Me: The Winona Riders!
That's our team name - clever, yes? :-) Anna and I had a great day and a really fun time racing the Barn Burner together. It's 100 miles of dirt and rock road that has plenty of climbing and some really fast down hill. Anna started the race and rode the 1st 25 mile lap like mad before she tagged me for my turn. I pedaled my 25 mile loop as hard as I could and then handed the bandana back to Anna for her 2nd lap. An hour and 45 minutes later Anna came in looking strong and tagged me for the final loop. Legs burning, I gave it my all and was stoked to cross the finish line as the 1st place women's duo team! Woo hoo! :-) Our overall time was 7 hours and 3 minutes. We were happy!
The whole Barner Burner experience is pretty cool. It's 2 nights of 1000 racers + their families camped in RV's and tents in a beautiful meadow surrounded by mountains and pine trees. Then a full day of racing excitement followed by an outdoor BBQ, celebrating, awards and topped off with a campfire and smores. My favorite. Around 50 of our biking friends from Phoenix raced it too, making the event even better. Just wish Bob could have been there. Next year!
Jane - Congrats to you and Anna!!! It sounds like the course was really difficult. Great that you got to spend time with all your friends, and have smores too!!! Life is good!!!
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