Well as you probably picked up from the title, we're still waiting for anonymous to finish up on the car. we're still driving the "super-cab" ranger. I don't understand why they call it a supercab; it's more like a toddlers play area. I have just come home from a bike race. the TOUR DE GROUND-HOG Bill Jensen memorial race. I raced in the begginners class. I was not sure of what to expect. but I am in pretty good shape physically (for my age.) I practice with a swim team 3-4 nights a week for an hour-and-a-half of pretty much non-stop, all together we probably get 10 minutes of "break". there are three different lanes. Lane 1 is slowest, and lane 3 is fastest, i've been swimming for a little over a month now and am in between lane 2 and 3.
Back to the race. The course is a 1.8 mile loop, my race consisted of 5 laps. I DID SURVIVE.
There were 8 raceres in my race; I was the youngest there was an older man probably in his late 50's early 60's he was behind me most all of the race. and all of the other guys were in their 20's I finished 4th overall. and won a pair of wool socks and a water bottle. I almost had 3rd place, I was less than a half of a bike length away from winning third place. the course was a muddy mess. and there were 5 'dismounts' which are obstacles that lay across the whole trail so you can not go around them. you must 'dismount' and hop over them. I started out with too much clothing on. I handed off hat and gloves to dad the first 2 laps.
Once I finished I was not feeling well I layed down on the muddy, wet, ground by my bike and tried to catch my breath. I felt like I had to burp or . . . throw-up after we all shook hands and received our rewards I said to my Dad: "can we go now?" and I told him "I feel sick" then "I might throw up" then "I'm gonn'a throw up" and I did it was 2 stage, first it was a little bit watery, then again, it looked lik potato squares. BUt anyway I felt alot better after that.
Jude is turning 9 years old on Tuesday make sure everybody to call him and wish him a happy birthday. (I rode the 'hardtail' bike because you get better power-transfer with a 'rigid' or 'hardtail' bike. here's some pics. :-)
B-McKne
Back to the race. The course is a 1.8 mile loop, my race consisted of 5 laps. I DID SURVIVE.
There were 8 raceres in my race; I was the youngest there was an older man probably in his late 50's early 60's he was behind me most all of the race. and all of the other guys were in their 20's I finished 4th overall. and won a pair of wool socks and a water bottle. I almost had 3rd place, I was less than a half of a bike length away from winning third place. the course was a muddy mess. and there were 5 'dismounts' which are obstacles that lay across the whole trail so you can not go around them. you must 'dismount' and hop over them. I started out with too much clothing on. I handed off hat and gloves to dad the first 2 laps.
Once I finished I was not feeling well I layed down on the muddy, wet, ground by my bike and tried to catch my breath. I felt like I had to burp or . . . throw-up after we all shook hands and received our rewards I said to my Dad: "can we go now?" and I told him "I feel sick" then "I might throw up" then "I'm gonn'a throw up" and I did it was 2 stage, first it was a little bit watery, then again, it looked lik potato squares. BUt anyway I felt alot better after that.
Jude is turning 9 years old on Tuesday make sure everybody to call him and wish him a happy birthday. (I rode the 'hardtail' bike because you get better power-transfer with a 'rigid' or 'hardtail' bike. here's some pics. :-)
B-McKne
Congratulations on finishing the race, Blaine. Looks intense...we're looking forward to seeing you all this weekend.
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Aunt Melissa
GREAT RACE BLAINE!!! I am so proud of you! Did you get sick because you were to hot, or because the race was so intense?
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gsk P.S. Check out my blog, I wrote on it tonight