.
I got back to the start / finish and realized I was too late…. I had to sneak in 3 or 4 rows back. This Sunday I will be camped out at 8:40AM to get a good spot.
@Norm says Go and we are off. (He needs to buy a gun or something for better starts… just saying “go” is pretty no frills and that was short track from a few years ago).
Here are some bullet points on the actual race.
· I spun out my 32t on the fireroad. I wasn’t catching anybody. Need a 34 this year.
· I counted about 170 guys in front of me before we went into the back loop/Singletrack. See first bullet
· There were way too many guys to pass . The guys I wanted to race with were out of reach.
· I raced the next 5 laps all alone.
· I don’t push when I’m all alone.
· That rock did not allow for a good launch and my pictures suffered.
· @Chris26er said I looked retarded on Instagram
· I had too much air in my tires because I forgot my pump and used @Utah. I rushed this process because I was cold.
· I had too much air in my fork and rear shock because I put in an extra 15 PSI the night before because... because stupid.
· I didn’t have my customary Gu and read bull 1 hour before the race and maybe its mental…. but I felt like I missed them.
· I still finished 8th.
· I am in much better shape than I was at this time last year.
· I can do better
· I need to get my pre-race routine dialed in during the next 2 weeks.
· First H2H race is in 3 weeks.
Till next week….
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Fine tuning the suspension is annoying and enjoyable at the same time- Do you keep a log of settings for different race locations?