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Basically, my am. debut just sucked for me... the heat didn't bother me much as I drink water nearly 24/7 anyway, but for some reason I just couldn't match my previous pace. My best time of the weekend was a 1:24.5... more than a second slower than last weekend's pb.
Sat. Race 3 am. hwss: Last place
Sat. Race 10 am. mwgp: Last place
Sun. Race 1 am. gtu: Last place
Not too surprised to be at the back of the pack, but the one thing that really has me down/confused is that I felt like I was hitting every section the best I've ever done. With the exception of t3, I was ripping harder than I ever have, so to not have it show in the times is a bummer. T3 definitely had me scratching my head this weekend, starting out on sat. morn. w/a lowside in practice after I lost the front. For the rest of the weekend I couldn't get thru there w/out some sketchiness, and it has to be why I couldn't match my pb. Just a miserable feeling overall, but I'm trying to keep it in perspective.
A word on racing w/the experts... It was cool to see what they do. Getting lapped by most of these guys was no big deal, w/the exception of Narbonne who basically seems to try and chop my front wheel everytime he goes by. Once I actually had to grab a little brake which almost stood me up right into his rear tire because it looked as though he was going to cut me off. I have to say there is a big difference in the way the more mature guys like Wood/Greenwood pass compared to someone like Shane. Thanks to those guys for not being so encroaching when they went by. All in all I will learn alot from watching these guys, and the thing I learned this weekend is that they must be in incredible physical condition to ride the way they do. I have a lot of respect for them, and I can now see the bigger picture of what fast really means in this series.
So, I have alot of work cut out for myself, and alot of it is mental, but the physical conditioning part is going to be huge. Although I did finish the 2 longer races(mwgp/gtu), I am going to have to do alot of exercise to be able to ever run at the front of am.
Thanks go out to Low Down Racing for all the support... as always my teammates were 1st class in their hospitality, moral support, and help in the pits. Also James Flagg who spent a good amount of time helping me figure out certain parts of the track, and Tyler Sweeney for taking the time to answer my million questions about how to get as fast as he is!
Thanks for reading, see you next round