I was there. I saw Craig, he claims he rode.
Several of the faster Blackjack C class guys were there. I rode a loop with them.
Reminded me of a few years back when I first started riding with Justin, Swift, Don and Craig. I hadn't ridden that hard in a while. I was really anxious to see how I stacked up against them on my new bike.
I could stay on their back wheel as long as I was going all out, but that started to catch up with me after a while. I clipped a tree and took a hard right, looped a round and took off after them hell bent on catching back up caught another tree maybe a mile later, this time it shot me straight at a 6 in. diameter one. Pegged it with the front wheel and came to a complete stop. That rattled me, so I took a minute to catch my breath and continued on at a more reasonable pace and I'll be damned if I didn't almost wipe out again.
By now I was thinking just get back to the truck in one piece so I stayed on the blue trail until I saw my group taking a break. I stopped and talked to them for a while and the next thing you know we are back at it again. This time I was in 3rd with a guy on a KX behind me. I couldn't shake him and it was driving me crazy because I previously owned a KX and knew that I was on an easier bike to ride especially with the Rekluse so the only reason he was hounding me was because he was a better rider. Finally I bumped the shift lever with my foot coming out of a corner and hit neutral and they were gone. I suddenly realized how exhausted I was and headed back to the truck with my tail between my legs now knowing that my new bike isn't going to turn me into an Enduro hero.
I miss the intensity that Justin brought to the trails. I had forgoten how it rubbed off on all of us.
