Personal History
My name is Joshua taylor Smith-McLean, I'm 31 years old and I’m from a small town in south east Connecticut. I’ve spent my whole
life in North Stonington CT. I have been married for 4 years and riding for 8. Currently I ride a 2022 Beta X-Trainer, I strictly do woods riding, I participate in the NETRA harescramble series. The club I am apart of is Enduro Underground, I train regularly on the pachaug loop (a 65 mile woods loop). Outside of racing and riding my wife and I have two dogs that we spend all of our free time with. We enjoy hiking, biking, running and traveling. I workout 2 or 3 days a week in order to keep in shape, this includes cycling, hiking or light weight training. My wife is vegan and I follow her diet with a few chest days a month. Although I’m not the fastest, I am the most dedicated and driven individual you will meet.
Riding Goals
My riding goals for this coming year is to dedicate my racing season to the NETRA harescramble series. I plan to make every race in the season. Last year was my first year racing and I placed better each time I competed. In total I did 5 scrambles last year. My placement from the first time I raced to the last race of the season were as follows. Dnf (mechanical issue), 28th, 24th, 18th and finally 10th. Watching myself progress over the season was gratifying and now I’m hooked. I’m determined to do the best I can and I have the training to back it up. I’m constantly working on technique, whether it’s by taking training days with better riders or doing repetitive basic maneuvers for hours on end.
Competitive Highlights
I’ve constantly progressed with the 5 harescrambles I’ve done so far and plan to be bumped to b class next season. Right now I race in C-Vet class.