Rider Updates
May 14 2017
Rode for an hour and a half this morning working on cornering techniques and breathing properly while riding. Tomorrow will work on speed while cornering and distance of ride.
Feb 22 2015
Got a chance to finally ride on a new piece of property that we have been working on for over a month now. Good variety of tight and flowing sections. Still a little difficult in some sections to run over the same spot of trail due to leaves and higher speeds making it tuff to pick same route. The terrain was great today despite the little bit of rain we had before and during the ride. the soil type varies from sandy to dark rich earth in the hardwood sections. Briars are the worse thing still but after a few more runs they should be cleared out good. Spoke with owner of property next to section we were riding on. He gave us permission to lay out trails on his over 140 acres of hardwoods and pines. This has the potential of becoming a great training and trail riding area. Hopefully will be going back again next weekend.
Jan 7 2015
Spent an hour today practicing on my test trail by the house. It is extremely tight and technical. I am hoping this will help with some of the fundamentals and give me more confidence when the trails are more open. I still need to work on my conditioning, going to try treadmill and cross training with bicycle.
Jan 2 2015
I got in over 40 miles of practice in yesterday. I still am sorting out the bike but need to get to know more of what it does under certain situations. Each time I ride this bike I get more confident and ready to compete. I missed the second round of the Winter Series so will not be able to qualify for final points standings. I am going to use the remainder of the rounds and time to prepare for the spring SORCS series.
Dec 22 2014
Working on the bike, getting ready for event this weekend at Wrens Ga. It is the first event in the SORCS Winter series.
Dec 21 2014
Got some good practice in today. It had rained some last night and a little more while riding, which made the trails very slick in spots and perfect in others. Had a few reminders about how slippery wet pine needles are. Now its time for some cleanup and maintenance on the bike to get ready for the SORCS Winter series.
Dec 19 2014
Getting as much practice time as possible so I will be ready for the SORCS Winter Series starting on the 28th. I need to find a better training regiment to be better prepared for the races. Also thinking about getting to the Shane Watts school coming up in Dalton Ga. first week in Feb.
Dec 1 2014
I got some practice time on the bike finally. Hoping to get to the SORCS event coming up on Dec. 7th. I am planning on riding again in 2 days.
Sep 9 2014
It took 2 laps for me to loosen up and stop fighting the bike. I could tell that the KTM was working very well when I rode it hard. Wish I had more energy in me so I could have enjoyed the later part of the race more. Highland Park is an awesome place to race or just ride, both trails and any of the 3 mx tracks they have.
Aug 7 2014
I have recently switched from riding a 2004 Yamaha YZ250 woods weapon to a 2008 KTM 300XCW. I am working out the kinks in both the bike and myself to get ready for next race.