Race weekend

As I was sitting in the shuttle line listening and watching a 30 year old guy wearing all the newest and nicest gear tell a 12 year old kid about how good his bike is and how all the parts on it are amazing, only to find he's racing in the sport class, I realized that most people are full of shit. lol. This was a theme throughout the weekend at the race. I heard kids talking about how they want to get this part and that bike just because they think it will make them cool, and ride faster. Kids on brand new carbon V10s talking a big game only to race in the beginner class. All this going through my mind made me laugh at the "cali" kids and guys.

Anyway, after that being said....My weekend went really good. Good practice runs and nice weather made me happy. Watching Gwin shred was also really cool, after watching his helmet cam footage it made me realize that I had picked a lot of the same lines as him so that can only be a good thing. With the 7 or so runs I got in during the saturday practice, I felt I was going to be pretty ready for race day.

Sunday morning came around and I went up for a couple more pre-race practice runs. I felt better than I had the previous day so I was off to a good start. My race run came around and I was excited to get down the hill. Got a pretty clean run down the hill with only minor mistakes. Pedaling "the wall" was the worst part and i feel I could have done it better but all in all I was pleased with my run. I ended up 4th place missing 3rd by less than half a second.

It was a great weekend and I can't wait to go back this winter for some more fun. Here's another picture from the day and video below.