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11-25-04, 12:24 AM
I have been having a horrible and frustrating time regaining my confidence after breaking my collarbone very badly a few months ago. I decided to hit our most challenging, longest trail with the most technical and fastest descents as well as the longest most technical uphills. I warmed up on the practice loop which is maybe 1.8mi as I recall. I was feeling great. I hit the 13.6mi trail and came out afterwards with a total time of 1hr 8min which may be my fastest time yet. I was stoked because I didn't bail on a single descent... I rode them all out, drop offs and all. I sliced through a deep sand pit at the bottom of a long fast hill at around 25mph... I don't think I have ever felt so good on a bike before. It was just what I needed! Oh and the bar ends helped :p