Good Rides

I'm having trouble with my computer at home, so no pictures. I'll post some when I get it all figured out. Saturday's ride was a blast right up to the time Doug crashed. He and Tanner had really been doing well to that point. Thankfully, Doug's wrist is not broken and he'll heal in time for Cross. However, it does mean that the White Rim Trail is out this fall. I'll try to get some dates in the spring. It's good we rode up high on Saturday because there's snow on it today. We need lots of snow this winter. Tanner's praying for snow everyday. He's got big plans for skiing this year.

After our ride on Saturday, Tanner and I when to the AST Dew Tour in SLC. It was pretty cool. We saw all the best freestyle motorcross riders do crazy tricks over huge gaps. Those guys have serious issues. The main reason we went was to watch the UCI Supercross. All the best BMX riders in the world were there to race. It was a race that had points for Olympic qualification. There were teams from 19 countries. The current world champion, Kyle Bennett of the US, was there. We got to see about 9 preliminary heats before the rain came and closed things down. Too bad because those guys have skills. We also caught some BMX park prelims. More guys with issues.

Tonight, I raced the last RMR for the year. I did 16 RMR crits this year, more than twice as many as any other year. The good news: no crashes for me; lots of great workouts; spent some time off the front; attacked a bunch and manged to get some points. The bad news: I have no chance to win a bunch sprint; I'm fast enough to attack but not fast enough to make it stick and some days I have to work hard just to stay near the front.

Cross racing starts soon. I can hardly wait. It's the Ogden Crit this Saturday. Hope to see you all there. I plan to race the Masters 45+ at 1 pm. Should be hard and fast. Hopefully, I can hang on for a good finish.

Daren