My first AZOP Blythe GP. I got a DNF. I couldn't make it through the never ending sand sections. I was so nervous I almost forgot how to ride. I spent more time under my bike and riding it. I'm very motivated to get better and and lose more weight. I raced the Women's C class.

Will reschedule our call for next week and we’ll do it two weeks in a row! Thanks guys! I’ll leave the call open for y’all to chat and connect though!

So yesterday after work Kenneth and I went to Brown Mountain to ride a little loop since we didn't get to ride last weekend and we have a race this weekend -- Well long story short -- everything that could hold us up happened and we ended up getting a later start than we had planned -- anyway we haven't set up our helmet lights yet because we normally don't do that until after the time change and it got dark -- FAST and it got DARK DARK -- We were on some of the simpler trails, but the road has gotten terrible since now Brown is a badge of honor trail and the Jeeps are tearing it up -- I was scared and the rocks were steep and shadows were dark but every time I got to a steep rock or a root that was a little sideways I had to ride off of I just kept saying— if I can balance for almost 2 minutes surely I can hold the bike up dropping off this rock — and low and behold it worked every time.

We're revisiting the basics this week and talking about BRAKING! Specifically, braking body positions and becoming acclimated to our controls again. So this week we're going to work on our Straight Line Braking drill - which can be found here: https://www.skool.com/thepracticeloop/classroom/ca3aa4f0?md=fa016fc81a67453caa346d5f4b047b8c Once you get familiar with that, you can start playing with the progressions inside the "5 Drills To Build Downhill Confidence" https://www.skool.com/thepracticeloop/classroom/379f6c73?md=0c4035343b264b99991ff9711980979e Starting with just going down a hill as slow as we can - aiming to try and "stop" in the middle without putting a foot down. Then progressing to balancing and stepping over the bike to build some muscle memory for those situations where we can't get to the ground quickly in technical situations. And the next progression being working on turning down hill. Progressively making the turn tighter and tighter. @Mason Swan you get to work on Stoppie turns...just cuz. @Johanna Huber since you asked about tires, most of us in the group run Plews Tyres - which are primarily trail tires, but I think you'd enjoy the Grand Prix which I've linked below. You can get it for 10% off from Risk Racing (the link I've sent you) using code SPLAT10. This is a deep lug tire with a paddle tread so it should hold up in silt, sand, and mud pretty well too. https://riskracing.com/products/plews-tyres-grand-prix-intermediate-soft-deep-lug-enduro-rear-tire?_pos=5&_sid=556ac5b71&_ss=r

Just made it home to MN for the week, and my mother has plans for Wednesday night, so I moved our call to Thursday evening! See you all then! Don't forget to submit any videos for review if you have any. I know everyone's been busy lately. Videos from riding in the hurricane this weekend at Brushy. 🤪