This is still part of my first time coming to the track, but on this first trip we made it a 2 day stay. So this is the second day of my first time visiting the track.

I'm still just getting used to the track.

Ran off the track at Turn 13, after which all the butterflies were gone. My body position still sucked (however, at the time I thought I WAS hanging off properly, of course I wasn’t) and I was dragging pegs each and every time I was out there. However the bike never complained. I still got passed and I also passed others. My passes got a tiny bit better, however, they were still very rushed and I had the sense that I wasn’t seeing the full picture.

I wasn’t. I wasn’t riding my ride. Anytime I came upon a person that was clearly slower than me, it was so hard for me to figure out how to get around them. This was because I started “following” the rider in-front of me. Instead, I should have been holding my own line, riding my own ride and setting up for a pass on a controllable spot on the track.

When I finally did pass a rider I was always so focused on the “getting around them” part that I lost sight of and forgot about the rest of the track. This caused me to run off the track a few times. Hey, the bike and I are both still in one piece. That's a good day!

The good
I was comfortable leaning the bike over on the track.

The bad
I had terrible body position when hanging off the bike. My passes were not properly planned and rushed. I was not riding my own pace and line. I got drawn into the other slower rider’s line upon approaching them.

Work on
Getting my head and shoulders off the tank to achieve proper body position. Continue to ride my own line upon approaching a slower rider. Setup the pass in a controllable spot on the track. Don’t fixate on the pass, focus on my line around the track.