First road races of the year

Today was Nate's first road races of the year. I was worried on how he would be as we have been bmx racing all winter. We did not do any of the Kenosha races, or the race last week in Madison as Nate wanted to race bmx in Rockford. But he was able to cover the surges in the Jr races and sit near the front and finished 4th. Well 5th but Greg was relegated out because he rolled out about 8 inches to far for the gear roll out. So the chief official moved Greg from 3rd to 7th. I feel bad for Greg but he knows better and I always check the roll out for Nate's bike before the race, 1 for making sure his gear is right as I never change the gears and to check and make sure the roll out was measured right. Caught it set up to short once. But that moved Nate to 4th. Mitch was sitting good but was forced off the road and went into the grass and a gap formed and Mitch never caught back on.

Then Nate and Mitch toed the line for the cat 4 race along with 63 others. They sat in nicely for the race and at the end Nate finished 14th and Mitch 26th. Good racing and glad that they both did not crash in the many that did in that race. I have to say awesome racing by Lionel today as he finished 3rd in the jr race and a 3rd in the cat 4's. Then we watched a few more races and came home to get a few chores done. Now we are on the fence to drive to Madison tomorrow or spend some time at home and Nate just ride around here. We are gone so many weekends that it would be nice to spend a day with the family.

Jessica is sleeping over at a classmates house for a Birthday party so we are waiting for Cece to get out of the shower and go out to eat. Later..