The 2008 cycling season began, sort of, with the Cherry Pie Crit back in early February - Nano was unable to compete because he was bedridden with the flu. Nevertheless, we held out hope that he would suddenly turn healthy until we left at 5 AM! He was one sick puppy! Obviously, Rolff was gone that weekend or he would have given me a reality check!
After the race we rushed back (within the speed limit, of course!), to get to church on time - then Joe and Abba had a youth symphony concert to perform. That very day all of us proceeded in shifts to be sick in bed for two months. So, really, our season didn't take off for another few weeks.
Jon is beginning to come into his own placing second in the Dunlop State Time Trial championships. He has his eye on next year's state jersey! He also took first place for the second year at the Copperopolis Road race!
Abba is racing more this year than ever and getting stronger every time! We just need to get her away from her horses long enough to train. Doing the elite 4/5 crit in Santa Rosa with the fabulous Claire and teammates mentoring her has gone a long way. Abba is serious about trainig for nats.
Joe has it tough this season racing against guys like those 16 year old specialized boys! Not to mention Farina from SJBC - that is one kid on a mission! Early season had us missing Andrew L. - taken out by a truck pulling a trailor last November which broke his femur, and Brentley who was taken out by playing varsity basketball. Both are back strong now, so I am officially having a great time with all my boys back in the "real" game!
Nano just called to tell me that he got 1st place overall at Regional Development Camp (31 athletes from western states) - I don't know how that translates, but he got some cool sunglasses. I'll be sure to post about what that means for Nano's racing when I get the word.
Looking forward to seeing how the season pans out and how things go at Nationals down in Anaheim in August. I am thrilled to be re-establishing my friendships from last year. Generally speaking, cycling parents are awesome and really plugged into and devoted to their kids. (I mean, who gets up at 5 am to drive 2.5 hours to a race? You have to mean it!)
Stay tuned because I will update more as we get closer to nats!
Be blessed and thanks for reading!
