Did I mention that my dude is in town?! He is. Life is Great.

We went to the Cirque Du Soleil last night.. it is so breathtaking. What a great show. I cannot believe how flexible and athletic some of those performers are. Inc-red-ible.

Seriously.

The rode of life.

Turns out... I have alot of non-commital tendencies.
Except I cannot commit to that comment.
Is there a support group for this? Do I have to commit to join?

I hate when realization smacks you in the face.

On a brighter note.. I am back to bike riding.
Even though I rode in the Republic of Boulder, 65 miles never felt so good.

Rest and Relaxation

Welp.. after being home from work for the past couple of days, there was really nothing else better to do then to get a pedicure. Because it was Sonya's first experience for the pedicure, she celebrated by getting a flower painted on her nail.

It has been a good couple of days of rest and recovery. I have spent some good time sleeping, watching movies, picking up in my house, and hanging out with Sonya. All things that get bypassed because of work and bikes.

God is good. All the time.

Summertime fun.

This weekend was the big cycling event that I have been managing. THE WINDMILL CLASSIC. You have all seen the photos of the team, generously donated and sent the team well wishes. I thank you for that. I do.

Almost everyone on the team had a great ride. Kristy and Tim who orignially set out to do 40 miles ended up doing 65 (yahhoo!) Andrea, Neil, and Kristen completed their first century (double yahoo!) Glaze, Lauper, Mike, Ryan and Russell completed their century strong, Chrystal and Robbie did 65 miles in a great time, and all of the voluneteers Ryk, Linda, Mike and the 2 Super heros of the day Leanna and Lane did their duty above and beyond the call.

Sonya and I had a different sort of ride. One to the hospital. It is always all fun and games untill you fall off your bike going 21 miles an hour. While riding along the course at mile marker 47 I hooked Sonya's wheel and took a hard fall. I escaped with road rash down my left leg and arm and 12 stitches. Sonya, on a different fall was not as lucky, she has a broken coller bone, whiplash, and a scraped up shoulder. Not cool.

We should be back on our bikes in 3-6 weeks. Any suggestions on what to do until then? What else does one do besides ride their bike?

2007 MMF bike team

So the weekend was another great one of bike riding. Part of the riding festivities involved having a bike team BBQ. There is nothing better than riding a bike and having a post ride BBQ. Um um good.

Here is a picture of the 2007 MMF bike team. We are a bunch of riders trying to raise a bunch of money, riding a bunch of miles.

If you wanna help us reach our goal, Click here to find out what we are about and also you can click here to make a contribution.

kickball

2007 Wedesday evening kickball team

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend 3 friends and I packed up Carlos, the 4Runner and went to Angel Fire, (near Taos) NM to camp and cheer Sonya on with her mountain bike race. We took our mountain and road bikes to partake in the Angel Fire fun.

We went grocery shopping to kick off all of the festivities.

Here we are in Angel Fire.. we ate some good stuff before bike riding. Brianna can definitely serve up the chow. All I am good for is driving the car. And modeling spinach.

Here is Sonya I the day before the race.. I "pre-rode" the course with her. She ended up in 2nd place in the "Masters" division, completing the course in 2:05:47. (She would have placed top 10 in the pro-division.)

Sonya basically rocks.
After Day #1 of bike frenzy we went and set up camp.

This is the first time I have ever car camped. (Dude! I know, I have only ever backpacked.)

This is Sonya and Leanna's "Taj Majal" It has 2 bedrooms. It housed Sonya, Leanna and the two guard dogs.

Brianna kicked us off with a little appetizer of avocado, cheese and crackers while we set up camp. Yummm.


Here is Dan being the camp fire man. And Leanna tossing a cup. I HIGHLY suggest sweet potatoes, corn, toasted peppers in the campfire. I love camping.



Day #2 of bike frenzy... Bri, Dan and I rode the 'Enchanted Circle' loop which was a 96.4 mile loop from Angel Fire, Red River, Questa, and Taos. Even though there was a motor cycle rally along that route, we were stopped in a DUI checkpoint, it rained, we gained 4,000' of elevation, and I got a sunburn, it was beautiful.

AND we STILL stopped in Taos and ate some really really great New Mexican food. I love that in NM they put an enchilada in the huevos rancheros. (Not the best neutrition for biking.. but we were on vacation, give me a break)

I feel super blessed to have such an amazing place to go, with great friends.