WOW! If there was ever a PROUD Dad, it would have to be me today. Lacey and
I went to Fontana on Saturday (Jan. 15th) to check out the cross country
course and see if she wanted to try out racing. About half way thru, I took
us in the wrong direction, and we ended up in a really sandy area, with a
couple of homeboys on quads. We were about ready to just start back, when a
rider came along and put us in the right direction. It turned out to be a
good thing because we would have missed the HARDEST climb of the loop.
After getting to the top of it, then downhill some, then back up again, she
was a little discouraged. After a little over two hours, we got back to the
registration area. I told Lacey that I knew that it was a little harder than
we both expected, and that she didn't have to race on Sunday if she didn't
want to. "Well, what do you think," says I. She says, "It's hard, but I can
do it." Boy, can she! She entered the woman's beginner's 13-18 year old
class. "She's only 12," I say. Come to find out, that because she'll be 13
before December, she has to enter the next class up.
So, she enters her first race today, knowing it's going to be hard, and
finishes FIRST! Ok, so she was the only girl entered in her class today,
but, she beat the time of the 12 year old BOY that was entered, his time was
1 hour and 26 minutes, her time was 1 hour and 21 minutes. She would have
placed 3rd in the next age group up.
First there was "Crash" Maxwell. Now there's a "Fast" Maxwell!
"Crash Daddy" Maxwell
Lacey will be riding in the 2005 Counting Coup 40 mile event, which is like a Vision
Quest for ages 13 and under.
WOW! If there was ever a PROUD Dad, it would have to be me today. Lacey and
I went to Fontana on Saturday (Jan. 15th) to check out the cross country
course and see if she wanted to try out racing. About half way thru, I took
us in the wrong direction, and we ended up in a really sandy area, with a
couple of homeboys on quads. We were about ready to just start back, when a
rider came along and put us in the right direction. It turned out to be a
good thing because we would have missed the HARDEST climb of the loop.
want to. "Well, what do you think," says I. She says, "It's hard, but I can
do it." Boy, can she! She entered the woman's beginner's 13-18 year old
class. "She's only 12," I say. Come to find out, that because she'll be 13
before December, she has to enter the next class up.