For some reason, I got worked up with all of the negative comments in the Fontana results posting in the downhill forum. I don't think anything positive comes from comparing the guys times to the girls.
But one thing it got me thinking about is what could improve times.
I think one thing would be to have more girls out there. Having more girls in attendance at DH races would bring about more competition. I push myself hard when I race, but i MIGHT push myself even harder if there was a consistent showing at events. Most of the time I know that I'll make top 3 because there are only 3 girls totaly in my class. I think I might step it up a little if I knew there would be a ton of people out there I was competing with.
Anyone else agree/disagree?
I think the wrong thing to do is to go on about girls being slower as was being done today. That's not very encouraging. I'm not saying I want a pat on the back everyone time I ride my bike, I just don't like hearing guys go on about how we don't race as fast because our bodies were created to make babies.
But one thing it got me thinking about is what could improve times.
I think one thing would be to have more girls out there. Having more girls in attendance at DH races would bring about more competition. I push myself hard when I race, but i MIGHT push myself even harder if there was a consistent showing at events. Most of the time I know that I'll make top 3 because there are only 3 girls totaly in my class. I think I might step it up a little if I knew there would be a ton of people out there I was competing with.
Anyone else agree/disagree?
I think the wrong thing to do is to go on about girls being slower as was being done today. That's not very encouraging. I'm not saying I want a pat on the back everyone time I ride my bike, I just don't like hearing guys go on about how we don't race as fast because our bodies were created to make babies.