Off to the races!

This weekend Mommy's (and Daddy's) good friend, Janel, is in town to compete in a top cycling race, the Air Force Cycling Classic. This morning we all took the train to Arlington to see the first of her two races. While looking at the website last night we found out that after the professional race there was going to be a 4 and under kids race that allowed tricycles and push cars...so Anna & Abby were geared up for a race of their own.

on the train!

Janel getting ready for her race - I tried to get an action shot during the race, but she's just too fast!

Corinne met us at the race to cheer Janel on too :) The race was 50 km around a 1 km loop of road blocked off in Arlington. This meant that we got to see Janel race by us 50 times, which was great. Matt & I don't know too much about cycling so we don't know for sure if Janel and the Colavita team were happy with their results, but they sure seem like the did great to us! Janel was in the lead for a number of laps around the track. One of her teammates ultimately finished 3rd and Janel finished maybe 8th?

Anna ended up getting a little "race freight" and decided not to participate in the kids race, but Abby did it and had a great time. Here's Abby with her medal. (Notice she even has her own number!)

Congratulations, Janel, great race!