Hi, my name is Kyler Hall. I am 13 years old and live in Lakeland, FL. I am a new b when it comes to mountain bike racing, but have been riding for about 1 1/2 years. I started when a friend asked me to ride with him at Loyce Harpe Park in Mulberry, FL. I loved it. Later, I decided to race a couple of races with him, and loved that, too.
I have been doing a lot of training to get ready for the upcoming races. I train on a Scott Scale 29er mountain bike. I train about 4-5 times a week. About 2 times, I train pretty hard by doing intervals. The othe days, I do easier workouts where I work on my bike handling skills & endurance. All this training is helping me reach my goals, which is to not give up and go faster in the races.
I joined Cycle Youth from LeRoy's Bikeworks at the beginning of the year. I have made many friends here and have learned from them. Some of the things I learned are better ways through the trails and encouragement to do new trails that I was afraid to try.
I have done 5 races so far. The first one was about a yesr ago. I took second and was happy. After that, I did a couple of races during the Florida State Champion Series (FSC). I didn't do too well during theses, but I used them as learning tools for the season coming up. Last January I competed in the 6 Hours of El Largarto in Mulberry, FL. I was in a team and it was my first endurance race. I was happy with my performance. My training was starting to pay off.
I am looking at doing a lot more races this year. I am going to start it off with the SERC #1 at Santos in a couple of weeks. I am excited. I hope my training will pay me back during this race.
Thank you for stopping by and reading. I hope you enjoyed learning a little about me. See you at the next race!
