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Well, yesterday was a hot one, but a ridiculous amount of fun was had otherwise. Pre-hydration, preparation, shade tent, and PMA saved the day. I loved the course last year when I had no idea what I was doing, so there was no way I was gonna let Texas heat get in the way of a good time. My 11 year old had a great time, finally getting off the line quickly with a one kick start, crashed like only he knows how, and finished 5 out of 6 in 85c. He also did a practice lap with the big bikes and crashed (twice) in the dried ruts out in the woods. He‘ll learn how to relax and read terrain one day….maybe I will too.

I felt like my riding was more consistent than its ever been from first to last lap and think I was relatively quick throughout (for a slow noob). I actually passed several riders from other classes during the race, and had a fantastic time holding some people off in the XC section. I’m sure a big handful of 450 had more to do with that than anything I was doing.

Speaking of, my fourth lap was spent trying to hold off a guy named Damon, I believe (we met after the race). I didn’t realize that the race had been shortened from 70 to 60 minutes and we were right about at 60 when approaching the last turns. Thinking I had one more lap to do (and running low on energy), I quit trying to hold him off and he squeezed past me not 100 yards from the checkered flag. That brain fart knocked me down to 12th, I believe. We congratulated each other at the pits and had a good chuckle at my expense, but that’s gonna chap my rear for a while. Had I known that was the last lap I’d have kicked him into the woods (kidding, of course. He seems a real good dude, and I appreciate him pushing me. Good times!). Lesson learned!

@Aspear, hope your foot wasn’t a problem! Hope all the racers, volunteers, and families stayed safe and had as much fun as we did!
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portero72 said:
Well, yesterday was a hot one, but a ridiculous amount of fun was had otherwise. Pre-hydration, preparation, shade tent, and PMA saved the day. I loved the course last year when I had no idea what I was doing, so there was no way I was gonna let Texas heat get in the way of a good time. My 11 year old had a great time, finally getting off the line quickly with a one kick start, crashed like only he knows how, and finished 5 out of 6 in 85c. He also did a practice lap with the big bikes and crashed (twice) in the dried ruts out in the woods. He‘ll learn how to relax and read terrain one day….maybe I will too.

I felt like my riding was more consistent than its ever been from first to last lap and think I was relatively quick throughout (for a slow noob). I actually passed several riders from other classes during the race, and had a fantastic time holding some people off in the XC section. I’m sure a big handful of 450 had more to do with that than anything I was doing.

Speaking of, my fourth lap was spent trying to hold off a guy named Damon, I believe (we met after the race). I didn’t realize that the race had been shortened from 70 to 60 minutes and we were right about at 60 when approaching the last turns. Thinking I had one more lap to do (and running low on energy), I quit trying to hold him off and he squeezed past me not 100 yards from the checkered flag. That brain fart knocked me down to 12th, I believe. We congratulated each other at the pits and had a good chuckle at my expense, but that’s gonna chap my rear for a while. Had I known that was the last lap I’d have kicked him into the woods (kidding, of course. He seems a real good dude, and I appreciate him pushing me. Good times!). Lesson learned!

@Aspear, hope your foot wasn’t a problem! Hope all the racers, volunteers, and families stayed safe and had as much fun as we did!View attachment 323037View attachment 323038
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Foot was fine, I worked my way up to 3rd, stayed there for 3 laps then got hot faded bad and had to pull off. Had the 3rd fastest time of the race.

Going to give it another shot today
 

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Aspear said:
Foot was fine, I worked my way up to 3rd, stayed there for 3 laps then got hot faded bad and had to pull off. Had the 3rd fastest time of the race.

Going to give it another shot today
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Beast!

Hot faded. I’m stealing that.
 
:thumb::thumb: You guys/son have my total respect. Brutal conditions! Fortunately I held up well at LaBerge du Lac in Lake Charles.
 
Led lane shaw until I had some bike issues and had to retire.
 

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It’s on! Here’s hoping we get half a foot of rain in the next month. I’ve seen some video of dust bowl conditions at that course in years past.
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More than likely that a tropical disturbance/hurricane will have stirred up some rain by then even in the Austin area. Hopefully!
 
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Time for you racers to get ready for the top step!
 

A friends video of one lap in todays race. That is some brutal sand and DUST!
 
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A friends video of one lap in todays race. That is some brutal sand and DUST!
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It was an ugly day, personally, and I’m pretty disappointed in my performance. Somehow, despite riding frequently during the break, I forgot how to ride a dirt bike. Sand has always been my nemesis, and yesterday was probably 80% a foot deep or more. I just don’t have the confidence or skill to open it up and fly through. Anyway, enough of my pity party. I hope everyone else had fun and got through safely. Looking forward to Let’s Ride Ranch!
 
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