| Hello,
This
is my first English race report. Last year I did a similar report
in Finnish to all my sponsors and the persons supporting me
and my racing. In doing this, I hope I achieve letting you know
how my races went very soon after the race is over. This also
saves me some time since I don't have to write each one individually.
If you don't wish to be on this list let me know and I will
remove you. In the future I hope I manage to finish me web page
and to have a separate news page with some images. |
| I've
raced 3 races this year with changing success and luck. The first
one was in Athens, GE in the end of May. The name was Cactus Cup
Golden Pantry Twilight. The race consisted of three different
stages. The first one was a time trial. I did well there considering
I had a completely new bike, never ridden before. I finished 10th
less than a minute from the winner Steve Tillford. This ment that
I qualified for a fat tire criterium the same night in downtown
Athens. I got to line up in front of 10,000 people on the front
line. I did not do that well. The organizers didn't reinforce
the rules they had set of having a minimum of 1,5 inch wide tires.
I seemed to be one of the only one with regulation tires. Enough
of blames. Roads don't suit me that good anyway. |
| Next
day was time for cross-country. I was determined to do well and
started fast. Unluckily I got caught up in another racers bar
and we fell down. My bar broke in 3 pieces and first I was thinking
that this was it. I held up to my nickname "The Finnisher" because
somehow I got the crazy idea of getting back into the race. I
asked the judge if he would allow me to race if I changed the
handlebar. 25 minutes later I weirdly found my self back on the
course with a downhill cockpit. I did well. I rode in the speed
of the leaders, only a lap behind. |
| My
second race was Friday the 14th of May. Now it was time for the
first National race in Big Bear, CA. My bad luck continued. I
was unfortunate to get such a severe back pain that I had to DNF
(Did Not Finish). Better next time I hoped, and started concentrating
on my back problem. |
http://www.hfpracing.com/
results98/res0601103942.html
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| This
coming up weekend I will be racing in 24 hours of Canaan in West-Virginia.
Thereafter I'll do the 3rd National Cup in Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Stay
tuned for more results! |
| Best
Regards,
Thomas
Nordstrom |
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