TRAIL GROOMERS UNITE

I'm not sure how your family is about wanting to go work on their time off, but it's not a very popular choice around our house. Big C is helping his brother with the Scandinavian Days Vike on a Bike race this Saturday and felt like the course needed some maintenance. The kids were not excited about it AT ALL, but went anyway...

The happy workers!

A beautiful Sanpete scene. I think I might just have to paint this...

Working the trail. Many hands make light work.

Successful end of the job. We ended up having fun together and found it wasn't bad at all.

MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE #5

The Championship Race was in St. George this year and it was fun! All the Gordon family that went down, stayed in the same hotel and we really had a good time! It was SO HOT for October (+80˙), which is great if you want to go swimming, but for mountain bike racing, it is too hot!

The cousins in the hot tub at the hotel.

Supportive parents/spectators/sponsors.

Our Division didn't race until late in the afternoon the next day, so we played around to pass the time.

C Man had a great race! He started at the back of the pack and took 11th out of 50 riders!

Racing hard!

Two of the Freshman riders and one of their coaches.

I'm not sure if C Man wants to do it again next year, but if he does, I'm on board. It was really fun!

MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE #4

This race was in Eagle Mountain. C Man ended up with a flat tire 5 minutes into the race and it took him quite a while to fix it. He had learned his lesson about quitting because of Corner Canyon though, so he finished anyway. He said he started out mad at first because he was in the back to start, but after his flat tire he just had a blast riding and it was lots of fun. I wish he'd feel that way about all the races. The reason he's out there is supposed to be for fun! It was a positive experience even though he came in last.

Crossing the finish line!

Cousin C and C Man! Gordons represent!

Cheering for his team!

C Man and another Freshman on the team.

Support of family and friends! 

MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE #3

I only have one photo from the Moab race too and C Man isn't even in it. Princess P and I didn't go to this one and Big C can't be bothered to take a picture of anything. Here's the family that went. I guess C Man was racing while this picture was taken.

A supportive family- except in taking pictures of my kid. haha!

MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE #2

C Man's second mountain bike race was in Draper at the Corner Canyon trail. He wrecked pretty hard and didn't finish the race. It was a learning process for him and he has grasped the knowledge that you need to finish no matter what in this circuit because points are very important for the overall season. He'll definitely make it to the finish line next time.

The Manti Mountain Bike Team 2015

HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAIN BIKING

C Man started racing mountain bikes this year in the Utah High School circuit. It was an amazing program. They said this first race up at Soldier Hollow yesterday set a record for the biggest mountain bike race in the country! It was pretty cool!

C Man and his biggest fan, Cousin W.

He and his cousin, C, both raced and had a lot of support. Mountain biking has always been a big sport in the Gordon family. All his uncles and his dad have all raced at some point in their lives, so he's just keeping the tradition alive. Plus, his Uncle D is one of the coaches.

Lots of family there to cheer him on for his first race!

Lining up for his first ever race!

Aunt N caught this great photo of him on his second lap.

That's one tired, hot boy, but he did GREAT!

Some of the other guys from Manti's team.

We were so proud to learn he took 4th in his group of about 50 boys!

It was a great start to the season!!