This is of course about Max and his grand expedition to race the best kids in the whole country at USA cycling nationals in Bend, Oregon. The adventure is over and I have the updates from the other two events he competed in.
First was the Time Trial that was on Friday. It was an out and back course up hill on the way out and back down to the finish. This is maybe Max's strongest event as it runs in the family DNA of the Cronyns. Max again was the kid on a steel bike, with clip on aero bars, not on a TT bike, loose ball bottom bracket, quill stem, you get the point he rode a bike he could build and well the other kids were riding bikes that cost more than 3 times my car. This is the style of our team and I am ok with it. We can fix anything on our bike and put them together ourselves out of recycled bike parts that the racers of our great city of Tucson are kind enough to donate to us and that's our style.
So the race well not much to tell other than he got 7th over all and was only 15 seconds out of first place. So close and do you think if he had all the tech and gizmos he could have gotten on the podium, well I am going to think so.
WELL DONE YOUNG MAN!
Next Race: The Crit
It took place in down town Bend on a 1 km circuit with only left turns. Max was smart and realized that the same young man had won both the road race and the tt and being very impressed with his strength decided to get right behind him for the start of the crit. Smart move. However as the race started the very strong young man had trouble getting his cleat in and right at the gun 10 kids attacked and opened a gap. Max tried to stay on the wheel of the strong kid however he was boxed in at the moment he made his move to catch the leaders. So max was again on his own chasing the leaders and leaving everyone in his wake. He rode like this until he had passed everyone he could but eventually even the strongest man can't go it alone and Max was lapped by the winner. He exited the course and recieved 20th place. An incredibly respectable finishing position.
I, we, the whole team parents and all riders are very proud of you Max. You raced the best and have come home stronger, more knowledgable, as our true Champ. Well done!!!
2 comments:
GREAT job Max!
Congratulations, Max. The coolest thing for me besides the fact that you went to Nationals with your Dad, was the fact you never gave up and you kept the most amazing positive attitude throughout the whole experience. Everyone, youth and adult, have a lot to learn from you!
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