racing at sandhill

Went to Sandhill on Saturday and it was so hot over there. under a hundred but you know it was up there like 95 or so. Got there at 2 and found out race registration is from 3-5 so i just paid 10 bucks to practice and would pay the other 25 later to race. did a few runs on the slalom course and the mountain cross course and saw some guy i saw at shells the other week so i rode with him a little. saw Rich kicking back in the shade under his canopy so i took a seat and tried to cool off. basically i would ride for a few minutes and then sit under the canopy and take off my full face and elbow pads and drink water, gatorade or a coke. then do a few more runs until i get lightheaded and drink some more. wasn't sure if i was going to race or not at 4:30 pm because there weren't very many people there ( ended up being two guys in my class) and it was so hot. i went for another run on the slalom course and after the table/double my chain came off and got completely stuck. didn't crash but came close enough but i smushed my toe pretty good and then after a minute realized i had two cuts on the back of my calf from my pedal. that made the decision for me that i won't be racing. talked to some photographer dude from halfro.com for a bit and then rested in the shade for awhile and watched qualifying and then waited for too long until the races actually started. nothing exciting happened besides some basic crashes. left a little early so i wouldn't have mt bike drivers tailgating me on the way back to livermore since i drive the speed limit. spent the night at motel 6 in livermore and watched some boxing and in the morning watched soccer. yeah nothing at all was on tv. for some reason the weather channel there always shows east coast stuff instead of livermore or even the bay area. fixed my bike in the morning and got the towel with my blood on it all dirty. those motel 6 towels must take off a couple layers of skin they are so rough. damn they suck. went to san ramon bmx track on sunday. met mike there and we rode the track a little. it was super windy and pretty boring. about to leave when i decided to go down the long flight of stairs. super fun. really mellow and fast. so i called mike over and we went down again. and then we would bunny hop and see far down we could go. took some pictures of that too. had more fun on those stairs than on the track. those stairs rule. finally left and drove home. nothing to do at home so i got on my bontrager and cruised for 45 minutes around town going down all these streets i have never been on before or at least not in like 20 years. rode really slow and just enjoyed putting around on my bike. that's it and i am bored anyway.