According to Wikipedia:
The Little 500 (also known popularly as the "Little Five"), is a bicycle race held annually at Bill Armstrong Stadium on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The race was founded in 1951... modelled after the Indianapolis 500.
Apparently The Little 500 is a BIG deal here in Bloomington, and involves LOTS of celebrating. Although John did not participate in this particular race (actually being held today) , he did race yesterday, in what I think was an even better race, the
Kelley Little 500 Trike Race
(aka full-grown adults racing on little tiny bikes complete with training-wheels).
Never one to shy away from a fun opportunity (even one with a high-potential to be embarrassing), John put together a team of 5 of his friends (all first-year LDS MBA Dads that live in our neighborhood) to compete. Being the loving, supportive wives that we are, we made sure that our team was outfitted in the best gear, which in this case included t-shirts with their team name, "Hoosier Daddies" on the front, and an embarrassing photo on the back with all of their faces photo shopped on an old, cheesy N'SYNC photo.
We also brought along all of the younger kids to form a cheering section for their dads.
John started the race off, and was followed by Bryan, Andy, Logan, and Joe. It was SO funny watching all of these "professional" MBAs racing around on such tiny little trikes.
Our Hoosier Daddies pretty much dominated the race, and WON!!! Here is Joe doing a wheely at the finishline...how can anyone compete with that?
We are very proud of our Hoosier Daddies (5 Daddis with a combined 15 kids!), and are expecting a repeat title next year.
11 comments:
Looks like fun! Am so proud of John and the other Hoosier Daddies :) Love their team spirit, the t-shirts, and especially their lit'l cheering fans!!
Haha what a great way to spend a Saturday!! Those shirts are sweet!!
Love the shirts, they turned out awesome. Way to go John! Did they practice on the tricycles for weeks in advance?
Hoosier Daddies! I loved every minute of it!
Oh my goodness...that is too funny! And I can totally picture John doing something like that!Sounds like you've got some fun people to spend your time with out there!
This is seriously so incredible fun! I'm so glad you seized the opportunity!
That sounds like fun! Seems like you've got a fun group of dads (and wives) there! :)
that's awesome! Way to take the title :) It looks like the weather is warming up for you...which is always a plus! What a supportive wife---t-shirts and all.
Of course John would put together a little bike race like that. That is the funniest thing ever!!
That is the funnest thing I've heard all day! So glad you have fun neighbors...good memories!
I like....I like it a LOT! :)
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