Hello my fellow Monkey friends! Good to be back in monkey land. RM and I had a great weekend at the 24 hour race in Moab. Here is a brief synopsis of our weekend for anyone who is interested
Arrived Thursday night (Barbarosa was kind of enough to drive us and stuff us in his car
)and camped outside of town in a spectacular spot. It was Diogees' first time camping and he was a bit confused about the whole TENT thang.... he warmed up to it eventually
Anyway woke up Friday am and waited for over an hour for an great breakfast at the Jailhouse cafe, totally worth the wait. Ran into one of my spin class members who was racing. Knew it wouldnt take long to run into a Boulderite in Moab
Did some shopping and moved on to the main event. After we located the team and set up camp we decided to ride the course. IT was soooooooooooo much fun ... actually I dont think I have ever ridden a more fun course. Lots of fast sections with a few burly technical down and up hills.. sand and rocks and absolutely gorgeous scenery. Details on the trail, the race and results are at http://www.grannygear.com/24hours_moab/index.htm#map
After riding we went back to camp and enjoyed a great fire and some good beer............. the days were perfect but the nights were really really really realllllllyyyyyyy COLD!! Actually frigid would be a better word. We woke up on Saturday morning with Snow in our tent..bbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The race started at Noon on Saturday with a huge LeMans style start! Wow I have never seen anything like that. It was pretty comical to watch. People had all sorts of funny costumes and getups on. Unforunately Team NUMB's first rider ran into some mechanical problems and they had to send another rider out. Mechanical problems were pretty much the theme of the weekend for RM's team (NUMB). Oh well I guess you have to expect these things in a race sometimes.
The next 24 hrs were filled with lots of excitement and fun. Barbarosa and I hiked out prettty far to get pics of the racers. Think we got some good ones. They will be up soon. Got back to Boulder last night and the rest is history
BTW: I think my favorite team name was "Victory For Vaginas" a four person womens sport team out of Moab. They actually got sponsored by Patagonia and had 7 teepees set up at the race. The girls were a riot..........................
Arrived Thursday night (Barbarosa was kind of enough to drive us and stuff us in his car
)and camped outside of town in a spectacular spot. It was Diogees' first time camping and he was a bit confused about the whole TENT thang.... he warmed up to it eventually Anyway woke up Friday am and waited for over an hour for an great breakfast at the Jailhouse cafe, totally worth the wait. Ran into one of my spin class members who was racing. Knew it wouldnt take long to run into a Boulderite in Moab Did some shopping and moved on to the main event. After we located the team and set up camp we decided to ride the course. IT was soooooooooooo much fun ... actually I dont think I have ever ridden a more fun course. Lots of fast sections with a few burly technical down and up hills.. sand and rocks and absolutely gorgeous scenery. Details on the trail, the race and results are at http://www.grannygear.com/24hours_moab/index.htm#mapAfter riding we went back to camp and enjoyed a great fire and some good beer............. the days were perfect but the nights were really really really realllllllyyyyyyy COLD!! Actually frigid would be a better word. We woke up on Saturday morning with Snow in our tent..bbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The race started at Noon on Saturday with a huge LeMans style start! Wow I have never seen anything like that. It was pretty comical to watch. People had all sorts of funny costumes and getups on. Unforunately Team NUMB's first rider ran into some mechanical problems and they had to send another rider out. Mechanical problems were pretty much the theme of the weekend for RM's team (NUMB). Oh well I guess you have to expect these things in a race sometimes.
The next 24 hrs were filled with lots of excitement and fun. Barbarosa and I hiked out prettty far to get pics of the racers. Think we got some good ones. They will be up soon. Got back to Boulder last night and the rest is history
BTW: I think my favorite team name was "Victory For Vaginas" a four person womens sport team out of Moab. They actually got sponsored by Patagonia and had 7 teepees set up at the race. The girls were a riot..........................
