[GW] boom island - second week

[Lee Penn]

well, last night was not nearly as fun as the boom island training night of 
last week.

the skills session was good - we rode back and forth working on dismount / 
remount....   that was good.  i'm thinking about getting those top mount 
brakes - any comments?

the race was not fun for me.
overall, i felt bad about being on the course when others with greater skill 
and speed were racing around. i simply felt in the way. this leaves a poor 
taste in my mouth cuz i didn't really feel comfortable practicing in the 
TRAINING race.  i botched a couple of remounts and got yelled at.  i mean, 
what can i say? i'm a beginner, and i'm not great nor fast at it yet!  i 
think part of my problem was that i'm trying to get my speed up, and i'm not 
quite as accurate at getting my foot into my pedal at higher speed.  anyway, 
after going around the course twice and getting yelled at (some guys were 
nicer than others), i got off the course and practiced my dismount / remount 
for about 20 minutes with brian and michael (our eleven year old 
gophers)....  one of my friends said i should have been more comfortable 
getting in the way - it was a training race afterall.  but, well, i just 
didn't. on one botched remount, i think the ten guys coming across the 
barrier at the same time as me had something to do with my foot missing the 
pedal.  anyway, the number of beginners on the course was not very large....

brian and michael both did great!  i was proud of them both!

so, there's that.  i'm looking forward to sunday!  i really hope our gopher 
clinic is a go!  dan - is it?  please?  i really really hope so!  and 8:30a 
is a great time...and can we go for a ride after?

lee

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