Shooting from the hip.....

Things have been crazy since our last update and things are only getting crazier. Kewaunee is now a memorie but a I'll give you short and dirty. The race started out slower than normal and I entered the first section of single track about fifth wheel. Chris and Seth opened up a small gap on Matter and I causing a heated chase for the remaining laps. With lap one down I found myself thirty seconds off the lead group and a minute a head of the second chase group. I would hear time checks along the course varying from twenty seconds to a minute. On the second and third lap I road with Jeserin, a talent from up north, with little progress made on the leaders. Once again I was solo on the third lap holding a thirty second gap into the finish. In hindsight I should have struggles more at the initial break to jump the gap but my single track skills still need some sharpening.

12hrs at the Park was a sucess too. We had a small turnout but broke even fiscally and deamed it a thorough dry-run for next years event. John came up form EC and we had a good Seeley showing to boot. Because of our small turn out we decide to even up the teams to make things more competitive, and they were! It was head to head into the last thirty minutes of the twelve hours when things started looking bad for team Ram Rod (Terry T., Ron K., Dan Hanson, and myself). Team Chain Daddys took 10 mins on us by the final lap. All and all an awsome time and I look forward to next year's event....hope to YOU there! I would also like to thank Ron Kay (The Godfather #2) and Gary Crandall (The Fat Man) for the race support and time.

This past weekend was the Firecracker in Eau Claire, making it a home town race for us college folk. John Beck had a smoking race taking 4th in comp...good job John! Things went alright for me as well. To start things off I was second wheel into the first double track right behind the eventual winner AJ, nice race AJ! I then pulled around AJ to rail some single track that I know fairily well, but apparently not that well. I crashed hard a third of the way through the first lap and after putting myself and the bike back together was riding around tenth. I was fighting back most of the race making my way up to second in a small group of riders including T Wood, Seth, and Chris. Chris turned the screws shattering the group and leaving me solo for the final lap. I was on severe damage control as my back screamed for me to stop. I rolled in fifth on the day but considering the big plan things are looking good.

Now back to a much needed lazy Sunday and the World Cup final.

Quote of the day: "You can't train luck." - Eddie B.

World is your playground!
Chad