As soon as the pistol shot the "BANG" flag up into the air, the onlookers honked their noses as all forty-eight cyclists immediately started to pedal with their large feet.
The first few seconds of races were always embarrassing...and this time was no different as already someone from a rival school had yanked down his pants. JayJay cycled as he tried to pull his pants up and attached his suspenders. Thanks to practicing this situation alot it was an easy feat for him. However he wasn't fast enough to prevent Pinky and his sister from seeing. The red circles on his cheeks flushed red as Pinky's own blush blushed red and she giggled gently. Jen and her friends just laughed and honked their noses in support of Jen's brother.
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The Race was going well, JayJay was in 14th place and was catching up with the leaders. A custard pie had caused him to slow down and clean his face...and have it as a smack, he needed to keep up his pot belly...he was lucky he had practiced balancing on the high-wire his mom and dad had brought, it helped him keep his balance and kept him in the race.
JayJay passed the 5th checkpoint. Halfway through the race, he took some juggling balls out of his pockets. Last year new regulations were introduced that extended the race. To make it tougher the rules now required that all contenders had to juggle for the latter half of the race. Again, thanks to practice, he found doing these two in tandem no problem. He passed contender 42 and 25 easily, an Aguste clown and a hobo clown. Number 21 was ahead, he was a very rare type. A Periot clown, although they were considered a member of the whiteface group.
Legend told of a race of clowns who didn't have large noses. Nor did they have any colour, only black and white and could only communicate through miming. Periots were thought to be decendants of these people called "Mimes" as they too only had a black and white colour scheme...but they did have big black noses and could speak.
It was easy to pass 21 and JayJay soon found himself in 2nd place, number 4 was right in front of him and the finish line was in view. With a burst of speed and a yank of the other suspenders, pulling him back. He ended up in 1st just as he crossed the finish line.