A Bit of Biking

I've been remiss on writing about our biking adventures of late. Ellie has been racing pretty regularly. Nearly two every weekend now that we seem done (hopefully) with the run of strep in this house. (Three times a charm, I hope. It is crazy to think that Ellie and Larr have each had it three times in the last two months!)
Each race she is improving. She still have her technical groove so the technical courses are good for her. The breathing and cardo are what is slowly kicking back in.
This photo is from the Boulder Cup, a big national level race that took place outside of the Flatirons Mall. She took 4th place. On Saturday she took third and got a swag bag of loot, her favorite thing from it being a Polar Bottle that is hot pink!

It was a touch course that zig-zagged up and down the steep grassy bank that leaves off from the parking lot and down to the little stream. Nearly everyone crashed. Here Maxl, the ever happy and smiling boy that he is, carrens into the trail tape and takes out a chunk. I love that he laughs about it, instead of getting stressed out.

We race each weekend with Stephen, too. He and Ellie have been racing together for years. He is very serious when he rides, but a ton of fun, too.

Ethan was going to do this race, too, but we missed his start time. The kids had a bit of time to run around together after their race. They had fun, as usual.