{"id":1722,"date":"2016-03-18T18:14:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2016-04-13T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T19:21:13","slug":"northsouth-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/18\/northsouth-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"North\/South Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m late with posting, as usual. \u00a0\ud83d\ude1b \u00a0 It’s work’s fault. \u00a0It keeps getting in the way of my fun.<\/p>\n

The first time in 9 years… yes, 9 years. \u00a0The last time the clubs got together to do this was the year I got race license, so I remember it well. \u00a0 I know I keep saying that I’m not going to really race this year, but I had to go down for this event. \u00a0It was how I started \u00a0my racing career, it’s fitting that I take part in it this year. \u00a0As I’m not sure sure what the future holds for me with regards to racing. \u00a0I’m still having issue with my neck from the fission of the vertebrate in Nov 2014. \u00a0I still can’t turn my head as far to the right as I need to when I hang off the bike to the right, I still also don’t have the feeling back in the finger on my left hand. \u00a0It’s better for all of it, it’s just not back to where I really need it to be. \u00a0Time will tell.<\/p>\n

There was a great turn out for the weekend. I was thrilled to see it. \u00a0I was really glad to see all the SMRI racers down at Arroyo for their first race weekend. \u00a0I’m hoping it means that a number of the ASMA racers will make the trip to Abq for the July round. \u00a0I did four races mostly just so I could get into the swing of things. \u00a0I hadn’t been on the bike since our last round in Oct. \u00a0That’s six months without being on the race bike, to jumping into the deep end of the pool.<\/p>\n

Saturday I made sure I was ready to go for the first practice session since with the weather prediction for high winds and dust storms I was sure the day would get cut short. \u00a0I wasn’t wrong either. \u00a0However, the day was even shorter then I thought it might be due to a rider going down in the kink and the track having to close down while the ambulance transported them. \u00a0By the time the track when hot again. the winds were such that I just called it, and got undressed for the day.<\/p>\n

Can I just reiterate now how much I LOVE having this toy hauler and how awesome it is to be able to get out of the wind and sand!!!! \u00a0Not to mention take a shower after having to stand out in that stuff talking to people. \u00a0It was great to have a place to sit around shot the breeze for a few hours, with people and watch movies before calling it a night.<\/p>\n

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Racing the next day was great! \u00a0Everyone put on a great show, there wasn’t any undue drama, no one left in an ambulance. \u00a0In all I would call it a huge success. \u00a0 I didn’t really have any races that would have to call out. \u00a0I was really pleased with how I rode. \u00a0I was thrill to have Mikey give me a tow in the first practice session and tell me latter he was impressed with my braking into the carousel turn. \u00a0I drop some time as the day went on, but could have drop even more with more practice time. \u00a0I didn’t win, but I wasn’t last either. \u00a0\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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