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fit a race into painting a kids room last weekend. got to Mankato at 12:30 and switched things up by warming up. strange sensation to spin a bit before the race.
this was the first race with signs marking the waves so i had to find something else to be confused about. after call ups i rolled up to the start line while Wyatt was sticking his head into the starting chute, pumping his fist, and yelling "Daaaaaaddyyyyy!!!" again and again. gave him and Henry high fives and waited for the countdown.
very small wave took off up the climb. i thought i would be feeling good right off because of a short warm-up. i was wrong. i felt pretty bad, unusually bad. i'm still curious why. i think it was painting all day the day before and the morning right up to when we left. that and a lot of pepsi all week before are the only thing i can think of to create the sluggishness. i kept at it hoping to break out of it.
at the end of lap 1 my seat broke. i'm thinking, "ok, NOW i've got all the broken equipment and flats out of the way for the season and maybe next season". i thought about dnf'ing but decided to keep going. it was rideable so i decided to keep at it. the slugishness kept on and the mud was a challenge because i was trying to keep balanced on an unbalanced seat.
end of lap 3 the seat was worse and i was pretty much balancing it on the post. i chalked it up to experience and kept thinking about the race when equipment, body, and mind were all firing. that is going to be a great race.
this one was still pretty good. fun to be out in the woods, see friends, and actually got my first podium in Comp! 3rd place. i couldn't believe my eyes. man, was i glad i didn't quit!
this was the first race with signs marking the waves so i had to find something else to be confused about. after call ups i rolled up to the start line while Wyatt was sticking his head into the starting chute, pumping his fist, and yelling "Daaaaaaddyyyyy!!!" again and again. gave him and Henry high fives and waited for the countdown.
very small wave took off up the climb. i thought i would be feeling good right off because of a short warm-up. i was wrong. i felt pretty bad, unusually bad. i'm still curious why. i think it was painting all day the day before and the morning right up to when we left. that and a lot of pepsi all week before are the only thing i can think of to create the sluggishness. i kept at it hoping to break out of it.
at the end of lap 1 my seat broke. i'm thinking, "ok, NOW i've got all the broken equipment and flats out of the way for the season and maybe next season". i thought about dnf'ing but decided to keep going. it was rideable so i decided to keep at it. the slugishness kept on and the mud was a challenge because i was trying to keep balanced on an unbalanced seat.
end of lap 3 the seat was worse and i was pretty much balancing it on the post. i chalked it up to experience and kept thinking about the race when equipment, body, and mind were all firing. that is going to be a great race.
this one was still pretty good. fun to be out in the woods, see friends, and actually got my first podium in Comp! 3rd place. i couldn't believe my eyes. man, was i glad i didn't quit!
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