Best in the Desert’s 2010 Vegas to Reno race marked the one-year point in my motorcycle racing career. Over the last year I have raced about 10 races between District 37 and BITD, and I came into this year’s race with a much different game plan, and a different bike. Instead of the KTM 525 I raced last year I opted for my KTM 950 Super Enduro. What I could remember of last year was a lot of wide-open stretches that my 525 struggled on. Another change of game plan would be to try and pace myself. Last year about 150 miles into day one I wrecked pretty bad. I’m not completely sure what happened (a concussion will do that to you), but this year I opted for the slow and steady pace. For some reason these plans always work until that flag drops and the race starts. For Ironman Experts the race started with the sun still below the horizon and basically a fog hanging in the air from the 45 minutes worth of bikes ahead of me. I stuck to my plan and backed the pace off when visibility was zero. By the first pit I had made just … Details
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