Had an amazing weekend it Wales racing at Llynfi Bmx club for the last round of the SW series of the year.
I practiced really hard for 3 hours on the Saturday but I was just not able to jump the second jump as I wanted to do today I stuck to manualing it instead which was a bit slower but much less painful than casing the jump.
After about 10 minutes of training I went back to clipping in and also put my lower s&m bars back on as I wasn't comfortable with the flats and hig her bars.
I did better than I expected to getting 4th, 3rd and 3rd in my motos to qualify in 5th place for the semi final which is the second best that I have qualified this year so pretty please.
I was also able to race the whole if the track without getting tired so really happy about that too especially as I was really sore from Saturdays training.
My semi didn't go too well as I finished seventh but the level of riding today was really high so not too disappointed.
I was more disappointed in my final as I got cut up down the first straight and braked instead of holding my ground so lost loads of ground and was not able to catch up so I finished last.
In hindsight I should have picked either gate 1 or 4 instead of gate 2 so lesson learnt.
On a more positive note I beat a couple of people that I haven't beaten before and also out snapped a couple of National riders so I am coming along.
I also surprised myself and some of the guys that I was racing as to how much speed I was generating on the last 2 straight so my pumping days are definitely paying off.
I still felt like I wasn't pumping into jumps as consistently as I should but it gives me something to work on for the Brits in a couple of weeks.
I am waiting to see where I finish in the overall standings for the year as the 2 guys behind me in the rankings were only doing their seventh race today to qualify.
Hopefully the results will be up soon so I will be put out of my misery sooner rather than later.
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