January 20

Things are happening in my life! Let me tell you, I have been doing work, and have been more motivated than ever. I have been staying in West Virginia this winter with my girlfriend, and have been riding and working out everyday to prepare for the first GNCC race in Florida.

I've been riding with a few different friends in this nasty snowy muddy conditions we are having up here, and really enjoying it. These tough conditions are really kicking my butt into shape. I'm constantly having to move on the bike to get all the traction i can possibly get. I have always believed that riding in the nasty conditions is way more important than riding in perfect conditions because it makes you work so much harder to go fast. The past few weeks its been like a foot of snow on the ground. I wish there was a winter series that raced in the snow, because I have so much fun, its just so challenging, and I love a challenge.

This past weekend I went up to the ash piles to ride just inside Pennsylvania. Its a great place to train for the Florida sand because its kinda loose soil and its whooped out really bad, and its a good place to get your bikes dialed in for the deep sand whoops.

I know this year I'll be doing every GNCC in the XC2 class. Yes I won the championship in 2007 on a Factory team. But i just thought it would be a great year for me to come back to this class and aim for that championship for a second time. The competition has greatly improved every year and its going to be a tough year, but my goal is to be the first two time champion in the XC2 class. And with the drive that I have built up for this season, I see know reason why I cant achieve that goal.

The next few weeks I have nothing else planned except my typical riding and training. I'm supposed to be doing the tuesday toolbox this coming tuesday for the GNCC website. So be sure to check that out because I'm sure they will be pulling a bunch more information out of me. But all i can say is "J Dubb is back for real, and he's not playing around!" haha