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Leaving Seattle at 6 in the morning with Andy Tran, Mark Brent and Keith Thompson was fun!
i was sleeping in a car dreaming about riding new trails which i've only seen in videos...
Mt Hood greeted us with an awesome dry, sunny and warm weather, restrooms and a crowd of Alpine Slide riders...
i did beginner at Port Angeles race and got 6th out of 12... so my friends convinced me to do sport at Mt Hood...
standing at the top of the trail, looking down at the valley was epic! just wanted to ride!!
after a couple of runs i managed to loosen up my legs and was getting faster... by the end of theday i was riding top section no brakes, getting faster in the switch-backs, pedalling every where i could and relaxing listening to Seasons Soundtracks on my way down... got my runs diled in and got a pretty good time... but @ 5 pm the lift was closed.... i wanted to ride more! so me, Andy and Anthony hiked to the top and just sessioned the trail... it was great! i was ready for the race!
having some Fluid Recovery beverages really helped me a lot! i was feeling great on my race day! no sore muscles!!! thanks, Fluid!
so after having a nice breakfast and coffee we went to the lifts for our practice runs... got them running pretty good...
got a sunburn on my face before my run...
waiting on top i didn't hear the guy announcing my number... then i was standing in the starting gate putting my helmet, gloves and goggles on and getting on my bike in the last second!!! i did't even have time to buckle up my helmet!
i was dissapointed with my run.... i've got 3.50... rethinking my run and drinking Red Bull i went to the starting gate... got ready in time... got to the starting gate... did a really good and clean run! got 3.49, 15th out of 16.... :-(( little bit dissapointed by that, but concidering that this was my 2nd race and my first month on a full suspension bike i did pretty good!!!! so i had lot's of fun, met lot's of people and made new friends. eventually cought a Maxxis Mobster 2.7 tire and got some grips in the ruffle...
after packing all of our stuff and four of us in a small Tacoma we headed back to Seattle....
just cant wait to go ride on sunday and get ready for the next race!
big thanks to all of my sponsors, especially 661 for protection, Royal for style, SMX Optics for eye protection an unique style, Red Bull for extra energy supplement and Fluid for a perfect muscle recovery!!!
Alex Zbarazky, Syndrome Racing!
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