Up Front
Being small has its advantages in cycling no doubt.
Spence! its about time you showed up, now we can get this thing started.
Family Intro
I started this thread talking about the need to balance cycling with other stuff in life, like family. I've been married to Mary for 18 yrs and have 2 boys, Evan 16 and Jamie 13.
Igs, Mary, Jamie, Evan
After 10 years of cycling my wife has gotten over the
your a nut for riding your bike so much phase and at this point she accepts my passion to ride. A big milestone for me was when she and my younger son came to Lewis Morris last year to watch me race in the H2H series. This was the first time they had seen me race. I think she was curious as to what the hell I was doing all this time on a bike, like was I going to meet a girlfriend in the woods or something.(after all my training if i came in dfl i'd have some explaining to do) I was kinda surprised she told me she wanted to watch me race that morning, normally this is the last place she would want to be. In any case I was happy to have them there, I put Jamie to work handing me water bottles at the turn. It was good to have them there so they can see what in intense sport cycling is, now for the most part my wife just lets me do my thing.
Aside from cycling I spend a lot of time on the baseball field, Jamie has played travel baseball since he was 8 hrs old and I've been an assistant coach for his team. He plays soccer too but its baseball season so that's what I'm gonna talk about.
Any parent who has a kid in any travel sport knows the time commitment involved, for example we play 23 games over a 6 week period. I do enjoy it though and actually look forward to the games. My role on the team is that of scorekeeper, nickname giver, bench coach and I'm real handy with a grading rake.
Jamie is a good athlete, something he inherited from my dad. I was more like my older son Evan when I was growing up. I am going to just focus on J tonight...I'll talk about Evan later, for now all I'm gonna say is he's 16 and putting me through the same crap I put my parents through. This shit just all comes full circle.
Basehit!
Jamie is the smallest on the 13 yr. old team but he plays hard and that's what fans really want to see. Actually they like to see the home run hitters but folks do appreciate hustle and determination on any playing field, I'd say this is J's greatest asset.
I Like being a twin.
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