Tim - your race left just after I signed up. I was waiting for you to come around so I could take a pic. The only yellow bikes I saw were Suzuki's, so I started to get ready for my race, thinking you didn't make it out. You need to let yourself heal before the next race.
I woke up feeling damn healthy, so I thought I'd better strike while the irons were hot. My line left and within 1/2 lap I passed about 10 riders. I was going way faster than last year and was just barely hanging on. Then I got a little too cocky in a sandy, whooped corner (thinking I should keep some up major mo'.) and threw it away on the high side. Right idea, but bad technique. By the time I picked the bike up (heavy, when you've hammered your back) and got it started, those guys passed me and were long gone. I was about ready to throw in the towel when I got to thinking, "Those guys were kinda slow, maybe I can still catch them .... yeah, I gonna get them biatches".
So I went after them with a vengence and blistered both hands in the process (which I showed eveyone at work today, like badges of honor). I think I passed most of them back.
It was definately a battle of the slowest of slow at the back of the pack. I'd like to take this time to thank the other spodes for showing up and making it interesting.
As for the tire/log section, it was definately easier than the Glen Helen setup, as most of the +50 novices went through (but not me). This is a case where riding the unclassified would help by allowing the rider to check that stuff out beforehand. Too bad I missed the unclassified.
I know the results won't be great, but this is the best I've done in the past four years. I think I did the maximum amount of laps, because no one was lapping me until one rider got by just a few corners before the end of the race (front row?).
I don't like reading or writing novels, so I'll end here.