That's my boy :) As you can see in the pictures, Michael was the first to take off in his pack. He had three 6 mile loops to complete, but when he got to the top of the first one his ankle gave out.
Let's rewind back a few weeks when he was playing church ball and twisted his ankle. He tore several ligaments in his ankle, but decided to still attempt this race. Unfortunately, during the race his ankle did not cooperate and he had to drop out. He was not happy, but did not let it get to him for the rest of the weekend (surprisingly). He was such a good sport about it, but honestly, I was somewhat glad he couldn't finish {no offense, honey}. I prefer being a spectator at the Xterras; they are so much more exciting! After he took off on the bike, I stood around for a few minutes and realized it would be about 35 minutes before I'd even see him again, and at that, for just a few seconds. This is why I decided to head to the car and write a paper for one of my classes.
Needless to say our weekend didn't turn out quite liked we had hoped, but it was fun nonetheless. We grabbed some ice cream after the race, who can be upset eating Baskin Robbins? (by the way- Blue Bunny ice cream store in St. George is no longer in business... definitely my disappointment of the trip). It was nice to get outside and have the sun beating down, it was sooo wonderful!
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That's too bad about his ankle. Blast! At least he tried! Good job Michael. No more Blue Bunny!? Crap...maybe that's a good thing though. Looks like fun!
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