Jean Claude Van Damage.
With rain in the forcast I contemplated over tyre selection, gear selection, and even a cancellation plan. After receiving some 29er proto mud x tyres last week it looked like the perfect race to test. After a long Saturday at the shop it was hard to get into the lab to make the proper adjustments so I applied the "rung what ya brung" theory. The ferrous was coming off of 4 consecutive wins so I rolled it out with a fresh coat of polish.
WORS #7 Goooooooooooooooooooo! Pedal whiff, whiff, whiff, gooo! Marko and I scoped the start stretch before hand so I followed our perceived line into fourth wheel behind Ron "holeshot Stawicki", Mikey P, and the Mullet. First lap was a shocker as we were introduced to more tackiness than I thought possible. The pace was even but not red lined so I took the initiative on the hill closing lap 1. By the single track I broke the field and kept it steady. I began memorizing the course. Stumps, rocks, turns were etched into my short term as I planned the victory. I used the hills as my gap points and the single track as my recovery.
Going into the final lap I felt the twitches. I didn't feel like I stretched myself to the point of cramps but 36:17 can do funny things. I heard the gap and put it on cruise control. Every hill was felt and all words of encouragement were heard. Thanks!
Big props to Marko for pulling the second over Matter. Ron for putting four ss'ers in the top four. Landon for once again taking the comp overall, and all the great spectators who worked as pure motivation.
3 wors starts, 3 wors wins. Nice. Congrats on 24-9 as well. Keep rollin.
Posted by: mark | August 05, 2007 at 10:43 PM
I saw you guys coming up the hill at the beginning of the second lap and thought "what the fuck? already?" and then thought "well, it is Jesse, and Marko afterall". nice job!
Posted by: djonnymac | August 06, 2007 at 05:44 AM
Way to fly the flag, GF29 shows how it should be done!
Posted by: Tim | August 06, 2007 at 08:47 AM
Maniac.
Posted by: Mike P | August 06, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Gee, you look familiar. . . could you be Antonio Banderas: sexiest man alive?
Posted by: | August 08, 2007 at 07:55 PM
and you just keep it rockin', way to work it.
Posted by: Caffeine Powered | August 09, 2007 at 07:05 PM
favorite race to date. the two lalonde boys in top two. huge smiles. keep hammering on those pedals.
Posted by: blissontwowheels | August 10, 2007 at 08:40 AM