Well today was going to be all about Erin, she had been looking forward to this day for a loooooooong time. Having only been out on her new bike twice and never doing over 2 miles on a bike she had set her own challenge which I was going to help her do.
We were to meet up at Tollcross Park and register (which later we found out did not need to do as we had our numbers) They sent us on a 1 mile detour to arrive back 30yards from where we started! She was wrapped. Even though sunny it was chilly. There were loads of kids with their Islabikes but Erin was co-ordinated All in pink :D. They were going to let us away in groups as we were to do 5 laps of part of the park. There was kids on balance bikes and tri-cycles etc. Then we were off. There was hills for her to contend with. Problem was at the bottom of one of the hills was just mud on the path and a bit slippy. Erin did well took the corner wide changed gears and went up the hill. She managed to get up 4 times out of 5 without having to stop. The 5th time was not her fault one of the kids could not make it up the hill so stopped in front of her making her have to do the same. She did manage to do a hill start on her own which I thought would of been difficult. She did get a couple of frights when she thought she was going too fast, so pulled the brakes or just stopped. One thing I thought was impressive was that she NEVER freewheeled. When she was going downhills she just turned the pedals nice and easy. While I freewheeled............Oooops. She did the whole 5 laps and 3 miles to get her medal. She did her dad proud and pleased to see her chuffed to bits with herself and so she should be. Her next challenge is Ironkids on the 19th July
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