Kim you looked 10x better at the end of the day!
You looked to be carrying quite a bit more speed through T1. Glad to see you're showing some improvement!
I'll also echo your comments that those guys were really cool... honestly NOT what I was expecting (I figured most of them would've had "big head syndrome.") Kevin was a great guy, dialed things back a little bit in order to let DanO and I follow him around, had some good pointers.
Unfortunate that Simon (I think that's his name) crashed... and whoo-dilly, WHAT A CRASH. Someone apparently forgot to snug down his front caliper bleeder bolt... and he lost ALL braking from the front wheel 2 laps into the "mock race" coming down into turn 1 - probably the WORST place to lose your brakes... the fastest spot on the track. My prayers go out to him for a speedy recovery.
I myself definitely had a successful day. My goal for the day was to work on my consistency, and staying relaxed... and am thrilled with myself. Typically I could run ~6 laps before finding myself tired, and having a hard time hanging on... the last 2 laps of a sprint race were pretty punishing. Well I got myself up to putting down 14 race-paced laps in a row... and probably could've gone longer, but the heat started getting to me. Pulling off an 8-lap race will be cake now
I was (still am) a very happy camper.
I also learned that a pair of Michelin H2s with 20 heat cycles on them is about 5-6 too many. 3rd session out on the track, I managed to slide CLEAR across the track in the carousel. Definitely a big pucker moment - I'm still shocked I didn't lowside it! Bike wouldn't hook for beans pretty much the whole day. Tho I gotta admit... towards the end of the day, I was starting to have some fun spinning up the rear exiting almost every corner
Gotta love that 750 power! :helmet
I'll also echo your comments that those guys were really cool... honestly NOT what I was expecting (I figured most of them would've had "big head syndrome.") Kevin was a great guy, dialed things back a little bit in order to let DanO and I follow him around, had some good pointers.
Unfortunate that Simon (I think that's his name) crashed... and whoo-dilly, WHAT A CRASH. Someone apparently forgot to snug down his front caliper bleeder bolt... and he lost ALL braking from the front wheel 2 laps into the "mock race" coming down into turn 1 - probably the WORST place to lose your brakes... the fastest spot on the track. My prayers go out to him for a speedy recovery.
I myself definitely had a successful day. My goal for the day was to work on my consistency, and staying relaxed... and am thrilled with myself. Typically I could run ~6 laps before finding myself tired, and having a hard time hanging on... the last 2 laps of a sprint race were pretty punishing. Well I got myself up to putting down 14 race-paced laps in a row... and probably could've gone longer, but the heat started getting to me. Pulling off an 8-lap race will be cake now
I also learned that a pair of Michelin H2s with 20 heat cycles on them is about 5-6 too many. 3rd session out on the track, I managed to slide CLEAR across the track in the carousel. Definitely a big pucker moment - I'm still shocked I didn't lowside it! Bike wouldn't hook for beans pretty much the whole day. Tho I gotta admit... towards the end of the day, I was starting to have some fun spinning up the rear exiting almost every corner