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!
