Lotoja = 205 mile cycling race from Logan, UT to Jackson Hole, WY
I was on a 5 girl relay team. Perfect weather, beautiful course, fun team riding comfortably in a huge truck, hard to beat. Only one little hitch, Tif hit a construction barrel (she was at the end of a pace line and couldn't see it. The guy in front of her dodged it giving her no warning and no time to dodge it herself) only 17 miles from the finish line sending her to the ER with a nasty concussion. The good news, everyone is ok and we had a really fun day regardless of the outcome. I'd love to do it again someday.
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| The truck |
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| The tat |
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| The start...I had the first leg. With Christy Cook |
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| The crew. Heather, Ashley, Tif, Christy, me |
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| The t-shirt. Thanks Ashley for the design and Christy for printing them |
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| Cruising while Christy was on the course |
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| Ashley prepping for her leg. I've never seen anyone brush their teeth pre-ride, but it served her well. She killed it! Came in so early we weren't ready for the hand off. |
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| Waiting for Christy who also beat her anticipated time |
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| While waiting for Heather at the last transition before Tif went out, I got to see Whitney roll by. She rode the whole thing and only had 45 miles to go to the finish. She looked great and finished in impressive time. |
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| Tif's helmet after her crash. It's split in three places. Just under my thumb and above my pointer finger on both sides of the foam band. And that's why we wear helmets! |
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| This is the picture Ashley had on her phone. She found this online and has nothing to do with anything other than it had us laughing all day. It still makes me laugh. Tranquilized bear falling out of a tree onto the mat. |
Meanwhile, back at home, Brandon was taking care of Griffin. He sent pictures several times during the weekend. My favorite were naked Griff eating food off the floor and being served peaches in the tub. Thanks B for giving me the weekend!
2 comments:
1. I was thinking about LOTOJA last night and wishing I had some pics to look at! Thanks for posting!
2. Brushing teeth is NOT primping! Primping is doing hair and makeup. Tooth brushing is important for your physical and social health! Also, I can not deal with being alone on a bike for several hours with fuzzy teeth. Or being anywhere with dirty teeth. I keep a toothbrush in my car. And I use it all the time. I'm not embarrassed to have a clean mouth.
3. I wish you were here so you could ride with me right now! I want to do the alpine loop but I might just do emigration so I don't have to drive my car. I need to get myself to St. George! I've been trying to con some of my friends into going down so I don't have to drive alone but it hasn't worked out yet. Hopefully soon!
Haha, Ash you crack me up! I used the word primping because I was unable to think of the word "prepping" at the time. I just changed it. You are right primping is hair and make-up. I agree with the fuzzy teeth thing. Gross. I was actually impressed you were brushing and wish I had thought of that. A clean mouth makes everything better.
And you need to get down here (would be nice if I was there though). It's perfect weather right now! I would love to ride. Or hike or something. Hopefully I'll see you soon.
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