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NRS in November!

It's officially unofficial - I'll be completing the NRS (New Racer School) in November of this year. Granted, it's the busiest retail shopping weekend of the entire year, but my boss is willing to try to work with me to get me there at least the day of - as long as I'm willing to take all the other "unwanted" shifts the rest of the holiday season. Happy to do so as long as I get my crack, I mean track, time during the summer (or mostly summer).

In between now and then I've got to work out some of my kinks, and keep applying the more regular feedback I've been getting. I'll be heading to Thunderhill in August again, most likely for a double header. Sear's in October, and hopefully one other day in there sometime if I can manage it financially and work-wise.

Additional things I'm going to be working on is my physical condition - finding a couple of workout partners is proving to be very useful, hopefully that keeps up. Even once a week is huge, gives me a lot more motivation to get out and do something the other days of the week. Keeping on top of my "homework" during my street rides will pay off big time in making things habit rather than constantly having to think about them. Then I can add new things to think about, refine, make them habit and the cycle continues.

FASTER, SAFER. That's the mantra right now.

Huge props to the instructors of Zoom Zoom - you guys have been invaluable!

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