I was excited to return to Silverstar for the 3rd Round of the BC Cup. It was one of my favorite courses last year, and didn’t disappoint this year!
It was dry and dusty, but it had much more traction than Whistler last weekend. Friday practice went awesome and I found a lot of my lines after the first few laps. Saturday however, didn’t go so well.
I did one warm up run in the morning, then I got three flat tires in a row. I only had time for two more runs after that, so I only got three full runs in on Saturday. The course was changing and I didn’t have time to ride a lot of the new lines that were developing, so I wasn’t that prepared come Sunday. I had a chat with C4 Coach, Cory, and we discussed some lines they found on a track walk while I was fixing my bike. I went up and walked the lower half of the course and decided where I was going to go the next day.
Again, Sunday practice in the morning was frustrating because people were getting hurt and the course holds made the course clogged up with riders. Luckily, I got the last practice run of the day on a clear course and was able to see what I could do later on in the day.
My race run was the best of the year so far, with only one big mistake on the top and riding slightly slower and cautious on the lower part. It saved me from crashing in one corner. I was 7 seconds off of a time that I wanted to get, which is a lot, but again, I can see where I can make up that much time, so I’m excited to get to the next big race and keep progressing in my race runs. I got first place in Sr. Men, which made me pretty happy, but not close to satisfied because I know I’m capable of much more!
