beat
Camp 6 is done and most of the camp riders are enroute back to the U.S. I’m beat but feeling good about the camp.
An incredible campaign with some super good results. Especially in the juniors. Yesterday in Sint Nikaas, watching Cody the Kaiser ride to 2nd, Gavin Mannion to 4th, and Eric tearing up to 6th, I thought to myself, geesh…if our guys could spend a season here, learning better the riders and the nuances to the racing here, they could be a dominant force. Nonetheless, yesterday’s results and seeing Zach McD up on the podium in Baal the day before are nice endnotes to the camp. It was also cool to see yesterday 12 American riders in the elite/U-23 field in Sint Niklaas (Trebon, Powers, Driscoll, Baker, Shriver, Matter, Llewellyn, Ferguson, Summerhill, Hackworthy, Dugan, and Cameron).
We had a great restaurant steak and frites dinner last night (a camp tradition) and I thanked all the riders and staff for being “on it” for two great weeks. We were very fortunate to have no injuries (especially with the super fast, frozen tracks during this year’s camp) or illnesses. Success.
Time for rest and recovery and then the final run-up to Worlds in Hoogerheide. If you have a spare minute, have a quick read of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. The chapter “10,000 hours” speaks well of a concept I’ve been chewing on for many years. Doing time.
Thanks for following along for the ride,
Geoff