4EverOrange
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- Mar 9, 2003
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Well I didn't do quite so good, but was happy with my riding all the same. Although, I really f'd up on the starting line. I realized going into impound that I forgot to turn my gas off the night before. Hubby told me to turn it off during my 10 minutes. I get up to the line, posistion my bike so I can stand on the fence while starting it (I still need extra leverage to start it cold), at my minute I kick down, *almost* starts first kick. Keep kicking, no start, no start, no start, the next minute rolls around and I am *still* kicking my freaking bike. FInally a couple of friends of mine yell at me to stop giving it gas when I kick, so I do, and bam bike starts first kick. I turn the choke off, and hit the race. First corner out I stall my bike. Gerr!!! My Dad yells 'did you turn the gas on??' Doh! Forgot that part. I turned the gas on and it started right up. I am off again, but crashed next corner. Got all tangle up with the rider behind me, but even worse felt like a total ass. Finally I was off and riding, but I was at least 7 minutes behind.
1st Checkpoint, there were no other foul ups, but I just am not very fast, and making up 7 minutes was hard. I came in 2 minutes late, but didn't understand how the checkpoints worked, and was waiting in line to get to the special test. Luckily someone told us to ride ahead and head on through. By the time it was all said and done I was 4 minutes late.
2nd Checkpoint/Special test, That was by hard the most challanging section of my race. I went through the test pretty fast for me. Not sure how it will add up compared. All those rocks, and hills, definantly pushed my limits. I felt pretty good about how well I did through them all. I was pretty much running on time until we hit a little hill. There was a guy standing at the base, and I askjed him what way to go up, cause it split in 2, and he pointed me to the right. Big mistake, the ground was so chopped up from all the riders, there was no way I was getting up enough speed to get over the final crest. I stoop and looked to my left, and thought 'now why the hell did he send me up this way'. The other side was by far the most direct way over. So I turned my bike around to go the other way. As I am standing there waiting, the bonehead decides to try the hill. He gets all f'd up, and it takes them at least 10 minutes to get over. I was sooo pissed! I was already pushing my limits and couldn't go much faster, so I ended up being 15 minutes late to the next check point.
3rd Checkpoint/Special test, The special test was 7 miles of whoops. I absolutely hated it. It tooke every bit of energy I had to keep my pace through them. Towards the end I was just rolling over them. After the test the whoops and rocks didn't get much better. It seemed like you had 3 miles of whoops, only to get out of the whoops and hit the rocks for another 3 miles. Finally I looked down at my computer and saw we only had 3 miles left. I thought to myself the faster I go these last 3 miles, the sooner I can get off this bike. Right about that time we hit trail 60, adn I know what trail 60 is like, so I hit the gas and off I went. I flew that last 3 miles. A couple of times I even hit 5th gear! Next thing I know I come around the corner and there is the finish line! Woohoo!! I ended up being 10 minutes early!!! Yey! By the middle of the race my only goal was to get to 1 check point on time.
All and all I am pretty happy with myself. For my first race ever I think I rode well. I do think through some of those trails, I rode better than I ever have. I totally want to do more racing! I think the competition pushes me to do better!
1st Checkpoint, there were no other foul ups, but I just am not very fast, and making up 7 minutes was hard. I came in 2 minutes late, but didn't understand how the checkpoints worked, and was waiting in line to get to the special test. Luckily someone told us to ride ahead and head on through. By the time it was all said and done I was 4 minutes late.
2nd Checkpoint/Special test, That was by hard the most challanging section of my race. I went through the test pretty fast for me. Not sure how it will add up compared. All those rocks, and hills, definantly pushed my limits. I felt pretty good about how well I did through them all. I was pretty much running on time until we hit a little hill. There was a guy standing at the base, and I askjed him what way to go up, cause it split in 2, and he pointed me to the right. Big mistake, the ground was so chopped up from all the riders, there was no way I was getting up enough speed to get over the final crest. I stoop and looked to my left, and thought 'now why the hell did he send me up this way'. The other side was by far the most direct way over. So I turned my bike around to go the other way. As I am standing there waiting, the bonehead decides to try the hill. He gets all f'd up, and it takes them at least 10 minutes to get over. I was sooo pissed! I was already pushing my limits and couldn't go much faster, so I ended up being 15 minutes late to the next check point.
3rd Checkpoint/Special test, The special test was 7 miles of whoops. I absolutely hated it. It tooke every bit of energy I had to keep my pace through them. Towards the end I was just rolling over them. After the test the whoops and rocks didn't get much better. It seemed like you had 3 miles of whoops, only to get out of the whoops and hit the rocks for another 3 miles. Finally I looked down at my computer and saw we only had 3 miles left. I thought to myself the faster I go these last 3 miles, the sooner I can get off this bike. Right about that time we hit trail 60, adn I know what trail 60 is like, so I hit the gas and off I went. I flew that last 3 miles. A couple of times I even hit 5th gear! Next thing I know I come around the corner and there is the finish line! Woohoo!! I ended up being 10 minutes early!!! Yey! By the middle of the race my only goal was to get to 1 check point on time.
All and all I am pretty happy with myself. For my first race ever I think I rode well. I do think through some of those trails, I rode better than I ever have. I totally want to do more racing! I think the competition pushes me to do better!
