Tour de Cure Efforts Rewarded

The time spent begging and efforts expended preparing for the American Diabetes Association's 2008 Tour de Cure was well worth it. Many of my best friends and supporters chipped in to let me exceed my fund-raising goal of $750. They contributed a total of $850 to diabetes research in my name. Thank you guys...you're great!!

Chris Butler

Josh Strouse

Stacey Dominguez
Doug Dupuie

Andy Gordon
Gary and Meg Littlepage
Zach Littlepage
Anonymous
Gary Petersen
Cal Rickard
Doug Roberts & Family
Cindy Routon
Boni Sandoval
Teresa Strouse
Bethany and Chris Wilson

Terry and Kathy Wilson

Camping at the Boulder County Fairgrounds was an experience in it's self. Between mooing cattle, barking dogs, whinnying horses, and a motorcycle short track race 200 yards away, sleeping was a challenge.

Having breakfast and a post ride shower 150 yards from the Start/Finish line was nice and worth the minor irritations.

Time to get ready for this Saturday's Winter Park Series finale..Tipperary Creek race. Profile hurts just looking at it. UGHHH...

WHY YOU LOVE COLORADO !!

August 16th and snow atop Mary Jane....Raining cats and dogs in Broomfield. No racing today. Postponed date of next Saturday's not going to work either.....Last chance sounds like Tipperary Creek course August 30th. Wonder if there's a spin class today.

Summer Race Wrap Up Can Begin Now..Grandpa's Done

Weiner power provided by Cinnamon and Sugar help Kaitlyn, 5 , negotiate uphills at

Garden of The Gods Campground.

Last 2 weeks have been consumed doing the annual "grandpa" thing entertaining 3 granddaughters and 1 inseparable cousin.
Yea it's been fun spending money at all the Colorado Springs tourist traps and time with the kids in the woods. BUT...serious training and race prep became non-existent at a time when we need to accumulate as many Winter Park Series points as possible.

Bailing on the August 2nd Crankworks XC dropped my standing from second to fourth. With only two races remaining and 2 drops to deduct, I'm thinking that finishing last in 5 of 7 events is not worthy of an end of series podium stand even if the numbers remain weird.


Not totally off the bikes, Tori, Baley and I tore up the trails behind Peaceful Valley Campground and had fun watching an un-named riders get dunked in the mud boggs like a chocolate covered Dairy Queen cone.

August 16th brings the 6th Winter Park XC Loop followed by the long awaited Tour de Cure century ride on the 23rd

http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=5190&px=4233240 and then the August 30th King of the Rockies series finale. Better do a ton of work during the weekdays just to guarantee a finish of the remining trio of calendar commitments.

Shyala accepts congratulation on a

NO-CRASH week in Colorado Springs