the road racing season has officially come to an end and not a moment to soon. mum and dad both raced this weekend in the cherry roubaix. it started friday afternoon with mum winning a new fixed gear bike by racing up wayne hill. it's her regular friday morning ride so she's had lots of practice. friday night was drag race style sprints on the streets of downtown. mum made it to the finals but missed out on the plasma TV by a bike length. saturday afternoon was the crit. jamo and i raced first. i learned a very important lession. "never rest during a race". dad raced next. he attacked early and hard and stayed away for about 5 laps and ended up 25th. mum attacked early and hard and stayed away with two others on her wheel and ended up 2nd. she got her picture on the front cover of sunday's sport section in the record eagle. sunday was the long, hot, hard road race. dad attacked early and hard and finished 8th. mum again attacked and got beat by the same girl from the night before again finishing 2nd. it's still summertime here so we're going to enjoy a few more beach days before school starts. t-minus 7 days. but who's counting. certainly not mum.