Broke into the top 10

Last round I had some sort of chest infection and couldn't breathe properly, resulting in me coughing through the entire length of the race. Today I was feeling healthier and I needed a decent result to shake doubts, caused from the last round, out of my head (I race for fun and I don't have to win, but I do have to feel like I improved, otherwise I feel disappointed).

The start of the race was a bit of a nightmare for me. One thing I don't enjoy about being in D grade, is that you can never hear the announcements over all the Under 15s chatting away and they will split up the D Grade group at the start grid if you let them. Today I fell victim to exactly this and when we got the "go", I was literally stuck behind the Under 15s and had to bushbash around them to start and the rest of my grade was already out of sight.

Even with all that, I finished the race and it felt like and it felt like it had been a good one. When the results were posted I was pretty stoked to see a clear improvement in my overall race time and the position I finished in.

I even finally conquered the technical climb at the top of the track ("Goat Track"?) without getting off and walking it. . . now I just need to figure out how to get up the one after the bridge . . . I've only ever made it as far as the yellow grid half way up.

So a few personal victories today and that's what it's all about for me