Football and racing

Nate getting ready to remount
Nate clearing a barrier

Nate clearing the 2nd barrier

Diane getting ready to remount
Ben pushing to the win after lap 1 mishap and falling to about 25th
Carlos riding to a 2nd place finish
Maciej riding to a 3rd place
Here Maciej is getting ready to remount

Steve from Ben's clearing the barrier
Steve again looking like he knows what he is doing
Gus suffering after a WEMS the day before
Nate riding to his 1st place
Nate clearing the barriers with no problem

Marcus clearing the barriers
Aris closing in on his 2nd place finish
Theo riding strong after a WEMS race
Marcus again looking strong
Mitch riding strong clearing the barriers

Aris making a move on a shark
Russell riding to a strong 2nd place in the 40+
Marcus again
Aris riding a single speed to 2nd place
Theo riding a single speed built the night before

Nate during pregame warmups # 60 Tight End
Pregame huddle
Nate getting announced during pregame
Nate getting ready for the snap


Well the weekend is over and I get to go to work tomorrow to relax. Any day at work is way easier then a weekend at our house. Nate's football game was a blow out. The other team just killed us. The guys on the other team make Russell look small. Nate played well on defense the entire game and didn't let them score on his side, but the other outside linebacker couldn't stop anything. Nate also played well on offense but the other team just out played our team. We are still hoping to win a few games and we should be able to if the kids will just work harder in practice.

Today Nate and I loaded his bike and went to the cross race at Lapham Peak. It was the 3rd race of the omnium and Nate did win the 2 races yesterday so it was his to loose. He took of right from the start and never looked back. He was smooth over the barriers and made no mistakes and rode a way from the feild to a victory by at least 1/2 a lap on 2nd place. He was able to win the omnium and looked strong and ready for the cross season to go full speed ahead. We seen a few others racing today and Russ looked strong and placed 2nd in the 40+, Aris riding to a 2nd place in the 15+plus jr's, Gus riding strong as well as Steve and Marcus for their first cross races. The best was Ben as he was leading into turn 1 and the 2nd place guy tangled up with Ben and his rear wheel ws knocked out. Ben was cussing up a storm and dropped to like 25th before remounting his bike. He chased the entire race and passed everyone and on the last lap took the lead for the win. Carlos took the 2nd and Maciej took the 3rd behind Ben. It was the best race I have seen in a long time, way to go Ben. We took off before the rest of the races so I could get a ride in also so I hope everyone else had a good race. Later..