Baby, It's Cold (and Foggy) Outside - Just Right for Cyclocross

We had all kinds of things on-tap for this weekend. Most of them were outside. Saturday Ellie raced and Ethan had round #2 of his Eagle project. The boys were pouring the concrete pylons for the pergola.

We had check the weather forecast on Friday. It said that the high for Saturday would be in the mid 50's, so we dressed accordingly. However, as we drove south we found it getting colder and colder. By the time we stood in line to register we were chilled to the bone. Since I lost my winter coat, All I had was Larr's wind jacket. I also recently cleaned out the car and only found an extra pair of socks. By the time Ellie raced fog had rolled over the course, making it so that the riders could not see very far ahead of themselves. However, just as quickly as it rolled in, it rolled back out. (It reminded me of a giant fog-cloud kitty ambling through the park.)Ellie's form and speed are continuing to improve and I am relieve that the string of illness seems to be behind us now.

The podium for the Alpha Cyclocross race was a lot of fun. They gave each person a bottle of sparkling cider which they shook up and sprayed, just the like pros who win the various stages at the big races. It added a lot of fun to the race.

That afternoon we went coat shopping and picked up some of the stuff to make lip balm.

Sunday we were back at the races, this time at the Union Reservoir in Longmont. This time we were more prepared for the cold. The fog blew in again. Parts of the course ran next to the water and the promoter worried that a confused, tired or cold kid would loose control and go into the lake, but that did not happen. Most of it burned off by the time Ellie's group was midway through their race.


Part of the course was on an old BMX track. All of the kids thought that was a blast!

You can see that the promoter took care to make it a cool race. The t-shirts, mugs, glasses and website are all very cool.

After the race, both kids went to a birthday party at a place filled with jumpy castles and other fun, tiring things. They were pooped by the time we got home. We had a quiet evening with Don. I started to make soup for a family who have two members who will have operations on Wednesday. I will post those recipes soon.