welp, kid ran his 2nd race tonight. He was once again grouped with the 16-25 experts because there were no other people in his class. He got wooped pretty good as expected, but wants to keep going after it....

i'll give him credit for sticking with it. He is getting faster and hopefully some more people will join his class. gotta get myself healed up so we can go out and practice some more...

dang, kinda forgot aboot this thing.

Well the season is over. Ended up 3rd in the series and won the state championship in my class. Not bad for a 40 yr old smoker on a singlespeed. Gotta say it was fun and i am looking forward to next year.

Metro 12 hr is next. My teammate might be backing out, so it may be a solo effort. 12 hours at manawa on a ss. Sounds good to me....

gotta score a cross bike and give that a whirl as well. Seeing my bro stomp butt every year is good incentive to get out there and play with the boys. Now to find an inexpensive ss crosser. Gonna have to do something to keep my rear in shape now that i am going to have to bump up a class next season. Might be time to dust off the roadie and get some miles in this fall...

Gotta quit smoking too. Daughters track coach let me have it. She said that "i was slowing my daughters speed because of second hand smoke." First i don't smoke around my kids, second i kicked ass as a cat 3 roadie back in the day and am still rolling well now. She replied "imagine how fast you'd be without it." Crap. Point taken. Time to give them up....

gotta get the youngest out on the trails more too. She is wanting some more junior medals next year. Said she is going to own that state champ gold medal next year. She probably will. Tough little sucker she is, damn fast too....

MetrO Challenge Racin

did my first mtb race in aboot 20 years this weekend. it was freakin sweet. got 4th in beginner and my bud got 10th in intermediate in his first race. time to start getting in shape for the rest of the season. it was a blast to race again but i have a long way to go....