Thanks Cole! I agree, chasing you down for a few seconds was a ton of fun!!!! I'm going to try and get on Zach's row for Cross Timbers so I can have fun chasing him as well!
So sad I missed this one. I loved it in ‘23, although very cold. Thanks for the conversation about going down and how you just felt mentally defeated. And how to cope. I am not an experienced racer, so to hear someone who has been racing since youth have the same mind battles as I do when I eat sh*t, is encouraging. You do an awesome job, don’t quit.
I heard horror stories of '23. We had EPIC weather for '24! I'm sure it'll be freezing again for Red Canyon in no time. Glad my sidebar on mental fitness resonated. It's been hard for me to "think like a racer" again. With that mental switch to racer comes a lot of thoughts and feelings I just haven't dealt with in a long time. The past couple years I have attended races, but I had my "good times" helmet on. It's a lot easier to brush stuff off when your main goal is to have fun. Maybe that's telling us we need to remember to have fun first, and race second 🤔
Test 1 only seemed long to those of us that drove down from snowy areas to get on a bike for the first time in months and were fighting arm pump! lol It was a fun race. I totally feel you on the letting stuff get in your head and how it compounds if you can't pull the mental "tear off".
Fun video sir, I enjoy your content. I'm 46 and laid up with an injury since 10/23 and suffering PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome). Watching your videos helps alleviate some of the dread of missing my riding season. Thank you for that!
@@SeatTime Hard to say but probably July. The time away though will really make me appreciate it even more. Keep up the good work brother, looking forward to the Sherco clutch diag.
Thanks, and I agree! I'm planning on making videos throughout the year following BJEC. I'm sure I'll have many learnings. I'll see how I can organize those thoughts into "Mental Tear Off" moments we can all leverage. Enjoy #GettingSeattime & Stay #Stoked! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
THANKS! As far as nutrition goes, start with the Enduro Nutrition Cheat Sheet video, and then ask questions after that! th-cam.com/video/lpGjHcpBqBk/w-d-xo.html
I wish i can go back to ride the long course. I remember the end of the test 6 i put the bike to fly like 2 story building. I hope i can get there soon. Great video!!!
Same. That's part of the beauty of traveling across the state, or country, for riding. Even though we want to ride that section again, we probably won't until a year from now. So we can look forward to that moment in time. Until then, we ride, practice, and prepare for what's coming up next! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
Great footage. I think everybody gets inside their own heads every now and then. It can be really difficult to overcome. I worked as an instructor dealing with critical incidents and I believe the key to getting past it is mindset. Think about it before it happens, but not negatively. You're just making yourself ready for if it does. I used to refer to it as mind prep. For what it's worth.
Reminds me of the movie Solo. Alex would think through all possibilities, even the ones where he fell and died. Because that way they wouldn’t creep in while on the climb. I love talking about, and working on, mindset! Keep the thoughts coming! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
I really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing! In a weird way these trails are very similar to Indiana and Ohio enduros. No big elevation change, but tight trail that’s constantly going in and out of gulleys and ravines. SxS bark busters might be in your future, they still flex, but actually absorb some of the impact and have a lot more coverage than the Enduro Engineering ones. Less sore fingers or broken clutches.
The quick elevation changes can be more technically than some realize. We had what we called 'moguls' where I grew up in Louisiana and they were the same way. You had to find a flow in the quick up and down to ride them smooth, and come out fast. I have very much seen the SXS flags. I run a SXS skid plate on the Sherco currently. I should give them a try. I just like the EE open guards, BUT this moment in time says I need new EE base mounts or I need to try the SXS option. Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Enjoy #GettingSeattime & Stay #Stoked! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
Thanks Dude! I was attacking a lot more during the beginning part of that race than I thought I could. Which in turn wore me out sooner. I've gotten better at my hydration and nutrition to keep up with the elevated "skill". Cool thing is though, there's always more growth to work on. Check out more of the race recaps from this year and you'll see/hear my evolution as I try to talk about it for others to learn and grow as well.
It's all about what you want. We can't beat ourselves up for not having race pace if we never practice race pace. If practicing hard enduro with our buddies is what we enjoy, that ok. We just have to remember that where we put our focus when it comes to race day. That's why in my Race Prep video I talk about putting the racer helmet on again. I decided to make the mental shift this year to being a racer again. I'm going to practice on the bike as a racer, and analyze my race as a racer. It brings a dynamic not everyone wants, or needs, to enjoy #GettingSeattime.
I’m the dummy laid up on the side of the trail after the ravine section in test 4 😅 I went down hard and was completely gassed and couldn’t even move a muscle. Had to lay there for at least 10 minutes. Fsorry about that😂😂
HAHA! You're not a dummy, we've all ben there. At least you were conscious enough to lean over in that ravine. I've been behind a lot of riders who get tired and just sit there. Hopefully once you got going again you enjoyed #GettingSeattime!!!!
Its interesting with full wraps your clutch problems wouldn't have happened but with them, it would have bucked your bars, probably crashing you. I don't know which is worse.
I thought about that too. What are you, as the rider, more comfortable with and make your decision based off of that. Not what everyone else is doing. Personally, these EE open guards have been great 99% of the time. Especially now that I have threaded the bar ends and found the G-RIP bar ends.
Had a blast being on the same row with you!
Very reminiscent of the Grinduro rides. Hated to miss out - epic conditions! Stoked for all of y'all!
Thanks Cole! I agree, chasing you down for a few seconds was a ton of fun!!!! I'm going to try and get on Zach's row for Cross Timbers so I can have fun chasing him as well!
So sad I missed this one. I loved it in ‘23, although very cold.
Thanks for the conversation about going down and how you just felt mentally defeated. And how to cope. I am not an experienced racer, so to hear someone who has been racing since youth have the same mind battles as I do when I eat sh*t, is encouraging. You do an awesome job, don’t quit.
I heard horror stories of '23. We had EPIC weather for '24! I'm sure it'll be freezing again for Red Canyon in no time.
Glad my sidebar on mental fitness resonated. It's been hard for me to "think like a racer" again. With that mental switch to racer comes a lot of thoughts and feelings I just haven't dealt with in a long time. The past couple years I have attended races, but I had my "good times" helmet on. It's a lot easier to brush stuff off when your main goal is to have fun. Maybe that's telling us we need to remember to have fun first, and race second 🤔
Its time for some seat time
ALWAYS!
Test 1 only seemed long to those of us that drove down from snowy areas to get on a bike for the first time in months and were fighting arm pump! lol It was a fun race. I totally feel you on the letting stuff get in your head and how it compounds if you can't pull the mental "tear off".
and your drive was crazy long from the north!!!
Fun video sir, I enjoy your content. I'm 46 and laid up with an injury since 10/23 and suffering PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome). Watching your videos helps alleviate some of the dread of missing my riding season. Thank you for that!
Heck Yeah! Thank you for the kind words!!! How much longer should your PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome 😂) diagnosis last for?
@@SeatTime Hard to say but probably July. The time away though will really make me appreciate it even more. Keep up the good work brother, looking forward to the Sherco clutch diag.
Great video and riding! That was really fun to watch. I feel like there could be a whole series about "pulling the mental tear off"
Thanks, and I agree! I'm planning on making videos throughout the year following BJEC. I'm sure I'll have many learnings. I'll see how I can organize those thoughts into "Mental Tear Off" moments we can all leverage. Enjoy #GettingSeattime & Stay #Stoked! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
See you at Cross Timbers?
That's the plan!!!
Great enduro, great video! Looking forward to some nutrition info as well! Keep up the good work.
THANKS! As far as nutrition goes, start with the Enduro Nutrition Cheat Sheet video, and then ask questions after that! th-cam.com/video/lpGjHcpBqBk/w-d-xo.html
Looks like a good time!
It was truly epic! A race I’ll try to attend more in the future. A shame it had been so long!!
I wish i can go back to ride the long course. I remember the end of the test 6 i put the bike to fly like 2 story building. I hope i can get there soon. Great video!!!
Same. That's part of the beauty of traveling across the state, or country, for riding. Even though we want to ride that section again, we probably won't until a year from now. So we can look forward to that moment in time. Until then, we ride, practice, and prepare for what's coming up next! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
Great footage. I think everybody gets inside their own heads every now and then. It can be really difficult to overcome. I worked as an instructor dealing with critical incidents and I believe the key to getting past it is mindset. Think about it before it happens, but not negatively. You're just making yourself ready for if it does. I used to refer to it as mind prep. For what it's worth.
Reminds me of the movie Solo. Alex would think through all possibilities, even the ones where he fell and died. Because that way they wouldn’t creep in while on the climb. I love talking about, and working on, mindset! Keep the thoughts coming! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
I really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing! In a weird way these trails are very similar to Indiana and Ohio enduros. No big elevation change, but tight trail that’s constantly going in and out of gulleys and ravines.
SxS bark busters might be in your future, they still flex, but actually absorb some of the impact and have a lot more coverage than the Enduro Engineering ones. Less sore fingers or broken clutches.
The quick elevation changes can be more technically than some realize. We had what we called 'moguls' where I grew up in Louisiana and they were the same way. You had to find a flow in the quick up and down to ride them smooth, and come out fast.
I have very much seen the SXS flags. I run a SXS skid plate on the Sherco currently. I should give them a try. I just like the EE open guards, BUT this moment in time says I need new EE base mounts or I need to try the SXS option.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Enjoy #GettingSeattime & Stay #Stoked! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
dude, awesome ride, staying in the same zip code with CK is no easy feat.
Thanks Dude! I was attacking a lot more during the beginning part of that race than I thought I could. Which in turn wore me out sooner. I've gotten better at my hydration and nutrition to keep up with the elevated "skill". Cool thing is though, there's always more growth to work on. Check out more of the race recaps from this year and you'll see/hear my evolution as I try to talk about it for others to learn and grow as well.
I gotta get back out and practice more at race speed as well. Too many hard enduro or fun days.
It's all about what you want. We can't beat ourselves up for not having race pace if we never practice race pace. If practicing hard enduro with our buddies is what we enjoy, that ok. We just have to remember that where we put our focus when it comes to race day.
That's why in my Race Prep video I talk about putting the racer helmet on again. I decided to make the mental shift this year to being a racer again. I'm going to practice on the bike as a racer, and analyze my race as a racer. It brings a dynamic not everyone wants, or needs, to enjoy #GettingSeattime.
I’m the dummy laid up on the side of the trail after the ravine section in test 4 😅 I went down hard and was completely gassed and couldn’t even move a muscle. Had to lay there for at least 10 minutes. Fsorry about that😂😂
HAHA! You're not a dummy, we've all ben there. At least you were conscious enough to lean over in that ravine. I've been behind a lot of riders who get tired and just sit there. Hopefully once you got going again you enjoyed #GettingSeattime!!!!
Its interesting with full wraps your clutch problems wouldn't have happened but with them, it would have bucked your bars, probably crashing you. I don't know which is worse.
I thought about that too. What are you, as the rider, more comfortable with and make your decision based off of that. Not what everyone else is doing. Personally, these EE open guards have been great 99% of the time. Especially now that I have threaded the bar ends and found the G-RIP bar ends.