Happy Earth Day!!!
I took AM practice with Jason, a fellow bmxer and he brought his twenty-incher out to practice since he said he's racing the Woodbridge (NOVA) national next weekend in 35 & over Novice. I think he's ready.
I had some good runs on my mountain bike and finally got down pedaling over the mini rollers (not really doubles) not stopping and cheat manualing the step up at full speed. Not as fast as if I had been on a cruiser, but still cookin'!
If you look at the picture closely you will see half-way down the rollers before the step-up jump on the first straight. I rode for a good hour before my legs felt like noodles, my arms were sore from pulling up for speed rolling the jumps and my arches hurt and became stiff. But I left feeling good, a good tired that only exercise can bring since that brings endorphins out into your brain making you feel euphoric (again i like that word).
I think that every nice day we have out now I'm going to ride the track for an hour and try and do the whole track non-stop pedaling. We in Winchester have the longest track in the state and the second straight is partially uphill with lots of jumps. If say in six months of this I should be able to ride the whole track hard and still have energy left for more after the finish line.
So ride on and on I will and enjoy the feeling of bike and earthen track and the rider/bike connection I feel when I ride. Its like magic. Nothing compares to riding smooth and with some style. I'll leave the big jumps to the expert teens, for me just being able to pull for these jumps and speed roll them is an accomplishment in itself for me.
Peace-out bikers.
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