thank you all.
The reason I said "I'm the slowest guy in the room" was because I posted this in HEAVY HITTERS
it was just spring of 06 that I was telling Snoop "if I'm in the 10's I'll be happy" that didn't last long. now for next summer I plan to .........ha,ha
I expected the difference between 9.0# and 8.9# to be unnoticed only to be known when I arrived at the time slip shack... but the difference was huge! I was significantly farther from the beams when My shift light came on to go to 6th. Normally have it come on as I reach the beams but this time I carried 5th so far I bumped the revlimmiter as I went through. so I knew I had it.
good luck to any others tiring to make it to infinity, it feels good.
BC