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Plus, Eli is faster than Kenny on the majority of tracks. He has proven that many times. Kenny has a hard time saying that fact.
What I am interested in though is this next race. Will Kenny's almost big crash be in his head? What do you think?
What rider admits another rider is faster on some tracks? Why would you expect him to say that, does Eli say Kenny is fast on tracks he is not fast on???
No idea, I doubt it though.
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For example 4000 feet with high temperature and low barometric pressure are are going to make the engines and riders bodies perform as though they are at a considerably higher altitude. Also, throw some humidity in there and it gets worse, not Much to worry about as far as humidity is concerned in Utah though.
It’s kind of like carburetor jetting, if you are at 5000 feet and just setting it up for that altitude you’re going to get it wrong a lot, if the atmospheric conditions are the same as they were when you found the magic combo it’ll be great, if they’re not you could be missing it by thousands of feet due to air density differences.
Our bodies are the same, they need time to rest and recover, these riders are all in pretty damn good shape, but not all of them are acclimated fully to the altitude they’re performaing at right now, rest and recovery are key.
Part of it is Eli being a freak of nature / used to the elevation, making everyone else look bad.
Or, maybe he's just a lefty?
No matter. I'm guesing that as he get's more acclimated he'll have more energy toward the end of the main.
I think the 3 days was rough on him, but no disrespect from me, I can’t believe he rides a bike at all now. He May get worse as we go if it is his arms, I have a feeling he knows what it’s gonna be like next week.
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He was what 15 when he turned pro? He’s been at it for more than 10yrs now and if you go by MC2 theory racers only have about 10 yrs in them at the top of the field.
He’s been hard at this for a long time. I’d say his clock is slowing down (which is still ludicrously fast) and the battery’s are no longer available.
I do have to wonder though, if Ken will be the one effected the most by the current racing situation (altitude, shortened rest, etc.).
It sure seemed like Wednesday evening he had, what about 25-30 laps at top speed, in him.
Will he get better, stay the same or get worse?
We all know what happens for him in the heat & humidity of summer MX - limited # of fast laps then survive. And this doesn't get better until the conditions (heat/humidity) go away.
I want to see KR get that SX championship before he is done, but this year at least, I don't think his body is going to cooperate.
Cooper ran 46s the entire race with only a single 47 on lap 18. He hit his marks all night.
Eli ran five 45s laps, but also three 47 and a 48s lap with the rest being 46s. Eli ran one of his 45s laps on lap 25.
That tells the story in my mind.
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