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2008
Season, Round 7- Blackhawk Farms, Aug 23 - 24
This is suppose to be fun, what
happened?!?!
I am writing this a full 3 weeks
since I raced this round. I have thought a lot about this round
since then and I was not sure how to put it into words before...in
fact, I'm still not sure but I am gonna give it a try.
During the chapel service for
round 6, Don Elfstrom talked about the highs and lows (or peaks
and dips) that we all experience. Round 7 was definitely a dip
for me. Don encouraged us to lean into the dips and keep pushing
until we climb back out the other side.
I have heard other racers talk
about about the ... well... I'm not sure how to describe it
really... the dip, I guess we will call it. Other racers have
said it happens toward the last rounds of the race season where
you feel like you just want the season to be over. I guess that
is the best way to describe it.
Personally, I have been pushing
hard for well over a year now as I struggled to secure sponsorships
and then the testing, practicing and racing almost every weekend
since winter while working my "real job" all week.
It is kinda like I hit a wall mentally and physically. It didn't
help that I was hurt and not 100%. I was feeling really burned
out and was finding it real hard to "get pumped up"
to go racing. For me, round 7 was definitely that point that
I have heard other racers speak about.
Thankfully, my riding and racing
performance didn't really suffer too much. After all, I turned
a personal best lap at Blackhawk dipping into the 11.9 range.
Thanks in large part to Yuri deciding to come out racing and
me pushing to keep up with him. Unfortunantly, my lap times
were not consistent as I made too many little mistakes.
But it was really not about performance,
it was more about feel. I just didn't feel good. I felt tired
and worn out. I just wanted to get the weekend over and go home.
I have so much invested in this season, I couldn't just skip
this round.
This is suppose to be fun, what
happened?!?!
But, alas...this does happen
to many racers and I guess this was my weekend to deal with
those feelings.
Saturday, Aug 26
GTO (25 minute) - 4th Place
Sunday, July 27
Unlimited
Superbike - 4th Place
Unlimited Supersport
- 4th Place
Unlimited GP
- 6th Place
Summary
I love racing. But this past
weekend was just not much fun. Racing sucks when you feel terrible
and you are riding hurt.
The bright spot in the weekend
was that the bike was running AWESOME. Big thanks to 4 &
6 for doing a great job on rebuilding the motor. We were also
blessed to have Stephan Hall and his Dad Gary and brother Mark
in the pits taking care of me like I was a MotoGP star.
In the end, I was able to bring
home some badly needed points and I got through the whole weekend
with no crashes. I'll take it.
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