TWO 60+ RACERS GO AROUND THE OUTSIDE, AROUND THE OUTSIDE
SOME OF US NEED A HYPE UP SONG on raceday. We crank the volume on the way to the start and burn that tune in...
... till it's vibing on our skin.
Too much occasionally leads to lots of blood.
40 of us on the start line.
6th into the single track,
reached my pal Tim and slotted into 5th,
worked together a latched on to Chris.
The three of us stayed mostly connected bouncing through the rockytwistytechy stuff.
Once in the clear we worked to catch second place,
with Chris doing almost all the work.
I felt really good, but since Chris put 20 minutes on me on this very course a year ago,
and 7 minutes on me two weeks ago at BWR...
... I lacked confidence to do any more than hang on.
We caught, passed and dropped second place.
On the last longish, smoothish downhill I pulled through.
We had about 8 miles to go...
... and I wanted to take a dig to see if might we roll up on 1st place.
Weirdly, we opened a gap on Chris.
Didn't expect that at all.
Dropping into the Tech Loop,
things got rowdy.
We go over this ledge.
I take the easy way,
Tim charges the drop.
Boom!
I skidstop.
My friend is out cold.
Shift!
TLDR...
- He came to
- Asked me the same questions over and over
- Eventually got back on his surpringly unbroken bike
... and rode 4 miles to medical.
Where we found my other friend Mike.
Anyway....
My song for the day was Eminem's Without Me...
... the chorus Look who's back!
You're probably sick of reading about it, but, yeah...
- set a bunch of prs
- rode in state of flow
- gained needed confidence
... 2 years post TBI and I really can actually ride my MTB.
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164ish lbs
700ish
8ish hours sleep
no Upper Body: 100 push ups, 0 pull ups, gripper, heel & toe raises
no Lower Body: split squats, step ups
80/82/-2 per Strava