States

We had our BMX state finals yesterday. Jill Kintner the Olympic bronze medalist was there saying “what’s up” to all and showing off her medal. That was pretty cool actually. She’s local and knew half the people there. Read her take on the event on her sidebar.

Milo was sitting 16th in the class with the highest rider count of all age brackets, 8 year olds and they were only handing out 10 plates so little guy needed all the stars to align to get some plastic. I told him that he needed to make the main and at minimum get a 3rd or better for a chance at a plate. He transferred out first moto right behind the kid that ended up winning the class but choked in the main. To say he was bummed when he didn’t get a plate would be an understatement. But hopefully he’ll learn that it takes a little work to stand on the podium. You can’t skate and skoot all week then pull the ride out on race day and be as good as the kids that do ride during the week. I’m gonna chalk this one up to a good lesson in humility for the young gun. And maybe a good time for him to get rid of the scooter.
Regardless, we both walked with some hardwear in the end. I ended up state 3 for old dudes, was sitting in 5th before the final. In the main event I came out of the first turn in 5th place then snuck by two dudes that were ahead of me in points down the second straight away. Then on the rhythm section I ended up plowing thru the jumps instead of going over them and took out the one of the guys that was in a 3 way tie for state 1. He finished 6th and with me hacking my way around the track and finishing 3rd in the main event, I got 3rd overall. I actually feel bad for taking him out too, he's a good guy. Anyway when you add up the seasons costs to get the stupid WA3, 8G in knee surgury, bike parts, entry fee's and gas for a Suburban that all went into a worthless number it's pretty laughable. Shit, maybe I should take up skootering?