On The Pegs December 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 12 | Page 79

On The Pegs
VOL. 4 ISSUE 12 - DECEMBER 2019
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KAILUB’S SHOULDER
Kailub Russell injured his shoulder a few
weeks before leaving for Portugal and he
actually skipped the final GNCC round so
as not to injure it further.
After Six Days, Kailub spoke to us about
how his shoulder held up.
“The shoulder was actually really good,”
said Kailub. “I didn’t ever have a big fall
where I hit the ground hard. I was just
washing the front here and there and just
having small tip-overs. That kind of was
uncharacteristic. I didn’t feel like I had the
capabilities of hanging it out. I noticed,
from being off the bike for so long, I really
struggled in the last two tests of every
day. My bike fitness wasn’t up to par to
where I felt like it needed to be to be
razor sharp in the last couple of tests each
day. I would kind of be in the hunt there
for third, battling with Taylor. Then by the
end of it, he put fifteen/twenty seconds
on me just in the last two tests. That’s one
of the biggest things I noticed, personally.
I was telling Antti. I was like, ‘Man, I’m get-
ting to the end of the days. My muscles
are breaking down. I’m sore. I’m not in re-
ally good riding shape right now because
I’ve been off the bike for so long’. So, the
shoulder wasn’t too bad.
But just overall body strength at the
end of the day. We’re out there riding our
bikes for seven and a half hours a day. It