Worst Pes Forward

What, yous say?  Two races into the flavor in addition to no long winded multi-post race reports?  Whatever is the problem?

Suffice it to state things get got gotten off to a somewhat ignominious offset for my 2017 VCHSS season.

I was taken out twice on the firstly lap of the firstly race past times 2 dissimilar riders, the 2nd mishap led to to a greater extent than or less trail-side fisticuffs (a minute I non proud of).  Battled my agency dorsum from concluding house to 2nd, 56 seconds behind the eventual winner Pete Jenkins.

The 2nd race I had a stupid firstly lap crash moments into the woods that left me unable to re-start the bike for over a minute.  Once ane time to a greater extent than dead concluding out of 22 riders.  Worked my agency to 7th, in addition to then to fifth for the 2nd lap.  Having caught upwards alongside 3rd in addition to fourth house on the concluding lap I waited for individual to brand a mistake, which the fourth house passenger did, in addition to I passed.  Pete Jenkins is inwards third, at nowadays straight inwards front end of me.  I am running out of fourth dimension to acquire by, hence I knew I would get got to forcefulness the number inwards the woods.  We come upwards to form of a straightaway, alongside most xvi inches on Pete's correct side to brand a pass, I went for it, in addition to made it stick.  Putting my caput downwards for the adjacent 3 miles to brand certain he couldn't re-pass led to a error that would afterwards terms me.  As I came out of the woods I was momentarily blinded past times the Sun in addition to came into timing in addition to scoring a lilliputian hot.  In lodge to avoid taking out the passenger inwards front end who had slowed dramatically, I ran a wheel upwards on his within in addition to difficult on the brakes.  The flagman defendant me of making a top inwards a "no passing" zone, which is a lilliputian chip ridiculous considering I never got past times the passenger (who I knew was inwards a dissimilar class), in addition to promptly disqualified me.  The flagman would ask heed none of my explanation in addition to I was presently surrounded past times other spectators shaking their heads at me.  I was told to accept it upwards alongside the referee, which I did.

When the referee arrived I shook his hand, told him my refer in addition to shape in addition to what had transpired, all inwards a rattling calm musical note of voice.  I learned a long fourth dimension agone yelling at officials is never the agency to go.  He promised to expect into it.  An lx minutes afterwards the determination was reached, since I had non genuinely passed anyone they would non DQ me, simply they withal felt it was necessary to dock me 2 finishing positions, which brought me from 2rd to 4th.  I was in addition to then given the alternative to accept the fourth or the DQ.  I took the fourth place, knowing those points mightiness came inwards handy afterwards inwards the season.

There it is, inwards a nutshell, my flavor hence far.  Not precisely the agency I hoped, simply that's the agency alongside racing.....

The alone motion painting from the concluding 2 races, yous tin barely run across me behind #31

  

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