First bike race

Yesterday Thijs competed in his first ever bike race. It was the Gran Fondo in Hockely, TX, about 45 minutes north of Katy. It was a recommended ride to prepare for the BP MS 150 which he will be riding in two weeks time.

There was a choice of three distances, 47, 69 or 94 miles. Thijs and Edward opted for the 69 miles.

This was a view of the start at around 7.30 in the morning. There were around 1800 riders in the race.

The ride proved to be a good test for the MS150. Hills and head wind made for a tough day. However the guys made it to the finish, satisfied with their performance and declared to be ready for the big ride in two weeks!

Some stats for those of you keeping track....

 

Road sign

Along the way from Katy to Sugarland there is a prison. Just before you reach the prison area this sign is beside the road. I had see it many times before but today I was finally able to take a picture as my dad was driving.

 

1 April

This year's the girls really got the idea of April fools day. They played jokes and had jokes played on them at school and tried it on me as well when they came home.

 

As I was cooking dinner, Floortje came up to me dressed in Thijs' clothes and said to me: 'hallo schat, heb je een goeie dag gehad?' ( hello darling, did you have a nice day?) - 'April Fools!!! I was pretending to be papa!'