{"id":7522,"date":"2011-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/try-something-new-together-bmx-family-edition\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T00:00:00","slug":"try-something-new-together-bmx-family-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/try-something-new-together-bmx-family-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Something New Together: BMX Family Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My husband has been trying to warm our daughters to the idea of BMX racing for the last six months.\u00a0With his motocross background and love of mountain biking, his enthusiasm is easy to understand. What appeals to me, is that BMX is a sport we could all do together as a family.\u00a0But, as hard as he tried, the kids responded to all BMX suggestions with a roll of the eyes and a shake of the head.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t going to give up that easily, though. We borrowed equipment and scheduled a family night at the BMX track during open practice. When our six-year-old daughter took a hard crash on her first time around the track, I thought that might be the end of the night. Though shaken and scared, she got back on her bike and finished her first lap with new found confidence.\u00a0When I took my first lap around the course, I had a new appreciation for what my girls had accomplished. It was scary and tiring!<\/p>\n

By the end of the night, we were all having so much fun we had to pry ourselves away from the track.\u00a0Even if we never ride BMX again, we made some great memories on the track that night.\u00a0Riding side by side, we also learned some valuable life lessons:<\/p>\n