2007 Blogs
For the Fourth of July, Dan, Nicole, and I went up to Breckenridge to race the Firecracker 50. John Shippey's family all got together to spend the week in Breck as well. He had a bunch of us over for a wicked dinner the night before the race: spaghetti, meatballs, Ben & Jerry's, etc. It was great to meet the family.
Shippensdorf was the only one in our little crew who completed the whole 50 miles. Here he is finishing, before taking a beer feed.
For the second year in a row, we shut the race down, finishing off the food and kegs with the race promoters. Man this race is awesome. Pretty much the best race ever.
It was an awesome race as usual. Jeff Wescott is the man behind the race and always does a stellar job. This year I did the team relay with Jilayne. The weather was perfect, the trails muddy and dusty, resulting in a dirty day. Nicole completed her first mountain bike race, doing the Sparkler, quickly learning that her abilities and mad-skills are way beyond that of a beginner. Sandbagger! Dan caught the burn-out bug that is going around, and ended up riding the rest of it with Nicoleee. It was Brandon's first race back after fighting some blood-clotting problems. Good to hang with him at races again. Kerry and I rode a good part of the course together before handing the baton off to our teammates to complete the second leg of the 50. Erin and her beloved bicycle, Beyonce had a blast; even after wrapping herself around a tree! She is now converting to a mountain bike and 'cross chickie.
For the second year in a row, we shut the race down, finishing off the food and kegs with the race promoters. Man this race is awesome. Pretty much the best race ever.