I am hoping that you all understand this post.
My season starts in a little over 12 hours and I have a serious case of the jitters. Part of me is bouncing off the walls in anticipation to get things started and the other part of me won’t shut up with everything that could go wrong. It’s normal to be nervous right? After tonights pre-ride of the course I am left without any answers and a lot of questions….Have I ridden enough? Did I “train” properly? How will all of those miles on the road translate to a mtb race? Why would they run the course backwards? Yeah, they decided to take the nicely groomed, but sandy, course and run it backwards which means some odd transitions and poor lines. If I wasn’t racing it would have been a blast. If you ever want to breathe new life into a trail and are able to ride it backwards I highly recommend it, and if you can do it after dark it is even better. Just putting virtual pen to virtual paper has helped to calm the nerves a little and I hope anyone else that has a case of the jitters finds some comfort in knowing they are not alone. With a new bike that has been upgraded and a sweet new kit I am going to let it all hang out and hopefully show that all the cold winter rides were worth it. Here’s to ending my hibernation.
GBK
