It was a great day for a race here is sunny Phoenix AZ. Temp was about 68ish. This would be my last race in Phoenix. I started out strong on the first lap, got hung up with some lapped riders but still in the middle of the pack. At the start of the Technical section for my second lap. Something to know of this race track there at the beginning to the technical loop there are two big drop ins. Made the first one no problem, coming up to the second one there they were the crowd. As they quickly parted there was only…… man and dog left. Man and dog meet Mt Bike, superman and there I was on my back dog caught up in my bike and the owner stuck in a cactus. Needless to say I lost a bit of time cleaning up this mess and getting going again. Made up a bit of time but it really killed my chances for a podium. But even with the crash I improved my time by 15mins, so over all a pretty good performance.

As far as it being my last race in Phoenix, due to some family changes my wife and I are relocated to Spokane WA to be closer to my daughter. So now Mt Biking will be a seasonal sport not something I can do year around. I am trying to get the skinny on the local racing seen, sounds like only a few races. But either way I will be wearing my E-ware proud and talking to every Mt Biker/Shop I see.    How can you go wrong with “Bring the Rukus”. 

Think About it…

If a sea gull flies over the bay, is it called a bagel?