It was a good year!

Kiersten at the USAT South Mid West Awards Banquest with President Candy Cheatum.

















She won the following rankings, awards or championships this year:

1st - USAT SMW Duathlon Ranking
2nd - USAT National Duathlon Ranking
3rd - USA Cycling Cross Country National Ranking

1st- USAT Offroad Duathlon National Champion

1st - Texas Bicycle Racing Criterium State Champ
1st - Texas Bicycle Racing Time Trial State Champ
1st - Texas Bicycle Racing Cyclocross State Champ
1st - Texas Mountain Bike Racing State Champ

2nd - USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Champ DH
4th - USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Champ XC

1st - NORBA National XC
1st - NORBA National DH

Kees, although racing in less races because of his age (in some cases having to race up two years), had a successful season as well:

3rd - USA Cycling Cross Country National Rank

4th - Texas Bicycle Racing Cyclocross State Champ
2nd - Texas Mountain Bike Racing State Champ

2nd - USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Champ DH
5th - USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Champ XC

1st - NORBA National XC
1st - NORBA National DH

Dude's on fire!

This isn't a great shot of Kees, but you can see the defender, who was on him all game long, waving his arms frantically trying to not let Kees make a shot.

Apparently it didn't affect Kees, though, because he had 21 points and shot the winning shot right before the buzzer!

And he plays basketball "just for fun" ;-) 

Technical Difficulties

Stay tuned for some cool stuff posted on Monday! 

Hit by a car!

Yep... on my traditional New Year's "triathlon" (ride 60 miles, run 3 miles, swim 2 miles) I was hit from behind by a crazy woman in a SUV.

After almost 4 hours in the emergency room I was cleared with no broken bones, but feeling a bit battered and bruised with a messed-up bike.

5 days later my neck and back feel worse, and although they said no broken bones in my foot I'm getting a second opinion because I have some pretty severe localized pain on one spot and I can't imaging what else that could be.

As a friend said "be thankful you're alive"... and I am!

(No, that's not me in the picture.)

Happy New Year - Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!