Well after the opening Blog that I wrote last week I figured I would keep you up to date with some things that happened during the week and over the weekend. Since Red Bud I have been dealing with a bum shoulder after I dislocated it twice in 24 hours!! Last week at Budds Creek I landed on it again and possibly damaged some nerves and muscles in the first Moto. During the week I went to my Doc and decided that I would try some acupuncture on it to see if that would help, low and behold it really did work and I was able to even ride during the week which I had not been able to do since the week leading up to Red Bud. It was nice to get some more seat time in before heading out to Unadilla and a little more reassurance knowing that my shoulder would be good for the weekend. After we had heard that they made some big changes to the track we got out for our Saturday practices and I must say it was quite a bit better than the previous years. They had a few new sections and they had screened some of the dirt to get most of the big rocks out which was pretty good. Sunday started off a little muddy but by the first Moto’s the track ended up being in great shape. First Moto I rounded lap 1 around 15th or so and put my head down and started to push toward the front. I passed a group of 4 or 5 and then found myself in 7th by the end of the Moto. Good finish for me after the last few weeks of crashes and injuries. Just as the Lites guys got out on the track for Moto2 we had a big storm move in with some lightning and thunder that was directly over us, they ended up Red Flagging there Moto after just 9 minutes in. Finally the Lightning stopped and they got them back out on the track and finished the race. Then we had another storm cell move over us again before we lined up so we ran for cover and waiting for it to get a little better, well that never really came and off we went with it pouring down. Unadilla is already slick in spots without rain let alone pouring down. I passed a few guys and made my way back to 7th by the end of the Moto, so after feeling like Bambi on Ice I was pretty stoked to have finished as well as I did especially coming from So Cal where we hide when its raining out!! Now I’m on a flight back home to Cali and looking forward to getting back to my program with being able to ride again during the week and not holding the couch down and bugging the Wife to death. Now this weekend we have Washougal then a few much needed weeks off so until next time keep it rubber side down!!

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