James Wins!

Yesterday's race was a particularly special one because it was canceled due to the overall economic environment.  A bunch of cyclists including our kids went to the City Council to plead their case.  There couldn't have been a better civics lesson for them.  Fortunately, the City of Roswell decided it was in their best economic interests to host the event even without its main corporate sponsor so yesterday was another great day of racing....the 2009 Historic Roswell Criterium happened indeed. 

You may or may not know that the day before (at the Athens Crit) James had a bit of stomach distress.  On this fine morning, he woke up with similar distress.  We weren't sure if it was nerves or a bug.  He didn't care - he was going to race.

And race he did.  When I talked to him right after church.  He said he felt like he did ok.  I started trying to get a sense of how exactly he did.  He finally said, "I think I could have done better, but I think I came in first for the 10-12-year-olds.  It is hard to tell in a crit because sometimes you get lapped and you're not sure who's really ahead of you or behind you.  There was definitely no one on his tail when he crossed the finish line.

As it turns out, he did finish first.  No high emotion like the previous day with CBT.

Just a quiet, priceless grin.