Tim Racette

Welp, another summer has gone by. Mostly good, some rough bits, but on the whole a successful, enjoyable time in Spearfish.

Mattie is now 5 and really growing into her own person. She started kindy this fall and she thrives in the schooltime routine setting, and really loves her math workbooks, ha! This summer we went on some hikes, just the two of us and she raised some baby chicks. Her favorite thing to do was put them in the tricycle basket and ride them around.

We got a lot of projects done around the house and even put in a sauna for Evie. The neighborhood kids were over almost everyday and we had lots of bonfires along with lake days and afternoons playing in the creek.

Evie finished 2nd at both Pine Island and the Dakota Five-O. I drove the support car for Pine Island and finished 3rd at the Five-O. The weekly Sturgis races were a blast as usual. The young kids are getting faster, but I was still able to take home the series overall win.

Back in AZ now and back to work. The MBAA enduro races will kick off at the end of September which I help put on and then we’ll be going right into the winter XC race series which I’m also a part of.

Enjoy the pictures.

Spring in Arizona is coming to a close. Been a bit of an up and down semester. My staff and I put on a great MBAA XC season, mother nature cooperated with us this year nicely. I did a little bit of racing with  mixed results.

I got caught behind a crash at the start of BWR that slowed me down and caused me to miss the early selection group I needed to be in. I rode strong at Cactus Cup the next weekend, but somewhere along course (I think on the tech drop) I blew most of the air out of my shock which made things pretty inefficient.

I won the Havasu MBAA race, although there wasn’t much competition, but the legs felt great. Whiskey 50 was just meh this year. I raced too conservatively at the start and was never able to make up those spots later in the race. The year’s I was 2nd and 4th that tactic worked well, not so much this year.

The last race of the season was MBAA Flagstaff. That was by far my best race effort of the year. Rode strong from start to finish to end up 5th in a strong field of local riders and a few out of town hitters.

Did a lot of ice skating with Mattie. Ken & Connie came out for the month of January along with the kiddo’s, that was fun. Spent a lot of time puzzling and playing ball with Lucy.

Next week it’s back to Spearfish for the summer. Can’t wait!

It’s been a jam packed fall. Upon returning from Spearfish it was full on MBAA Enduro season. The Sunrise Enduro was our best event yet with tons of improvements made over the summer.

Mattie is heading into her last semester of Pre-School, then next fall it’s off to Kindy. Outside of school she spends a lot of time roller skating (and ice skating), building forts and playing with friends.

I spent some time in Flagstaff in September when we got the only measure able snow this season (ironic). We had to cancel our mountain bike race due to 6″ of snow. Now the two Arizona ski resorts barely have enough to ski one or two runs.

In early October we tubed the Salt River with friends from South Dakota. With the La Nina weather pattern, it’s been a very warm fall / winter so far. This should lead to a very dry winter (not good for skiiers) in the southwest, but will hopefully produce more monsoon rains come July / August.

I did one race this fall, Cave Creek Cactus Classic, a super fun local race and got 2nd (again) to Tanner 🙂 It’s always a great course and super fun after party.

We kayaked Goldwater Lake in Prescott with Trevor and Karlene one Saturday and day after Thanksgiving, went Christmas tree hunting up in Payson.

Evie’s car got hit, but rather than spending $4000 via insurance to have it fixed I bought a bumper, fender cover, and pair of new headlights for $300 and fixed it in the garage myself.

We spent Christmas in Wisconsin this year with my folks. Had a few nice sunny days and some snow. Now we’re back in AZ already gearing up for the first MBAA race in January. ‘Til next year 🙂