Red Bull Night Shift

The race was a lot of fun. It was kind of a jam format, where we had 2 hours at night to put down a fast time. I had a blast riding all day and shredding the Windrock trails while they were in prime condition. When night fell, we started doing race runs around 9:00pm. My first run was nice and conservative, figuring out how fast I could push it in the dark and what all I could see. I had a nice crash in that run where I blew a turn and fell down a bank a little bit. On my second run they strapped a helmet cam to my head, so I had another cruiser run so as to not ruin the camera. It was a really smooth run and I was ready to pin the next one. For my third race run, I had planned out that it would be the run that I would go all out on. I've been noticing that 3rd runs are almost always the fastest over the years. So I went for it. It was perfect, everything came together and I was on a smokin time! Then right before the finish, in a section called the "ghetto, I was taking a line that sort of straightens out two turns a little bit and got into some loose dirt and lost the front end, smashing my face and chest into a very large and sharp boulder on the right of the trail. Somehow I didn't get a concussion, but was a little dazed after that. I gathered myself and continued to ride out with my light not even working. I was very lucky in that crash. My back is a bit tweaked and I've got a cracked rib, but I'm glad thats all thats messed up. Went from full race speed to zero in a split second on my head. Luckily its a rib that is pretty high up on my chest so its not affecting my breathing as much as a lower one would. I'm gonna try to stay as active as possible over the next few weeks so I'll be ready to race again.

3 weeks until Massanutten, see you all there!