Keeping it real MidCal style

Alright, hows it going, I was gonna update this at the weekend but I've been let down on some photos I was expecting. I know you must have all been on the tenterhooks waiting to find out what I've been up to (Ha!). Anyway, saturday was an early start to drive down to Brentwood for a fourcross race on me mountain bike. They've got a full on ranch that was setup for motocross in the seventies and they expanded to fit in mountainbike racing in the last 6 or 7 years. they've got a fourcross track and a dual slalom track that is officially the balls. These photos shouldn't have been stuck together but I did it anyway! You gan just about see the motocross GP circuit in the background. Look at that blue sky. I now have a kickass farmer's tan and its only March. Booyeah!


There was some pretty decent sized jumps and the corners had plenty of lines round them but it just wasn't very difficult. I had the whole track dialled after my second run down and I'm not even that good. due to lack of numbers we ended doing points race so three races and all the results added together to work out the results. I didn't mind that its just they did lane choice on the gate by picking numbers out of bloody hat. this is standard for a final and keeps it fair but it doesn;t make sense for 3 points races. use a moto sheet thats what they're there for! I'm feeling a bit put out by this basically cos I managed to pick the worst lane 3 times in a row. I had to ride over a load of grass just to get to the first jump! awesome.

So after the points were added up I was 3rd out of 4 when I should have won it or at least got a second. It should also be pointed out that of the four of us I was the only flat pedal rider. You wont find me clipping in like the rest of those kooks. You might be sensing a bit of bitterness here but I did have a lot of fun and there was a bunch of lads from the bike park came along so was a pretty good day out. Also I got a shiny medal so I was happy. Made sure I put Sheffield Dirt Society down as my team name, its about time they got some west coast rep. Was pretty funny hearing the announcer read that out! I just couldn't understand why so few people turned up. If they had a race on a track like this on a day like this in England you'd get at least 40-50 people turn up not 20 like they had on satdee. This saturday coming they're doing it all again but on the dual slalom track which I'm well looking forward to. I had a few runs down with the lad I'd been battlin all day and we had a couple of dead heats so there should be some close racing in store this weekend.

Other news, The Damned United is due out at the end of the month. Just in time for Dickey's triumphant return to the UK! Hopefully it'll show Leeds in a better light than the book did. Either way I dont care cos it'll be mint seeing Leeds United and Elland Road on the big screen. We are Leeds we are Leeds we are Leeds!