Weather permitting...

I was able to do another half hour today. Mostly freemounting, which i am getting much more comfortable with. A bit of "distance" riding too, though. Mostly just because i was not a wussy this time. Just not afraid of dabs of snow or ice here and there, and not afraid to try and pedal out of a mount i didn't think was going to work. I'd venture to say i had something like a 25% success ratio with my mounting, although things shifted a bit since my last practice. Before, i'd rarely get my foot in the right spot, backpedal a bit, and GO. Read that again, and you'll see there are three parts to it: Foot on pedal, backpedal (or gain balance), Go. This time, there were only TWO things to worry about. Foot on pedal, (Backpedal and Go). The last two steps are congealing themselves. I even found myself taking off static-style, without backpedaling. There were many examples of pedaling out of a mount successfully even with my foot poorly placed. It was thrilling.

I went for one particularly long venture, too. I started by freemounting in the middle of a downhill slope, going down the hill which is closely followed by a right-turn. After the right turn, it flattens out a bit for 40 meters or so. and THEN... a fairly sharp LEFT turn followed by a STEEP grade down, of about 20 meters. I got down it ! Then, where it levels off, i hit a rock and UPD'ed :). I'm on my 20", folks, what can i say ! I'd say this is the longest non-straight-line i've uni-ed in yet, and i know i could do much more on the 24. I'm going to be getting a b*ke too, soonish, to help up my endurance. I'll do like 30min uni, 30min bike, 30min uni. It will rock anus. I'm out........................

12.25 practice
395 money