After the long ride on Saturday and Jordan's B-day parties the past two days, I wasn't very willing to get up early for a ride. I forced myself to get out of bed though, because Andrea didn't have an opportunity to ride Saturday.
We were both moving really slow but managed to get out of the hose by 5:15 AM. As we headed towards Elk River the sky grow noticeably darker and even sprinkled as we headed through Anoka. As we unloaded the bikes and made some final adjustments to tire and suspension pressures, a few more drops began to fall.
I think we were both looking for an excuse to turn around and go back to bed, but at this point it would be a waste. We entered onto the trail and road the first section fairly clean despite the fact it is littered with roots. A little further down the trail there is section with an uphill berm. As I watched from behind, Andrea went up, stalled and proceeded to fall over. Andrea was a little discus ted, but we soon laughed about it and hoped it wasn't a sing of things to come. I shouldn't have been worried, because Andrea soon kicked it into high gear, riding sections faster than she ever has before. Mid way through the lap I could tell that she was going to have a fast lap time and we finished in 48:41, besting her fastest time by nearly 3 minutes.
We discussed a few things back at the parking lot and headed out for another lap this time turned a sub 48 minute lap. Great job Andrea! At the speeds we are riding know I carry enough momentum through the turns to work on picking lines and body position.
We were both moving really slow but managed to get out of the hose by 5:15 AM. As we headed towards Elk River the sky grow noticeably darker and even sprinkled as we headed through Anoka. As we unloaded the bikes and made some final adjustments to tire and suspension pressures, a few more drops began to fall.
I think we were both looking for an excuse to turn around and go back to bed, but at this point it would be a waste. We entered onto the trail and road the first section fairly clean despite the fact it is littered with roots. A little further down the trail there is section with an uphill berm. As I watched from behind, Andrea went up, stalled and proceeded to fall over. Andrea was a little discus ted, but we soon laughed about it and hoped it wasn't a sing of things to come. I shouldn't have been worried, because Andrea soon kicked it into high gear, riding sections faster than she ever has before. Mid way through the lap I could tell that she was going to have a fast lap time and we finished in 48:41, besting her fastest time by nearly 3 minutes.
We discussed a few things back at the parking lot and headed out for another lap this time turned a sub 48 minute lap. Great job Andrea! At the speeds we are riding know I carry enough momentum through the turns to work on picking lines and body position.
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