I’m on my 4th week of Motocross Fitness Training, and wanted to give an update.
After 2 weeks of training, I went riding and was very surprised to see that I was more tired and seemed to have little to no fitness improvement. Now in all fairness, it was a new track that I hadn’t ridden for over a year (Desert Peak Motocross track), and I believe it is a much more difficult track than the Jordan River OHV Park track. [Read more →]
As you know I recently got back into riding Motocross after a 1 year layoff. It’s taken a few rides to even feel comfortable riding at the speeds I used to, and even now, I’m not going very fast. Certainly not as fast as I used to be. Now, I’m not a fast rider, I don’t take big risks, and I almost never crash. But as I’ve been considering ways to get my speed back up and get the old riding techniques re-honed, I’ve considered that maybe I don’t take enough risks… Could that be true? [Read more →]
If you ride a motorcycle on a motocross track very often at all, you’ve more than likely ran into… over… through… around and finally avoided completely… RUTS
Ruts in turns or rutted turns are one of the most challenging obstacles on a motocross track. I can not tell you how many times I’ve wrecked in the middle of a rutted turn. Ruts in turns are just plain tough to master.
That’s okay though, because if you are anything like me, that’s what I love about motocross — There is always something to learn/practice and finally master. [Read more →]