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Through My Eyes: Anaheim 1 |
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| Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:20 | ||
| Location: Anaheim, CA | ||
My sore wrist was getting to my confidence at the beginning of the week practicing before A1. I did not believe in myself like I should on the bike. The thing was that I could see what
was going on. I just didn’t know how to fix it. I always like to call one of my mentors when I need some help. I called Joseph DeGano who I have worked with in the past for coaching, riding, and training. He told me that I needed to choose my injury instead of playing the victim of an accident. When he told me that, something clicked in my head. From then on, I rode the rest of the week with new heart! My wrist didn’t magically get better, but I took all new actions to ride like a champion. I rode with it taped, took ice baths, slept with it elevated, took ibuprofen, and so on. I did the extremes to make my wrist feel better with everything I had. We as humans in general, especially me, are so easily brought down by our current circumstances. It is so easy to doubt what your doing while in a struggle. I’ve learned to never make drastic changes while in a struggle because it usually ends up that the circumstance decides for me. Ben Evans needs to choose what he wants to do not a circumstance choosing for him. I always lean to God when I am weak, beat up, or broken down. He is the only thing that will stay constant in my life because he is never changing. My circumstances may change but my faith in God won’t! Hebrews 11:1 says, “What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is evidence of things we cannot yet see.”
I can’t always see how to crawl out of my problems, but when I pull my mind off my hurt wrist and get present to what I am really up to, I then become a powerful man. I go from being a victim to being empowered. I see that God has given me the gifts to race. It’s my purpose to race and change the whole supercross community for the better. If this stuff is true, than why would I let one weekend or hurt wrist effect my gift.
On that note, I came into Anaheim 1 swinging for the fence. I wish I had more of a story tale ending for Anaheim, but there is always Phoenix. I crashed so many times in practice this weekend! I almost don’t even want to think about it. I was going for it though! I fell off the start during my heat race, but rallied all the way back up to 9th from last with a sore wrist to qualify for the main. In the main event I hit a guy off one of the first jumps right after the start and fell. I finished 18th place in the race. Of course I would have rather gone out and won but 18th place is what I got. This brings me back to the beginning, it’s always a good day when you are on a dirtbike!
Ben Evans #42
