I had nerves festering all week up to this event....in hindsite....I'm thinking it was the aticipation of crushing my best finish of the year :) The quick and dirty is this..The top two guys showed up and knew there was only one other spot for the taking. A few new faces on the line and having never ridden Cochranes I decided to just ride smooth. As the saying goes..Smooth is Fast and Fast is Smooth. There were some glimmers of greatness in this race. Bike was handling a bit odd. The front forks need some looking into and not quite sure if it is stiction or something else going on but they were pretty stiff. All in all the course was DREAM LIKE with cake like conditions and some nice changes in vertical.
I recall getting off of the line....OK...I wasn't really motivated to grab the holes shot when I knew the fast two guys were just going to pass me anyway but did get surprised by rider #649 when he got in front of me on the second turn. This made me focus a bit as he had beaten me on Day 1 of Walton and I beat him on Day 2 of Walton....my podium was in threat. Not entirely sure why he let me pass later in the second lap but I took it and never looked back.
Not really much to comment on. Bike is running like a firebreathing MONSTAH ever since I cut some big ole holes in my airbox. Look forward to checking my plug. 53 hrs on this beast and it looks like I am having my first issue I need to deal with....have had to top up the rad after this race as well as my last ride...can't see where i am loosing coolant. May just leave it to the experts!
Day after...Feeling more fatigued and sore than any other event from this year. Testament to this guy givin'r I guess. One more race to go next weekend to seal up 3rd with a potential for 2nd....
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