Getting back up to date

This past weekend marked the first race of the season for myself and a few friends. Although it was not really my area of expertise I decided to enter anyway and see how it went. It was a super-D race here in Flagstaff. Sitting on the starting line I was really stoked and didn't care what placed I finished in, I just wanted to ride and get back into race mode. Long story short I broke the derailleur on my bike within a minute of the start. It held together somewhat until about 3/4 of the way down the track then proceeded to explode into pieces and into the wheel. What would have been a really fun race turned into a long walk to the finish line carrying the bike. In other news, I've been riding a lot of XC in the past few weeks. Preparing and getting in shape for downhill this year. Michelle recently got a bike so she can ride with me and shes doing great and loving it. I've noticed riding XC is more enjoyable the better shape that I'm in. So that's the news for now, hoping that I get to a DH race in the coming weeks!