Eagle Mountain Race 1

August 24th was the first race of the mountain bike season.  It was held at Eagle Mountain.  Bryan, Courtney, and Ethan went up early to pre-ride.  I left work a little early to drive up and meet them after they were done.  We met up and went to dinner before driving to an Air BNB we had in Herriman.  It was a cute little place but we decided we really don't like Air BNB, it's too awkward.

    

Anyway, we woke up Saturday morning and the boys went to the race while Courtney and I went to do a little shopping.  Then we headed for the race.

Bryan helped the team by watching the finish line and letting Feed Zone know what the riders needed when they came through to start another lap.  Ethan hung out with friends and Courtney tried to find him so she could hang out with him.

  

It was a hot, dusty, windy day so by the afternoon they had too many riders who weren't drinking enough water and were having problems with the heat, so they decided to shorten the races by 1 lap.  So Courtney would only ride 1 lap and so would Ethan.  She was excited. Ethan was kind of bummed because he had his strategy figured out with 2 laps and now he had to re-think it.

Courtney got ready for her ride.

   

She was pretty nervous but Ethan was a great help and the other riders were great for her.  She is the only freshman girl so the other girls were helping her feel more at ease if that was possible.  Because she was our only freshman, the coach requested a call-up, so they called her name and put her close to the front for her race.

            

Here is her start (my phone died so I didn't get many videos of her race, but she videoed Ethan's race so there are more videos of his race):

She had a great race!  She hadn't been practicing and she was nervous but she didn't come in last, which was her goal.  She is hooked on racing and wants to do it again.

Because Courtney's race was shortened, she was able to go and wish Ethan good luck before he started his race.

    

Ethan also got a call-up so that was cool.  He did a great job too!



Here is his start, a little from his race, and his finish:

After the race was over, the pit zone was taken down, and awards were given, Snow Canyon was in FIRST PLACE again!!  Yeah!!

Here is the team (Ethan is standing, 3rd from the left with Courtney on his back):
 

Ethan is on the far right and they were trying to get Courtney on his back but we missed it.
 

Our cute kids!