weekend wrap up

So we went to Sugarhouse park to watch the races, pretty boring.. I took a nap, that was nice. Dad wasn't racing till almost 4 so we went home to eat and nap some more. The plan to get diaper money didn't work out.. Dad didn't make the brake of 5 guys that made it to the finish first, one of his teammates did though so that was good.

Sunday Dad went to a crit near Park City, the course was hilly so diaper money looked imminent. Dad forced a break on the second lap, first it was 5 guys then 3, then just Dad and a kid named Tanner. They built their lead to a minute and thirty seconds and almost lapped the chase group. Tanner beat Dad in the sprint but was later disqualified for not using Jr. gears.. bummer for Tanner but good for us, we got his diaper money! Monday the plan was for Dad to race mountain bikes and try to win some money. There was lots of rain sunday evening so the trails were muddy, the organizers decided to move the start back a few hours and then move it back even further to 12:30.. and then Dad found out that the money only goes to the top 3 places.. Dad is fast but we can't gamble with those odds, so we had Dad come home for family time.

We went to the park for a bit and took a few naps.. it turned out to be a nice memorial day.

Dad gets Diaper Money at State Crit!

Saturday morning Dad and I went down to Pioneer park to pick up Dad's race # and watch Uncle Dave Cole race.

While we were down there I met Uncle Dave Harward and we watched the ladies Cat 1-2 race.

Aunt Tiff won the race and became state champion!
Dad wasn't racing till 3pm so we went home so i could nap. Dad went to his crit and MOm took me to aunt Amanda's on her way to work...Dad scooped me up after his race and we went home so I could have dinner and take a bath.

Dad's Crit

Saturday was the Utah State Championship Crit, the winner of each race would be the State Champ for their respective categories and have the bragging rights that go with it. Dad was racing the final race of the day, Cat 1-2, 90minutes of pain on a one block circuit with 50 guys. The speeds are high, Dad's average speed was 27mph for the hour and a half.

The race started with many different teams sending guys off the front of the race trying to establish a break, a break is a group of guys that ride off the front of the race. 20minutes into the race Dad put in a hard attack(at least that what he tells me).

Dad was off the front for a lap, this pulled a few strong guys out of the pack and soon Dad was in a ten man break.

It took a about 40 minutes but the break lapped the field, so now With 30minutes left all Dad had to worry about were the 10guys he was in the break with..everyone else was a lap down. This was great for Dad cause suddenly he had teammates to draft off and keep him out of the wind..Dads team rallied around him, leading him around the last 2laps, driving it as hard as they could, the idea was to keep the pace fast so that no other teams could attack.Coming into the last corner the group started sprinting, Dad gave it his all and came up with a fine 3rd place! Nice job Dad! thanks to FFKR for the great team work!( thanks to Steven for the pics)

Diaper Money!

High Chair

Yesterday my Kettler high chair showed up..the Fedex man knocked on the door and the next thing Dad new he had become Dad The Builder... thanks Dad. Now I can sit up like a man while I eat my snacks.



MOm went to a baby shower last night, It was a traditional shower, women only, so Dad didn't have to go. MOm's friends are nice but really wierd looking..




Today we're going to watch Dad race the State Championship Criterium. Dad's team is hoping get one of them to the finish line first..obviously.