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well i raced again this past weekend, up in breck, cross racing over 9000ft should be illegal. I started well and was able to think about the race while it was happening. Planning my efforts for the spots where I wasn't at a disadvantage on the single and resting and relaxing in the spots where the disadvantage was the highest. All that is really good, it teaches you patience in racing and you learn quickly on the single. If you try to rush or make up time in the sections where you are at the disadvantage all you do is hurt yourself, and make the even spots of the race even slower. I also thought about being smooth, smooth is fast, but like all other things in life if you try to force them you only make them harder. If you can be smooth at your LT on a course fit for a mountain bike, then you have really accomplished something. I was smooth in parts but not the whole course or race, I suffered on the dismounts definitely giving up too much speed, trying to force the moves. There were a couple corners where I was on rails, faster than I could have gone on a downhill bike. It is such a great feeling, pushing a steel bike through a corner and having it dampen the bumps and hook up like a CU student. I got fifth in the race, I blew the doors off a cocky junior and perennial powerhouse Joe D. Well I don't know if it was actually that powerful but I got a good gap and held it to the finish. I do think if there had been a couple more laps I could have caught forth, he was fading pretty fast on the last lap. PPV's JB had a stellar race leading from the gun and never looking back the guy's got some form right now, but ever modest he thinks he will be coming down soon. Finally Tim got beat for second by an mtb, come on Tim, just kidding- way to start the season swinging.
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
ICI moto crew- Jon, Lara, Don and Paco
Plan ride from boulder to breck, on dirt bikes via DIRT! Epic, to say the least. We only made it to Idaho springs but it was an epic ride nonetheless. Over 8 hours on the throttle, only dumped it once at the end, turning around in the middle of a trail no less. The ride was filled with jeep roads, high two track, a short stint on I-70, some single track, and a lunch stop at Burger King (when in Rome do as the Romans). You would not believe what people get themselves into in their stock suvs "no honey really, I saw it in a commercial, really" then the axel breaks, doh. We saw some trashy two strokers out cracking silver bullets at 13000ft on the divide. Great Idea- ride to 13000ft and drink beer to keep loose on the rocky descent to civilization (kind of reminds me of good ol' PW, and his buddy Grover). The ol' DR did great keeping up with a new XR 650 and a DRZ just fine. Props to Lara hanging in there on an epic with only a couple days of motorcycle riding ever look out Irm. Overall we didn't ride anything too tough, but it was a great ride to get the skills up. I have to say I am feeling more comfortable than ever on the bike. But cruising the highway still makes me think about the age of the bike. As bad as it sounds riding dirt bikes is a pretty great way to experience the rocky mtns. You see so much, and this weekend was no exception, it was great to see the high country and as an added bonus the aspens were already starting their change, it was really beautiful.
Till next time,
paco
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