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[QUOTE="altagirl, post: 575477, member: 40384"] Last time we went riding out at an area that had a track I rode around on trails until everyone else went home and then went out and did the "Worlds Slowest Lap". (i.e. nearly stalling going up the jumps and stuff and riding around a bunch of the whoops). I mostly just wanted to see what it looked like from a first hand perspective - and it definitely made me have more respect for anyone who can even ride real laps on it, let alone race! Have patience. While I've never raced a motorcycle, I have raced mountain bikes and a big part of racing is experience racing in addition to experience riding - finding your routine, learning to deal with the excess adrenaline and stress, and learning to enjoy it. I just started racing DH last year and have told myself if I am physically capable of riding the course, I'm doing the race. No matter how bad my time will be compared to other people. Starting riding DH at age 28 didn't make things easy, but it's still been a lot of fun - mostly from the aspect of looking at a course I didn't think I could ride and piecing it together one tough spot at a time until I could ride it top to bottom. That feeling of accomplishment is addictive and I'm not doing anything that amazing! Maybe you should try focusing your goals on personal successes rather than on what place you finish in. (How much you can improve your lap time from training to race day? I don't know what it should be for MX, but try to find some sort of stat that you can look at to keep track of your improvement - even if you were racing the same competitors every time they can have good or bad days.) Bottom line is you never know who you're going to end up competing against - heck, you could end up racing a bunch of people who should be pros sandbagging in your class. (My first XC race one girl in Beginner class was bragging how she's won dozens of races over the past few years - hello? Wouldn't that inherently NOT make you a beginner??) Don't let your finishing position bother you - you're impressing people just because you are willing to compete. [/QUOTE]
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