I started this summer off with wanting to have more people to train on my road bicycle with. I train on the bicycles to stay in shape for road racing motorcycles. I knew Alex at\u00a0Erik’s\u00a0bike shop in Roseville MN and he was encouraging me to come out and do a\u00a0Wednesday night ride with them. He had told me that they do a 40 mile ride and I was not up for that yet. I continued to train on my own and finally felt I could make the 40 mile ride. I had my dad take me over to\u00a0Erik’s on a hot\u00a090 degree day. Everyone one was meeting out side and the\u00a0group was going to be lead by Alex Berge and Bruce Martens. Bruce\u00a0spotted me right off and started in ” You know we are going 40 miles tonight. It going to be really hot. We are going to ride about 20 MPH. Maybe you should do a night that is not so hot for your first time.” My dad and I went in to find\u00a0Alex. Alex was like ” no\u00a0worries it will be all go. You will be fine.” My dad left and off we went. It was a tough ride but I was not going to hold them\u00a0up. I finished the ride. Bruce and I were talking when my dad got back to the store. My dad asked Bruce how I did. Bruce said ” He did great, I was really impressed. I would like you to bring him out again next week if you can. I will bring my\u00a0tandem bike. As the summer went on we kept training on Wednesday nights. Then the Wednesday night\u00a0Erik’s rides ended for the year and Alex and Bruce were\u00a0starting Cyclocross. Alex was pumped this was his sport. Bruce asked my dad if he could take me with to the first race. My dad was reluctant, because he knew I might\u00a0like it and it would cost\u00a0us money. This is\u00a0to be the time of year we are to be saving money for motorcycle road racing. My dad told Bruce I could go and we headed off to St. Cloud on a\u00a0Sunday morning. I watched all day and had a blast. I just took it all in. Looked at what you needed to race Cyclocross.<\/p>\n
Cyclocross Bike\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mountain Bike shoes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(X)Helmet \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(X)Biking shorts<\/p>\n
Arm Covers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Leg Covers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(X)Someone to take you to\u00a0the races<\/p>\n
Someone to tune the bike\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Someone to teach you how to Cyclocross<\/p>\n
The things with the (X) in front of them is what I knew I already had. The others would all be need and would cost my\u00a0family money. The race was about 2 hrs from our house, so on the way home we were all talking and Bruce asked me what I thought. Right away I said “I could do that.” Bruce said that there was another race\u00a0next\u00a0\u00a0weekend. I told them it looks fun but I don’t have a bike or any of the stuff you need. When we got home\u00a0my dad and Bruce were talking and Bruce asked if my dad minded if I started to race. My dad\u00a0asked what will\u00a0Kaleb need to do it? Right away the list\u00a0popped into my head. I new he was going to say we need to save money and he was right. Bicycling is just train for motorcycle racing. Bruce told My dad If I\u00a0buy the bike and set him all up. Can he do it? My dad said if you are willing to do that. Bruce said He would train me for\u00a0motorcycle racing if\u00a0Kaleb would race bicycles for him and Team Balance Cycling \/ Erik’s Bike Shop. In less than 2 days I had a mint Sevens full Titanium\u00a0Cyclocross bike that Bruce and Lisa Martens had bought for me. I\u00a0won my first race I entered and had a blast. It was\u00a0a lot harder\u00a0than I thought it was going to be. I kept training\u00a0Cyclocross\u00a0with Alex and Bruce on\u00a0Tuesday nights and racing on the weekends. My dad would take me on the nights that Bruce or Alex could not make it. I continued to work hard and\u00a0won the MN state championships in the snow. I am also the\u00a02010 Cry 10-14 JR\u00a0Cyclocross Champion. None of this would have been possible if Bruce and Lisa Martens had not believed in me. If my dad would not have taking me to the races. If Alex Berge would not have tuned\u00a0my bike for\u00a0free. If my family would not have\u00a0given up more weekends for racing. Champions\u00a0aren’t the people that get the trophy. The real Champions are the people that believed\u00a0that there time and\u00a0money need to be spent to help someone trying to\u00a0achieve a goal.<\/p>\n
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