Last year, Panorama was my first race in the Jr. Expert Category. I remember not liking the course that much and struggling to find speed. This year was the same.
Everybody was excited about how much they liked the course and how fun it was. I didn’t find it all that great. On Saturday practice I put holes in two of my tubeless tires, so that really cut off a lot of my limited practice time.
I think I spent more time walking and watching other people on the track than actually riding it. I thought maybe that would be a good thing since I usually only do 1 track walk and maybe only watch a section or two to see how other people do it. I don’t think it worked out for me because when I tried to ride it, it took a long time for me to get up to speed. Walking it really slowed things down.
I put down an average race run, something that was safe and with a few mistakes. 5 seconds back from the win didn’t make me feel that good, but that’s just the way it goes.
