On The Pegs July 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 7 | Page 86

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JUST WEEKS OFF OF SHOULDER SURGERY,
FMF/KTM’S BEN KELLEY CAME AWAY
WITH A SOLD THIRD PLACE FINISH.
“I FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING PRETTY GOOD
BUT STILL I KNOW I’M NOT AS STRONG,”
SAID KELLEY. “I JUST STRUGGLE IN SOME
PARTS WHERE I DON’T HAVE THE UPPER
BODY STRENTH TO MUSCLE THE BIKE. I
KNEW THAT IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD,
BUT I TRIED TO FOCUS ON GETTING A
GOOD START. I WAS FOURTH OR SO. I FELT
I WAS RIDING GOOD, BUT THEN ADNREW
OR GRANT WOULD GET BY ME, AND THEN
THEY WOULD CRASH OR I WOULD GET
BACK BY. I FELT I JUST STAYED STEADY
THE WHOLE RACE. THREE HOURS IS A
LONG RACE AND I’VE BEEN OFF THE BIKE
FOR SO LONG, SO I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW
HOW I’D FARE, BUT TO BE ON THE BOX IS
COOL. I’M HAPPY WITH IT.