North Bay BMX 11/28/15

Going racing on Saturdays has now become a new routine for us, and it looks like we'll continue with it as long as Anthony maintains his enthusiasm. To say that he's enthusiastic right now would be quite the understatement.

 This weekend's outing was real nice. Despite it being a rather cold weekend overall it was very nice being outside during the warmest hours of the weekend. The weather was perfect for racing. 

Although Anthony's enthusiasm for going racing is static his energy levels from weekend to weekend have been pretty volatile. As I mentioned in a previous post, his aggresiveness in his first lap around the track seems to be a good indicator of how he'll ride all afternoon, and he was looking a little sluggish in practice this weekend. We're not sure why he's been so hot and cold lately, but we suspect it may be a result of Gianluca's unsettled sleeping patterns (to say the least) over the last few weeks.

 There was a full grid in the 5 and under Novice class this week. I think this is the only full grid (or gate, not up on all of the BMX terminology yet) that I've ever seen at Napa BMX. Anthony just had to finish ahead of one of the seven other riders in order to legitimately advance to the main event, which he hasn't done yet (although he's been very close since he switched to his race bike last week). He was in last place for about 2/3 of the first moto, but then was able to pass the girl in front of him and pull away to finish ahead of her by a pretty big margin. Unfortunately, in the second moto things didn't go as well. They were very close the whole race (they may have even swapped positions once or twice in the back), but Anthony couldn't find his way around,and he finished last. So, Anthony's advancement to the main continues to elude us, but I'm pretty confident that it will happen pretty soon. I actually think that the next time he goes out there and has his normal energy that he'll be a lot closer to the main pack. As I've stated in previous posts, it's just hard for a three year old to compete with the size and coordination of four and five year olds.

 Anthony of course stayed after the races to get in some more practice time, and by then end I think he had about fifteen laps in. 3 in practice, 3 race motos, and 7-10 laps after the races were done. He of course kept going until he couldn't go anymore, and unfortunately that ended with a pretty good crash. He was a bit shaken up, but not hurt. Watching him do his thing is VERY impressive. I'm extremely proud of him, to say the least.