My Race Preparation Begins
So last night I began my preparation for my race on August 27th. I went out riding after work at a co-workers house. He has approximately 3/4 mile of wooded trails to ride. The previous days rain brought some puddles & other slick areas… after about 20 minutes of riding, it started to rain again. I rode another 20 minutes I suppose in the rain… all the while the trail was getting slicker & slicker, the soil at his place becomes very “greasy” when wet. Last night I did have a couple of slow-speed awkward tip-overs in the slop… but I would not consider these crashes. It took me a good 30 minutes to clean up the bike when I got home, it was totally covered in mud. I’m not much of a “mud bogger”… but they won’t cancel a race because of rain. So it was good experience last night.
So with 2 months to go before my race & last night being only the 3rd time that I’ve been on the bike this year (with almost 2 years off from riding entirely before that), it is obvious to me that I am very rusty, out of shape & that I need a lot more seat-time on the bike before I can honestly think about doing a race.
On a positive note, the suspension changes & jetting changes that I made a couple of days ago had the bike handling better & the motor running stronger then my first 2 rides this year.