On The Pegs Vol . 3 Issue 7 - July 2018 P 57
On The Pegs Vol . 3 Issue 7 - July 2018 P 57
Hey everyone ! Hope all has been good since my last update . I ’ m currently chilling on the couch at home with my foot in the air and an ice pack around my knee . Figured it would be a good time to write my article and catch you all back up to speed on what I ’ ve been up to . Last time I discussed the SuperEnduro championship and I was able to pull off that championship . It was my first ever FIM World Championship and I was so ecstatic to bring it home ! It was a close one and to be honest I didn ’ t ride great in the final round . Luckily , it ’ s the whole season that counts and I was honored to put it all together .
From winning the SuperEnduro championship , I basically went straight to Argentina for a one off Endurocross race in conjunction with MotoGP . It was really fun heading down there without all the pressure from SuperEnduro weighing down on me . After that , it was directly into prepping for some of the hard endures and the World Enduro Super Series ( WESS ). I was really excited for that new season to start up and knew it was going to be keeping me busy . The WESS was going to be a whole new challenge for me , it includes hard enduro , classic enduro , harescrambles , and even a beach race . The whole premise behind it is to see who can claim being the ultimate enduro champion at the end of the year . You have to be nearly an expert at all of these events to be consistent enough to claim the grand prize .
The first round in Portugal was XL Lagares , and what an awesome race that was . I couldn ’ t believe some of the places we were getting to ride out there ! The prologue through town was a crazy experience . I know many of you have probably seen the gopro footage , but until you actually walk the stairs and ride them , you have no idea how steep they truly are . I was feeling confident for the race and excited to see how I would do , unfortunately I took a big tumble over the bars in practice . I jacked my helmet all up and messed up my neck and upper back . I went straight to the medics just to make sure I was alright . Luckily , I was fine , but was super sore leading up to the race and made it only tougher on myself . I qualified well and was the second rider out on the course . I was just riding stiff in the beginning and making small mistakes like making a couple wrong turns and riding timid in the extremely slippery creeks because I couldn ’ t see where I was going and there was a ton of deep holes . I lost a lot of ground that first lap and knew I had to make it up on lap 2 . I charged really hard that whole lap and basically sprinted that whole time . I made up ground on the leaders , but then got hung up super bad with lappers in a tight section of the course . There went all the time I had made up . I kept pushing to the finish and actually caught and passed Jarvis back , but rode the last obstacle like an idiot and it took me a few tries to get up it . I ended the day in 6th , which