Nathan LaFrance (Junior Triathlete) has success in his First Criterium Bike Race

In preparation for the upcoming season of Elite Junior Triathlon (Draft-Legal) Racing, Nathan LaFrance entered the Spring Fling Criterium (Cat 5) at Clinton Lake near Lawrence, KS on March 15th, 2014. This was his first Criterium race and found himself a little tense in the first couple of laps until he moved his way closer to the front of the pack where he stayed for the remainder of the race. After finishing the race he texted his PCG coach, Karen Mackin to tell her that he came in 5th place!  Upon receiving the text, Karen immediately called him and the two discussed the race. Nathan told her how much fun he had and explained that the Bumping Drills that she had him do really helped because there was a lot of contact in the race.   He went on to say "it was very interesting because the whole thing was like a game of Chess, with me and my teammates trying to figure out the best strategy to win!" Congratulations to Nathan on the 5th place finish and a big shout out to his teammates for helping him!

PCG Coach:  Karen Mackin