Here are some pictures of the race. Still waiting for more to come out. But here's a few!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Pictures and links
Here are some pictures of the race. Still waiting for more to come out. But here's a few!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Fontana city national
Well I just finished up with one of the longest weekends I've had in a long time. Friday started off leaving to Fontana at 8 in the morning, arriving at the race at about 2:30 I was excited to start riding. The hill opened at 3 for practice for a couple of hours, and it went good. Got more comfortable with the bike and was feeling alright.
Saturday morning started with a good breakfast at the hotel and headed straight to the race for practice for the day. This practice session I was feeling even better and started jumping a section in the course that nobody else was doing. A hop double thing off of a rock onto the downside of the hill. It was a fun yet time saving move that I got dialed in by the time practice was over. The rest of the day consisted of walking around the pits and checking everything out, watching some XC races and pro DH practice. I was ready for the race runs to start the following morning.
Sunday morning came around quick and I was stoked to get to throw in a few practice laps and get the race run done.....I may have practiced a bit too much as I noticed my legs were pretty much dead as I walked from the shuttle truck to the start gate. I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to pedal along the wall section very good.
I sat int he start gate hoping that I would have a clean run and be able to pedal hard. Flash forward to after my race run, I crossed the finish line and my legs were on fire. As I sat there cooling down I realized that my run had been pretty dang good, no mistakes really. I missed a two lines that I would have liked to get but all in all it was a good run, but I didn't feel like it was enough to win. Surprisingly I took 3rd place, which I did not expect. So I was happy with the weekend.
On another note: Nate finished up 1st in his class, Doug took home a solid 2nd place, and Ian Keller came away with a 25th place finish in the pro class.
Pictures and links will be posted as soon as they come out!
Saturday morning started with a good breakfast at the hotel and headed straight to the race for practice for the day. This practice session I was feeling even better and started jumping a section in the course that nobody else was doing. A hop double thing off of a rock onto the downside of the hill. It was a fun yet time saving move that I got dialed in by the time practice was over. The rest of the day consisted of walking around the pits and checking everything out, watching some XC races and pro DH practice. I was ready for the race runs to start the following morning.
Sunday morning came around quick and I was stoked to get to throw in a few practice laps and get the race run done.....I may have practiced a bit too much as I noticed my legs were pretty much dead as I walked from the shuttle truck to the start gate. I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to pedal along the wall section very good.
I sat int he start gate hoping that I would have a clean run and be able to pedal hard. Flash forward to after my race run, I crossed the finish line and my legs were on fire. As I sat there cooling down I realized that my run had been pretty dang good, no mistakes really. I missed a two lines that I would have liked to get but all in all it was a good run, but I didn't feel like it was enough to win. Surprisingly I took 3rd place, which I did not expect. So I was happy with the weekend.
On another note: Nate finished up 1st in his class, Doug took home a solid 2nd place, and Ian Keller came away with a 25th place finish in the pro class.
Pictures and links will be posted as soon as they come out!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Fontana city national
Headed over to fontana this weekend for the city national. Im hoping I do well, however, Im using it mostly as a warmup race for the upcoming summer. My dad and I are going so it will be fun to hang out with him for the weekend. With the demo all fresh and ready to go, I cant wait to get there and get on the hill.
Im glad this isn't a big race because I've got alot of stuff on my mind and am not totally focused on this race. Everything from Homework, to getting sick again, to my money situation is weighing my mind down. I really want to just put it out my mind for the weekend if possible. But like I said before, mostly using it as a warmup and to figure out where I am compared to where I want to be.
Seems like Deja Vu at the moment as well, last race I was fighting off sickness and today it seemed to hit me like a ton of bricks...Runny nose, sneezing, aches. Here it comes again, during race weekend. Oh boy!...not
Ill keep you updated throughout the weekend as to how it is going.
Im glad this isn't a big race because I've got alot of stuff on my mind and am not totally focused on this race. Everything from Homework, to getting sick again, to my money situation is weighing my mind down. I really want to just put it out my mind for the weekend if possible. But like I said before, mostly using it as a warmup and to figure out where I am compared to where I want to be.
Seems like Deja Vu at the moment as well, last race I was fighting off sickness and today it seemed to hit me like a ton of bricks...Runny nose, sneezing, aches. Here it comes again, during race weekend. Oh boy!...not
Ill keep you updated throughout the weekend as to how it is going.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Super-D
Gotta go to this race this summer for sure!
June 17th-19th
Ashland, Oregon......12 miles....800 ft. of climbing, 5000 ft of descent...40 minutes of pure and utter deliciousness....oh good lord.
vid:
a href="http://www.pinkbike.com/video/143770/">
Article:
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/ashland-super-d-race-recap-2010.html
June 17th-19th
Ashland, Oregon......12 miles....800 ft. of climbing, 5000 ft of descent...40 minutes of pure and utter deliciousness....oh good lord.
vid:
a href="http://www.pinkbike.com/video/143770/">
Article:
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/ashland-super-d-race-recap-2010.html
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Saturday ride
So I went on a great XC ride today in Sedona. I met up with my dad and we rode some of his favorite trails. I gotta say, this being only my second real XC ride, I like it more than I thought I would. The trails were awesome today and riding and hanging out with my dad is always good. I hope we can make it a regular thing throughout the summer.
Gym training begins tomorrow night. with the racing season rapidly approaching I've put the gym off long enough. Now just need to find a way to make it fun.
Gym training begins tomorrow night. with the racing season rapidly approaching I've put the gym off long enough. Now just need to find a way to make it fun.
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