On The Pegs March 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 3 | Page 99

On The Pegs
KAILUB RUSSELL ON TRAINING WITH ALDON
BAKER AND RACING MOTOCROSS
“I go to Aldon Baker’s camp to train in the summer, but I’m going to be going back and forth a
little bit more this year. I’ve got Charlie Mullins still helping me out in the winter with my con-
ditioning. He kind of has the same to offer as Aldon. It’s really hard to get yourself motivated
when you get to training and you have longer days on bicycles and stuff to really push. I can
go out there and do everything on the schedule, but if I want to get that extra little bit, it’s nice
having him around because he’s so fit that it kind of dangles that carrot out there in front of you
and makes you really push for it. If I was by myself or didn’t have anybody around, it’s a little
harder to get the same quality training.”
“I would really like to obviously have an opportunity to race motocross full time one or two
years. I’m not going to say I’m going to be a top five guy or a podium guy. I probably would re-
ally struggle to be in the top ten all the time, but I think I could get to there. The biggest thing
is I really want to do it. When you got somebody that really wants it, you work really hard for
something. I was grateful for the opportunity and I tried to make the most of it. At Unadilla, It
was muddy. I really wish I would have finished that second moto off to really kind of evaluate
and see where I was, then go into Iron Man there, another mud race with a head full of steam. I
think that day would have ended up a little bit better for me.” n