A Good Time Was Had By All

Since many of my cycling friends were entered (even Gravy), and not wanting to be left out, I recruited my friend Peter B. to team up with me in the TNT duathlon Sunday morning at Pioneers Park. On Saturday I rode out to the park to do a lap - the elk were happy with the cool weather.


On Sunday the morning began kind of rainy, and although the course was wet, traction on the road was pretty good. I haven't been in a race of any kind since I ran track in high school (30 years ago), and I had never raced on a bike, so I was pretty nervous about dealing with the turns at speed. Fortunately, I don't go that fast - so it wasn't really a problem.

Everybody did great and had fun - no pics from the race, but I did take some at the post-race celebration. This table pretty well dominated the team divisions. For those of you who read the previous post by Kew and followed the extensive handicapping and smack talk, here are the results of the teams listed in his post (teams are listed in order of overall finish as well):

Kim C/Bobbie - 1st place, womens division
Loupy G./Da Term - 2nd place, coed division
Bob K./Peter B. - 1st place, mens division
Gravy/Kew - 2nd place, mens division

Katie got sick and couldn't run with Janna, so Kevin rode the bike and Janna ran.

Here are some pics from our celebration at the FOX restaurant:

Kew and Gravy

Loup Garou and Da Term


Kew, Gravy, Loupy G.

Anna, Da Term, and Kim C.


Peter and his wife Debbie


Bob K. and Peter


I have no idea what they're doing.


We also celebrated Kew's recent b-day.

Thanks to those who talked me into trying a race, and thanks as well to those who came out and cheered. I loved cresting that hill to the sound of all of you yelling.