Sunday May 17, 2015
We arrived early Friday afternoon to the primitive camping site at the enduro. In between the rain
storms I went on a bicycle ride with my family around St. Joe’s state park. We enjoyed
the beautiful scenery and it was nice to stretch our legs after the long drive! Then on Saturday I participated in the “Peddle with the
Pros” bicycle ride. It was approximately an 11 mile ride on paved paths around
the state park. This enduro location offers many recreational activities.
Just like the last
few rounds of the National Enduros the weather didn't want to cooperate with
us- rain seems to be the pattern. I blame this on my good friend Jubal - A little
side joke between us. It has rained in Park Hills MO since Thursday so the
ground was saturated making the course very slippery and technical. I was on
row 18 and glad to be an early minute in some of the tests because it was going
to get really rutted by the time the later rows hit the trail.
My day had a lot of
ups and downs. I just couldn't get comfortable. When I would try and push like
I knew I could I would make small mistakes or have some close calls in the
slippery conditions. I backed it off a notch knowing I wasn't going to get the
results I wanted, but it would get me to the finish in one piece. I had already
had one bad get off in the third test trying to miss a rider that had fallen in
front of me and I ended up colliding with a tree that unloaded me off the bike.
I knew that the conditions were affecting everyone a little, but I just
couldn't put it together enough to ride where I wanted. At the end of the day
my results were not what I wanted, but not that bad considering the conditions
and competition that I was up against. I came home with a 9th in Expert AA and
a 32 overall. Nothing to complain about, but I’m hard on myself and want to do
better because I know I can.
Thanks to my Family-
you guys are the best traveling across the country to help. Also, thanks to
everyone of my sponsors for all your help.
Remember to keep it
between the trees!!!
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