Bruce Buckley has some photos from Ed Sander's Memorial Cyclocross Eventhttp://brucebuckley.smugmug.com
this weekend past without my formal planning it was decided that my older son would step up from the Lil' Beligian's Race at Ed Sander's and line up with the juniors in the 10-14 group
although Dean is only nine years old... his cyclocross age is 10
so... he would fit right in
but not really
originally I had thought that my son would ride with his cousin EricEric was a no show
even without his cousin Eric present Dean did not back down... he said he was going to do it... so he was going to do it
even after some scrapes, bruises, and cuts that happened in a crash while warming up
Dean was still game
Dean and I took a pre-ride together
both of us in street clothes
both of us with flat bars
the effort by my sons on this day made me proud
I am proud of my boys for who they are
Dean lined up younger and smaller with less experience than the other around him
dressed in street clothes on a low end mountain bike with no prior cyclocross practice
more images and words from this day in my race report
http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/2010/09/race-report-ed-sanders-memorial.html