So to say my year has been up and down would not even come close to telling the whole picture! I had the early season highs of the NUE races which led me to being first overall in the NUE series for a bit, then the sickness. One stupid little bug turned into about 14 weeks of just miserable, hardly able to ride, and failed attempts at racing. So many things went through the head.. Including a fog that never seemed to lift and the thought of it being time to hang the bike up. My racing age will be 40 next year! Although if you look at the results from this past weekends Sheboygan race, there are signs that say you can still be competitive at the local level since later 30 somethings held a lot of the top 10 spots.
Now things have been getting better and I am almost back to norm. Hopefully by Iceman??
Either way I have come full circle and have hit the youthful, despite my age, enjoyment that I had as I started to get into the sport. The hours of cruising aimlessly on two wheels in search of whatever our heart desired or nothing at all. Both are acceptable, but once you get off the bike, that perma-smile had better be there for the rest of the day. Life is stressful enough to have your hobby add to it! So why the weather is still nice here in Wisconsin be sure to get out on your bike and have the goal of doing nothing more than laying down some sweet skids on your local trails!!
