Leaving the Team McPfluger headquarter in Swansboro, just half an hour north of Placerville engaging on a looong drive with the 33 feet toy hauler.












The race in Boise went just as bad results-wise as Everett. I’ve gotten so used to conserving my energy and being good at long races for so many years, that I have a pretty hard time adjusting to the anaerobic and flat-out riding style Endurocross takes. Its amazingly hard. 5 minutes around an Endurocross track is harder than 3 hours around a normal danish Enduro track. Its brutal. I can hit most obstacles fairly good but then I tended to relax on the supercross parts of the track. I needed the break so badly! But I’m still chickening out on the toughest and most technical aspects of the tracks, like triple jumping and splatting logs, step down jumps off tractor tires and hitting logs and jumping as high and far as possible and land on flat ground. There is a lot to learn technically and hopefully we will build our own track some day and I will get to ride with REAL endurocross riders – hopefully with Cody Webb, who lives pretty close by. Besides needing to improve on the technical skills, I need to upper my corner speed and last but definitely not least… I need a very precise work-out programme to make me the best I can be. Theres a lot I need to do and thats fine. Im happy to have come all the way and gotten my feet wet. Its been a very steep learning curve for all of us and I was actually pretty excited to battle Max Gerston for the last place in Boise Idaho in our Semi Race. I ended up getting last, but I hung with him, and he is way more experienced than me. So that was a huge boost to me and the team. I finally charged the track and felt like I gave all I had. I can go on with all my lacks – all that matters is that we learned alot and we know what to do. Maybe even get a 4-stroke bike would be ideel. Seems that I am one of the very only riders on 2stroke machinery. Only Palmer Wallace (Wild Willy!!!) is one a 2 stroke of the pro riders, and he is not up with the leaders. Anyways, like I said, we learned a lot and I am generally just extremely thankful for being given the chance to experience this kind of unfamiliar racing and maybe continue into 2013 with a new plan and approach. Love Team McPfluger!




And this picture was taken in downtown Oakland, very close to the clinic where I do my rehab.