Tuesday

Well I was #1 for a whole day!! Today the conditions seemed much stronger and after getting a great start and pushing out with the leaders I got too agressive and dirted before the first turn point. Landed pretty far out in a rural area and had a very enjoyable 2 hours visiting with the local kids (and adults) while waiting for the retreive to find me and bring me back to Roldanillo. A puppy found me and we quickly became close friends. There was one 12 or 13 year old boy who had spent 6 months in New York going to school and learning english so he was asking me questions and translating to the large gathering of locals who had come to see the tall gringo who had dropped out of the sky in their small village...

I was majorly upset today at my decision making right after I landed.. it was way too early to push out in front over questionable terrain so early in the race. I'm flying very well and am plenty fast enough to keep up with the top pilots so it was just plain stupid what I did today. Winning yesterday gave me very large point spread lead from the closest pilots so in theory I could have just kicked back and flown conservatively the rest of the week and I would have had a good shot at winning the comp. Being a "pimp" though isn't going to help me learn how to win so that really wasn't an option for me. I had a great start today, flew really well for awhile staying out front with the leaders so it's all good! The weather's looking really good and tomorrow's another day so I get to reset and have a go of it again. I've nothing to lose now with the scoring so I'll probably just go all out and fly as fast and far as possible....it would be great if I could win another task!

Jack