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| Racing the Marathon class at Wyandotte lake, finished 11th out of 19 |
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| Prior to racing on Sunday I had to tear the topfuel way down to replace all eight of the suspension bearings. I did a complete overhaul on the bike. I started to think I wasn't going to get it done in time for race day. This picture was the day before the race. Yikes, I started to sweat a little, because I was having trouble getting the lower pivot back together; the inner sleeve that protects the bearings from being crushed was making it difficult to push the pivot bolt through. |
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| Here is an exploded image of the bearing replacement I had made. I do not recommend trying this the day before a race. I had no choice because the bearings were trashed. |
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| Here is the the trail head that I crashed on just 30 minutes before race time! I felt like a tool! |
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| Here is my ugly mug sporting my team colors. It looks like I knocked my teeth out! They are all there, lol. |
So It's been a while since I have been around the race scene. I just finished up grad school after two years and I am now a licensed school psychologist. Whew, who would have ever known?
I have been getting some miles in this summer, but during grad school it was very difficult to train. I have only been on my mountain bike three times since last September, all three being races. I was really rusty and I wrecked within 5 feet of hitting the trail! LOL. It was prior to the race so the only thing hurt was my ego, although my ribs are a little sore right now. The picture of the rocks were my point of impact, I went right down the middle which is true to my fashion. My rear brake pads were evidently contaminated which in turn were squawking really badly, I tried to use too much front brake to compensate for the awful noise and over I went. This made me really timid on the first lap, but once I got going I was OK. I made it over those rocks all four times during the race without incident. Well, anyway I will be competing at a bunch more races from here on out, hopefully I will be ready to get back to cat 1 racing soon. Until then I will be training and prepping for my first full cross season. See you all soon!
