Cycling Past

Below I have post a few photos of my first year racing in Alaska. The first photo is of my first hill climb. It was the Potter Valley Hill Climb, the news paper called it the "Hotter Valley Hill Climb" because it was unusually hot that day. Here is a clip of the newspaper written on that race, "Ian Lefler may only be 14, but he's already a cycling cynic. A steep, grueling climb 1.8 miles up Potter Valley Road under an intense sun amid equally intense competition will do that to a cyclist. 'I've never done a hill climb before,'Lefler said with a wry grin seconds after his finish, 'and I don't know if I want to do it again.'"





This next one is a picture of me in the final stage of the Tour of Anchorage. I am right behind the Santa Clause looking guy up in front. As I said in my previous post, I was the only one qualified to win in my division, but let me explain this one. I race the first of five stages with other guys in my age group, and I beat them mercilessly but they didn't race in the final stage which disqualified them. The one guy in my age group that did do the last stage didn't do the first stage so he wasn't qualified to win either. I still beat them all individually though.



This picture is of me starting a time trial near Eagle River, Alaska. I hate time trials, I get bored and distracted.