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| Friday, 19 June 2009 19:27 | ||
| Location: High Point, PA | ||
Practice went pretty good for me. It was really muddy in practice one. To give you an idea I was nine seconds quicker in practice number two. I got a good start in moto one coming
around the first lap in like 6th or 7th. The pace is very fast up front and I need to work on my sprinting. I was two seconds quicker on like lap four than on the first two laps. It doesn’t make much sense since I had a clearer track in the beginning laps. At least I recognize that I have something to work on. I was running around the 10-12 position when I ended up casing a step down and crashed. I got up fast keeping my bike running. I got up in 16th and finished right there by the end of the first moto. Second moto I didn’t get as good of a start but rode much better. I ended up 14th almost passing Will Hahn for 13th on the last lap. As a racer I always want to achieve more finishing higher and higher. It’s easy to get stuck on a certain result like finishing in the top ten or something. A lot of racers don’t feel good about themselves if they don’t achieve that top ten or whatever there goal is at that particular race. As Christians are identity is found in Christ and we don’t get our worth from what others think of us or at least we shouldn’t. Instead of thinking about what I did or did not accomplish this weekend for goals, I think about who was I being. Was I riding like a champ out there? Did I do everything I could to prepare and then some? Did I know that track backwards and forwards? Did I give it everything I had every time I was out on that track?
I believe these are better questions to think about when a result isn’t what you wanted for a race weekend. As you know, in life sometimes relationships don’t work out the way we want them too. Goals are not met at work, at home, or maybe at school. It’s easy to focus on those types of negative things. You can ask who was I being. Was I being Christ like? Was I being the fruits of the spirits like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
gentleness, faithfulness, and self control? Did I really study for that test like I should have? Basically what I am trying to say is don’t focus on what happened but rather who were you being. I know that will carry you a lot further in life by who you are and not always what you accomplish. Don’t get me wrong, if you are being a champ, a studious student, a loving husband, or something along those lines, you will have great results in your life. We will always face problems at the track, in relationships, and at work. Different mountains will arise, but the same you faces them all.
I ran into a problem after the race because we were planning on freshening up my race bike. We had plans with one of the teams to take my bike back from High Point to Cali. They decided that they were not going to go back at the last minute. My mind was thinking you shouldn’t tell someone you can do something and then back out on something major like that. I’ll admit it would have been easy to get very angry. As I write this, it’s funny because I can think of times I did the same to others. This basically left us in a tight bind though.
We did not know what to do. We were all tired and ready to head back to the hotel, but instead we had to stay up and figure out a solution.This was one of my battles this weekend that seemed like a big deal but it worked out because of the great people surrounding me like my brother Luke and my mechanic Kiwi. These guys didn’t get flustered by our serious problem but thought through every possible solution with integrity and patience. Now that I look back it was not too bad. We ended up just having to ship my bike back to Cali. Yeah it took a dent out of my paycheck, but being mad and crying won’t help it go away. A lot of stuff can happen in one weekend, but God is in control of them all. What seems like a big deal to me is nothing to God. Nothing is impossible with God!
Like always, thanks for reading!
Ben Evans #350
