[GW] boom island - second week

[Mark Alexander]

Wow Lee, you and Dan make it sound a bit too too on
the Boom. Good to know. Training and racing in a
confined area sounds too busy, then mix in some
fine-tuned testosterone; yowzah! I'm sure you're
stronger for it though... See ya Sunday.  PeaceM
--- Lee Penn <rleepenn at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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