Keen and Liev joined the junior high mountain bike team this year and have been practicing as a team most of the summer. This is really new to them but they have learned to really love it! There are quite a few boys in the neighborhood that ride so they have a great group to practice with. They had their first couple of races this month and both did great. Keen has come a long way and has gotten over some of his fears of mountain biking. He loves to go fast and does a great job on the hills which are not always easy! So proud of him and trying and learning something new!
Liev has also gotten to really love being on the team. And without us even knowing it, he has a natural talent for mountain biking. He likes going to practice and I know he works hard at is, but I didn't know the competitive drive that fueled this boy until we saw him race for the first time. We were on the course watching and waiting for the first riders to come by and before we knew it, there he was in fifth place! He rode hard and finished strong and got to be on the podium as a 5th place finisher in his division! The coaches were as surprised as we were to see him finish like he did! What a day for this boy and so fun to see some hard work pay off.
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