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The beginner class was shut out today at Greensfelder. The accumulation of the rains from the week, plus the showers which began at 11:30am on Saturday were too much for the course to take. The Sport, Expert, and Endurance classes all completed their races, but unfortunately, our race was scrapped. It was the right call to make. In a pre-race lap of the course, I felt that it had gotten considerably worse in the past 24 hours. There were definitely more areas of puddling and mud building up in the corners and low areas.

It's unfortunate because it was looking like quite a turnout for the Beginner class. Bill Cahill, Jo Wottowa, Jim Hafner, Denny Huebner, Paul Miller, Loran Cavano, and many others were all going to run. I would have enjoyed the competition before my self-imposed rest week. I'm still taking a week off the bike and not giving it any thought. While I've yet to win a race in the beginner class, I'm definitely considering moving up to the Sport or Endurance class for the Spanish Lake race in October. I would like to use that race as a gauge for the level of fitness I need to be riding at for next season. At this point, I'm leaning towards endurance class, but who knows.

Actually, the true winner today should be noted as King Furby. Brian rode out from his humble city abode to watch the race today only to be disappointed by the weather. Misery loves company, eh? However, when we loaded into our vehicles to drive home, Furby refueled on some of Aggro's chocolate donuts and pointed the bike east towards the city. Hopefully he got home before his body emptied of fuel. At least someone got in a good effort today.

Perhaps I should have ridden the MS150 instead?