Try not...

"Try not. Do…or do not.
There is no try." --Yoda

Yeah... I've got that as a sig somewhere. And seeing it just now reminded me of when Wayne C came by and I told him to get on that wheel (that gapped him IIRC) or something. I forget who it was that came through. And he said I'M TRYING... and I said something like there is no try, you either do it or you don't or something like that...

I was a talkative MoFo both saturday and sunday. At least until C Smith gapped me an IF guy to the point where there wasn't nothing to say, it had been reduced to me vs him. First lap was telling Ken Scott to jump on that wheel, don't let that gap open. Stuff like that. Even to IF guy and NBX and who ever else was running around trying to follow Smith around. I even jumped in front and told em to jump on and lets go. It was fun. It was pretty much all positive, and it kept me focusing on something other than how much it hurt, and it kept that happy feeling around a lot longer. Around long enough until the killer competitive side realized there was a chance (to try and beat IF guy in the sprint).

I dunno what the other guys thought of that obnoxious motor mouth, but maybe that's part of why I had fun. I actually did the whole yelling while racing thing. And man did it give me a boost to hear Kenny say "ROCKING THE BIG RING, ALRIGHT" or something like that. When i was there dropping off the pit bike he couldn't help but notice me shouting at anyone i knew who was racing past and some I didn't "PUT IT IN THE BIG RING" seriously. They were going so slow post barriers past the pit.

I do get a kick of out telling those single ring folks to "put it in the big ring" and find it even funnier when they try to say they only have one all out of breath and don't realize you know they only have one ring... maybe that is a bit of the devil on my shoulder getting the kick out of that.

Speaking of starts. Plymouth North isn't such a bad start place. Everyone gets a front row (or second row). Sure it narrows down pretty quick. But everyone has an almost equal chance to be fast and agressive. Sure it tends to favor the inside line racers. But for perspective. The SSCXWC08 start is maybe something that might not be bad for an National/epic event. Ala MotorCross. Sure maybe you need a giant special start field to get everyone to fit in there. But it certainly would change the bitching from one of I was out of contention from the start to that MoFo took me out. It could be pretty freaking chaotic (i'm just imagining right now) funneling 50-100 riders down to 3-4 wide over a not so long space. But man, it would put a huge premium on your start power, fitness, and bike handling. Ya don't have those three in spades and you are screwed in a giant field.

Anyone else notice that Mahk McC's worst finish was 4th at VT day 1? All the other finishers are either first or second. Seriously. Pretty crazy. But not really. No wonder he shows up and doesn't pre-ride... and still wins easily.

Heck Puntey results are on BikeReg before Plymouth South. Crazy. Maybe they'll be there tomorrow... maybe?

we'll see

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