First Mountain Bike Race

A few weeks ago on Memorial Day weekend, the kids participated in their first mountain bike race. It was a race for kids under 9. The adults you see in the pictures are just there with their kids. The kids were really excited about the race, but it ended up being too tough for Luke. Megan did the race on training wheels. She actually had a great time and was really happy because Keith walked/ran next to her the whole way. I should have been running next to Luke but thought he would be ok and just rode my bike behind him. We have never actually taken the kids on a mountain bike course before and just assumed Luke would be ok. However, the skinny trail, branches, bumps and pressure for speed were pretty scary for him. Bummer. The trail we went on was really cool for kids. I'm definitely going to take the kids there again. I think Luke will love it when he gets some practice.