Rider Updates
Sep 22 2013
At Peninsula, they started with a live engine start, which is not typical for the vchss series, and I didn't do too great. I was 6th. I passed one kid as soon as I entered the woods and followed the 3rd and 4th place riders for about 1 mile when the 4th place rider made a pass on the 3rd place rider. Eventually the kid in 4th made a mistake, and I was able to get around him. The 2nd place rider had a bad wreck, but was still able to finish the race, and that is how I made the pass for 3rd. Stayed in 3rd throughout the race without seeing anybody in front or behind.
Sep 13 2013
At Cross Trails, I was 2nd off the start and had a small dump about ten turns into the race. Got passed by one person and continued on with the lap. I was running a solid 3rd about 20 seconds behind 2nd and about 30 seconds in front of 4th. The last turn of the lap was a gravel road where I got off balance when bumping into a car rut on the turn and couldn't get enough traction from the gravel to correct it. Long story short went down hard, came up fast, but couldn't get back up to pace and got passed on the last lap. I am glad it was not worse because my 2nd and 3rd lap times were 2 minutes longer with no extra trail!
Aug 25 2013
In my last race (Sandy Bottom) I got a bad start at 13th. Made up to 7th in the first two minutes, then wrecked in a creek where on the left was nothing but a 10' x 10' flat rock that was as slick as ice. of course I hit a small rock that bumps me towards the left and I spent about 6-7 minutes there. Every single rider in every single class passed me except for two riders. I made up a few passes in the hour long race and finished with a 7th.
Aug 5 2013
It is good to be back in the race season! I started it off well with a 3rd off the start and never changed positions after that!
Jun 24 2013
Yesterday I started off the race good with the hole shot. I got passed right after that by two people. I hung onto 3rd for quite a while until my rear brakes went out. I finished the lap and fixed the problem. Now I am in 8th. Fortunately I caught up and finished 6th.
May 6 2013
In my last race I had a worse start than usual with a 5th. Then I missed the track, which caused a two minute delay. Thankfully I wsa able to pull off with a 4th 7 miutes infront of 5th.
Apr 15 2013
I DNF'ed my last race because I had a pretty bad crash and sublexed my left shoulder. On the bright side, it is very likely that I will be ready for my next race:)
Mar 25 2013
Just started the 2013 vchss season with a 4th. I hope to place top 3 overall by the end of the year.