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It has been a while since i have updated this thing. Since the last post, i have been to XTERRA USA Nationals and XTERRA World Championships.

Im not sure what to think about XTERRA Nationals, I got 3rd place in the age group after getting 2nd the year before, but my time was 20 minutes faster. I just didn't race a smart race. Once I got to ride my bike, I got all excited and went way too hard. I had made my way into about 30th place or so overall by the end of the bike. Then I started running, and things went from pretty good, to miserable. I lost 8 minutes just in the run to the 2nd place guy in my age group. The run dropped me all the way down to 47th place. A little dissapointing, but a good learning experience.

At XTERRA Worlds I decided I would use my new knowlege of pacing myself, well it was too hot for the little Alaska boy and pacing didn't matter. I had a few little panic attacks, that I was too hot, too thirsty, too dizzy and I couldn't breath. Later on the clouds came out and I was able to regain myself. I ended the bike towards the front of my age group and I felt great. I had a fast first mile of running and then we had to run uphill, and that turned to walking uphill. I would run till I got dizzy, then walk till I could walk strait, then run till I got dizzy again. Arount mile 4 I got to an aid station where they had ice water, I poored the ice cubes down the front and back of my skin suit. That helped me enough to run the final 3 miles, although any abnormal movement would cause every muscle in my body to cramp. I finished in 11th in my 15-19 age group. Congrats to Julian Langer and Joshua Olmstead, who finished 1st and 2nd in the age group, and beat a handful of pros.

And one little extra note, I got my first sponsor. Serfas. They make great sunglasses and lots of nice bike parts, im very excited to try their tires.