I never seem to catch some downtime after a race weekend. Sunday was race day!!! MAN it was COLD!!!!!!!!! Temps were in the high teens with the wind chill! Yes COLD!! Salem raced first and Kaden and I sat in the car while Keith and Salem warmed up...warmed up meaning riding the course, you never got warm Sunday! Once it was race time, Kaden was too cold so he stayed in the car (phooey on him) while Keith and I went out to cheer Salem on! We weren't the only fools though, lots of other spectators...we'll not lots, but a few. This one big group of local riders and parents were big on cheering on Salem, he loved it! The poor kid though everytime I saw him he was saying how cold his hands were! Yeah, I bet they were! He had long fingered gloves, but not really insulated, so they had to be cold! He didn't give up though and finished! I got to him at the finish and had him put his jacket on. The poor kid was crying because of how cold his hands were!! I gave him my gloves and took him to the car to try and warm them up. I felt so bad for him, he obviously was in a lot of pain with his fingers. About 20 minutes later it was time for Keith's race and he was starting to be able to feel his hands again!! Salem finished 12th out of 12. 2nd in the juniors over all and 1st in the 10-14 group. The other junior was the 18 year old in his last year as a junior.
For Keith's race Kaden and I got out to watch. Kaden was feed zone boy and I was camera crew. Kaden lasted a couple laps and then he was done and sent back to the car. So that left me trying to camera and feed zone. Not too hard, but I wanted to get a couple certain shots and it wasn't possible when I was doing both. So I called Kaden to come back out for a couple laps to help me. And he did, but afterwards ran right back to the car! Keith finished 13th out of 27, not too bad! We had another HBA member out there too, Chris finished 7th.
After Keith's race was Kaden's kids race. Ugh, more time for Keith and I in the cold! Kaden wore Salem's riding gloves and instantly was freezing. There was 4 kids in the kids race, 2 9 year olds and a 6 year old along with Kaden. Kaden finished 3rd. They had people helping them over the barriers and it was a shortened course. Kaden was still very happy to ride it!
It would have been a much nicer day had it been a tad bit warmer, but oh well, it's cross season!
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