My back is still pretty sore, but I can’t really afford any
time off the bike to rest. I’ve been
doing my best to get myself right again, but it will probably be a slow
process. Even though I didn’t have the
greatest race on Sunday, my effort was good enough to bump me up to 3rd
in the overall standings for the series.
I guess that’s okay, but it also means that I have a long road ahead.
I found two reasons that Sunday’s racing fiasco
transpired. For one, the Dirty Party
Cycle grabbed one of my tires when I loaded the bikes up after the race, and noticed
that I had way too much air in them.
That’s one of the things I forgot to check before I started, and it
probably made the ride a lot rougher than it should’ve been. I think I had a hair over 40 p.s.i. in there,
which made the roots beat me unmercifully the whole time. I guess I better check that shit from now on.
Also, I somehow managed to forget my music playing
device. As soon as I started slowing
down due to the pain in my back, I realized that I was riding in silence. I heard every root go right to my back, and
that made it much more painful. At least
with music, I would’ve had something to take my mind off of it. I got there Sunday morning with plenty of
time to get ready, so there was no excuse.
I don’t know what the hell I was thinking trying to race
anyway.
I forgot to mention one other thing, although it doesn’t
relate to my race at all. My pal D-Wayne didn’t show up, because he was busy racing his bike
somewhere else. He did have his better
half pass along a gift though:
He made this sticker, since he is a fancy designer.
Very nice, and much appreciated.
I did some other stuff over the weekend (besides racing),
but I’ll get into that tomorrow.
Here’s a little hint for y’all:
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