Monterrey, Third Round of the XCO National Series

Xalapa-Monterrey is a long way, but we do it with gusto every year.  After the DF start experience, Michel takes all precautions to have a good start. He flies from start to finish in first place. Fortunatlly, someone captured the start on video:

 

Emil F.has also a good start and finishes eight.

Good start of Emil F.

Emil F. arrives in eight place.

Mexico City, Ajusco, Second Race of the XCO National Series

San Nicolas is a high altitude racetrack, ranging around 2800 meters high. Since this is over a thousand meters difference from were we live, we decided to arrive just the night before to minimize the effects of altitude.

Emil F. has a good start and fights for third place with Azua. He finishes fourth. Emil F. is only ten years old and his new category is for children 11-12 years old. So far, this season looks very good, and it shows how competitive he's likely to be in 2011. 

Great start for Emil F.

Emil F. in fourth place.

At the start, Michel is entangled with a racer riding a 26' wheel bike (not permitted under the current rules) and ends up last in the field. Ahead there is a technical steep hill, Michel's specialty. He charges up the hill passing riders and manages to pass all riders. He rides the downhill very fast and arrives to the finish line with a big margin on the second place.

Chaos at the start.

Michel finishes in first place.

Tamaulipas, primera carrera de la temporada, uno, dos, tres...

Después de manejar toda la noche, literalmente, llegamos el día de la carrera a Ciudad Victoria para desayunar y revisar la pista infantil antes del inicio. La primera fecha del Serial Nacional de Ciclismo de Montaña podía ser potencialmente un desastre... Se hizo todo lo posible para que Michel y Emil F. estuvieran descansados.

En su primera carrera en Infantil C, Emil F. se dirige a la meta en segundo lugar.

Emil F., segundo lugar.

Buen arranque para Michel

Michel gana terreno desde los primeros 50 metros.

 

Michel, solo, camino a la meta.

Primer lugar, Michel Awad

Ignacio Torres, Emil F. y Michel con dos amigas.

Tamaulipas, first race of the season

After driving all night, literally, we arrived in Ciudad Victoria, the day of the race, with enough time to have breakfast and review the racetrack. There is a long way form Xalapa to Ciudad Victoria. The first race of the season could potentially be a disaster... We did everything possible to ensure that Michel and Emil F. were well rested.

In his first race in Infantil C category, Emil F. is headed to the finish line in second place.

 

Emil F. in second place.

Great start for Michel

Michel is well ahead of the pack after the first 50 meters.

Michel, first place.

Ignacio Torres, Michel and Emil F. with friends.

After helping me drive all night, Lourdes finished third in the newly made Master 30 category!