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Cascadia · Feb 23, 2014

Good for you James! I saw you sitting there with him as I passed. Then after rubber necking I slammed that boulder and you almost had to come keep me awake. You're a winner in my book!

rockreligious · Feb 23, 2014

ha, Thanks Tyson, I seen about 3 or 4 bikes almost crash the same way, that section required your undivided attention. ha

Cascadia · Feb 23, 2014

Crazy thing is we rode that same stretch a month ago on the winter ride and it was no issue for anyone. But when you're fatigued in a race anything will take you down. I saw 3-4 guys down on that stretch. That section is a lot easier when Stratton is leading you trying to escape the park ranger.

rholbrook · Feb 23, 2014

rockreligious said:
My race experience was different, only got to race 50 miles of the 75, I crashed 5 minutes into my race, then at 40 miles spent about an hour and a half with an injured rider, waiting for the helicopter to come get him out...a DNF for me. Every race is an different and interesting experience.

Some things are more important than finishing as you proved. Hope the rider is okay and I am sure other riders were more concerned about their race than the well being of an injured rider. It's people like you that make make this a great sport

ricsrx · Feb 24, 2014

I watched 2 hours of my nephew's video last night, it looked like a very rough race, Im sure he will be sore for a while.

Gravy · Feb 24, 2014

James is a champ.
When I passed him I had no idea at the time that he was with someone hurt.
I found out later at the awards banquet.
Kuddos to him for taking care of a guy and scrapping his race.

Gravy · Feb 24, 2014

Starting line cell phone photo

anderson750 · Feb 24, 2014

Here is the expert start from my point of view

[video=youtube;_fr7UOBqpfk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fr7UOBqpfk[/video]

Vonski · Feb 24, 2014

anderson750 said:
Here is the expert start from my point of view

Nice work Paul! Great start.

Cascadia · Feb 25, 2014

Nice work! I need to become an expert with an awesome start so I don't have to deal with the dust.

rockreligious · Feb 25, 2014

Gravy said:
James is a champ.
When I passed him I had no idea at the time that he was with someone hurt.
I found out later at the awards banquet.
Kuddos to him for taking care of a guy and scrapping his race.

Thanks you guys are kind, but it wasn't that big of a deal tossing my race, I was getting my butt kicked. couldn't get my head in the race. Ill have to recover some points in the next few races.

rockreligious · Feb 25, 2014

Cascadia said:
Nice work! I need to become an expert with an awesome start so I don't have to deal with the dust.

Front of the Am's is where you want to be, in the expert you have to find the way, and Im not good at looking for ribbon, by the time the experts go through the Am's can follow the trench, by the time the Nov's come through its silt.

rholbrook · Feb 25, 2014

Those of you who have ridden with me know Corby. Here is his start. The kid crashing is Corby's roomate at USU. He had about a 20 minute maintenance issue with his throttle coming loose on his bars. He never had a screw driver. Had to wait for his dad to show up from his class and help. His dad took 3rd in the 45+ Novice.

Rider was not hurt in the filming of this video. I was surprised he never got run over.
[video=youtube;b_W3cRJSG8s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_W3cRJSG8s[/video]

Cascadia · Feb 25, 2014

rockreligious said:
Front of the Am's is where you want to be, in the expert you have to find the way, and Im not good at looking for ribbon, by the time the experts go through the Am's can follow the trench, by the time the Nov's come through its silt.

It'll be a long while before I'm in the front of the amateurs. As much as I want to be there, it won't be anytime soon.

anderson750 · Feb 25, 2014

rockreligious said:
Front of the Am's is where you want to be, in the expert you have to find the way, and Im not good at looking for ribbon, by the time the experts go through the Am's can follow the trench, by the time the Nov's come through its silt.

Sometimes following ribbon at speed becomes a challenge. There were a couple of times I found myself second guessing if I was on course or not. There was not a beat in path and in an area like Warner Valley & Sand Hollow there is always tracks going everywhere. I have always been a little biased, but I think the Sage Riders have some of the best marked courses out there.

anderson750 · Feb 25, 2014

Cascadia said:
It'll be a long while before I'm in the front of the amateurs. As much as I want to be there, it won't be anytime soon.

With a little work, I can have you at the front of the novice class within a couple of races. What you will realize is that a person running in the top 5 of the Novice class consistently will pretty easily run in the top 15-20 of the amateur class if they don't get mental. The same applies for an amateur running in the top 5 moving to the expert class.

Gravy · Feb 25, 2014

I thought that course was extremely well marked and manned. There were a lot of volunteers out on course working hard to keep us riders on track and safe.

Also I'm rendering a quick video.
I'm extremely bummed that I did not have my GoPro... but it's ok.

Gravy · Feb 25, 2014

Haha
[video=youtube;Fz3mWqS__WM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz3mWqS__WM&feature=youtu.be[/video]
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Cascadia · Feb 25, 2014

Who is that idiot?!

GAR · Feb 25, 2014

Awesome! Love the shots of the race

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