INTERVIEW
TREY CANARD
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But he got back to racing about
halfway through the series any-
way.
"It was going to be a really
good year," Canard said. "It's
never good to start the season
not racing, but I thought it was re-
ally good. But it's tough when you
watch guys on TV and they start
to become almost superheroes, I
guess. Everything looks easy on
TV. You see videos and social me-
dia and all that stuff and know that
they're getting better every week
while you're kind of just sitting. It's
always difficult to jump in. Every-
one's kind of got the momentum
going, everything is going good
later in the season, so it's hard to
jump in at that point as well. But
I'm glad I did. I could have waited
until outdoors, but I think jumping
in head-first was good."
Canard knew that if he wanted
to be comfortable coming off the
gate against those guys, it would
be best to come off the gate with
them before the outdoor season
started.
"I think I was pretty prepared
physically, but you just can never
really replicate racing," Canard
said. "So that was kind of the
thought of doing that, maybe
get those gate drops out of the
way and butterflies settled a little
bit coming into the outdoors. It
was good because I'd say the
first race was definitely difficult,
and then each one got a little bit
"
I TRY TO BE
GENUINELY HAPPY
FOR OTHERS WHEN
THEY WIN BECAUSE
I KNOW THAT
FEELING AND HOW
HARD THEY HAVE TO
WORK AT IT.
"
>>THE RETURN
Just as the series was getting
close, Canard seemed to prove
his detractors right when he broke
his arm, knocking himself out of
the championship before it even
started. He was wearing a heart-
rate monitor like a wristwatch, and
normally he puts it on the cross-
bar pad, but this time he figured
he'd just wear it. When he hit the
ground, his forearm broke right
where the monitor was.
