SBX

Might as well start with that. Instead of the cool ride in this morning.

briefly tho...

I raced well for almost 2 minutes, crashed, and by the time i got the bars straight, then realized the shift lever was at 90 degrees from normal... the whole field had gone by and well... when i got my sh!t together, well i had 25 meters to make up... kinda just more or less fahking sucked everything outa me. When ya are in 3rd feeling awesome, and then last... in the space of a minute... it just sucked. I managed to work through people... but the lack of technical sections meant that the fast guys who couldn't run, dismount/remount, climb, weren't slowing down at all and it was just tough. HR was pegged until about 2 to go... i mentally really cracked at that point... spent a lap dangling off Gearworks Dave and then a few of the people i had passed a bit early started to work back towards me... with one to go i manage to muster a little bit more... but, i would be lying if i wasn't dissapointed with the finish. But...

The technical side (other than me washing out), barriers, stairs, sand, i felt awesome. mounts remounts were flawless (it felt like), i never ate it in the sand, i was able to hold off people in the corners to a degree when i mentally was on...

But...

I'll blame it on the delay in the team tire order. If i had those racing ralphs that were going to be ordered way back in August, well... i might not have washed out. Those specialized s works baldys were good in the grass but those knobs weren't quite enough for that off camber grass... I suppose i should have ridden that corner at speed, or just not followed the #2 wheels line. When the dude in front of you is lighter and running more agressive tires... ah hell what can i say other than i screwed up. But. My start felt great.

That's about it. Good to finally meet THE Zank (or the Lance Armstrong stunt double), cool to see Mrs. Feltslave having fun out there. And everyone else that was there. Great to put a face to many names including Henry J mr Video!

peace,
G

(oh and it ain't the bike. I like my bike... it race good... i just need better tires and some speed work - trying to decide if 10 minute intervals would work better or go with the shorter ones... hell maybe i just need to do both... or anything)