1. day

Sorry this took so long! I just wasn't able to find a time..
(long text = long day = learned a lot)

I arrived Chula in good time. Practice at day before were mostly waiting in line. Anyway, it was really important to get few laps there. Track in Chula Vista (I'm talking about small track) is really technical. By technical track people usually mean that you can't ride it fast if you are not able to manual, jump.. etc. Shape of obstacles are deep. It means that rider have to move a lot on the bike, other wise you will end up looking like riding a bull.

I had pre-sign for races. Still I wanted to check that everything is ok. I stod over 1 hour in line. It didn't matter, cos I had been told that my practice is at 11.00. I did warm up, streching and went to do bike check to start the practice.

Woman hardly gave a look to my bike and told it's ok, but look like a girl and girls practice was at 9.45! Well couple times I pretended to be a guy to get few laps, but decided that it's not gonna make any difference.

Race is starting, track is crowded, strider-race was awesome, huge fuss going on. I hardly was able to find my name from moto-sheets. Finally founded, I was in moto 114.

I'm waiting and hear that moto 79 is on track. I go down to the starting hill. Closer I go to the hill, more it's hurting on my stomach. Everything is huge mess. Number are told so fast that it starts to sound chinese.

Then I recognize one man from my moto, very same moment her wife says: You missed your moto!!!

I sit on my bike. What just happened? I was here. I almost cry. What a looser I am!

Next time. My second moto. I come when they call for moto 56. I try to get my number. It's chinese again.. Then I'm told to go up, cos they just called moto 115. I would have missed my moto again! Well, I'm at gate. *pipiippipiippipii* I'm freezed. I just let everyone go. I get them in first turn, but they are just stronger than I am. I don't make it to the main.

That round cost me 45 dollars. I would have nice day without racign, but I wouldn't get experience for the jumble and speed what the run motos with.

Important day. Needing a henchman for a Worlds! Anyone?

(photos are coming later, I left my camera to one woman)