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Awesome day of riding today.... I am thoroughly exhausted from the rough breaking bumps and chop that developed over the entire track. Those hills gave me a new respect to what the pro's do during the national! The winds were unreal but I still had a blast... slight pun intended.
I can't believe I was ripping down the start and through talladega first turn... I swear I was going as fast as Eli
The Shop
The 125 wasn't a real good choice for the starts and the hills haha. But.....I'm having a blast , because the main goal was to have fun and just get a chance to finally ride here.
Being able to ride twice in 4 months didn't help me what so ever. In the first moto I got off the gate first , for about 30 feet....then about 10 big 450's blew by me , I swept the outside when they got bottled up , had to take the outside leading up the hill....and the guys I just passed blew my doors off up the hill. I only made it 4 laps before my arms exploded and had to pull off before I went down. The hills are sketchy as hell when you can't hold onto your bike.
2nd moto....again I was the first off the line , and it was basically the exact same outcome , but this time I hammered a bit harder , got a few guys at the bottom of the hill and then when we reached the flats I caught and passed 3 more dudes , and then another guy when he ate shit. I moved up to ( I think ) 4th and was there until about lap 5.....then bam!! My freakin arms again!!
3rd moto.....I didn't line up because I was beat to shit.
I need to get into some what a descent race shape again. Because even on the 125 , I should have done better , but my fitness sucks right now.
BUT.....this whole trip was about just having fun , getting my feet wet behind the gate again.....and riding GH! Mission accomplished!!
I'm coming back here in April with a faster bike and better fitness so I can at least put up a fight.
Going to line up for the last two motos tomorrow and see how far I can go.
What do you know about the he/she rider in the women's class #32? Kind of a weird deal there , but that person was ripping a 125 pretty good.
Hope to see you.
Well I had two motos today , 20mins long and I finished both!! Beat some 450 guys ( actually every guy in my class were on 450's ) . I had no chance on the start or the hills but tried to make whatever ground I could. Made some passes in all my motos but kept getting yarded on the hills.
I felt like I was riding at about 50% speed , but 100% effort and pushed till I thought I was going to pass out. Have not raced in a lot of years , and have not had to ride that hard since my last race.
So I ended up taking 6th overall out of 11 guys on my 125 against all 450's. Was better than I expected to do , but it wasn't from my speed ( I could not hold on after lap 3 in any moto ) , so more along the lines of taking advantage of other's misfortunes I guess.
This is one of the most memorable ride /race days I've ever had! Been dreaming of riding here for 20 years.....and I finally got my chance!! Did waaay better than I thought I could with only riding twice in 4 months. Kind of surprised myself , but also motivated myself to get back into shape now that my back isn't injured.
I'll definitely be back at Glen Helen again , along with hitting some other tracks down here too!
Shit guys.....not sure what else to say. Tired and beat to total hell right now....but have a huge smile on my face!
A random shot of the sand section at GH today , looking down from the Talladega first turn. Whole track was brutal.....I mean really brutal!!
Sounds like you have some serious motivation to push on
Pit Row
We left at about 7pm last night from the airport where we had to drop off my buddies wife. We then drove strait through the evening until 3am. Parked at Costco slept for 4hrs and then hit the road. Were about 8hrs from Portland. Too the wood!!
@TC......brother , lets do a horn rapids or two this winter!!
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