Treasure Valley Cycling Club

Beautiful course. Harris had a need for speed, and it showed. I really liked burning down the hill into the sweeping right turn - genius!

My race was really fun and hard, much better than I'd expect given that I probably finished last in the A race. Here's how it unfolded:

What can I say? This is the best race of the year -- with the exception of being too warm for cross :)

Somebody went overboard with the whole 'wheel' thing. But on the other hand, if you're going to do something, why not go over the top? I personally thought it was fun to do something different and I liked being able to see people a minute ahead and behind you at various times.

Just so you don't all have to hold your breath very long in suspense -- I'm not the newest state champ. There, that's out of the way... :)

Interesting course today -- no run up (no hills at that park) and no barriers. Lots of tall, wet grass and tight corners. I rode as hard as I could but 1.5 laps in I overlapped wheels and went down and lost the group. I spent the rest of the day pretty much on my own, but having fun.

Yesterday the weather looked perfect, but then all the snow melted and it was a pretty spectacular day. Much too nice for cross, but I won't complain. Sunny and not too cold!

Rob's excellent race report forgot to mention one thing - waffles! Brian has stepped it up again and now they had boxes of Honey Stinger Waffles as prizes for things like the first guy up the run up, and then they served actual waffles after the race.

Lotoja yesterday. The crew was Rob, Terry, Don, Dan, Steve, Matt, and me. All of us raced in the 25+ Citizen class. First off, thanks to a bunch of folks. The Deeble's uncle for a place to crash the night before, Jon and Matt's mom Connie for driving support, Jason for helping us plan (wish you could have ridden with us!), Steve for his trailer, and Bobby for the van.

Forgot to post anything about ride idaho, so I'll just link to Eric's ride data so it will be easy to find later:
http://connect.garmin.com/explore?owner=ericdenning

Seriously, this is a really fun event. We only rode from Aug 6-9, but this is something that I really look forward to. Every year I think about trying a different tour, but it's sure hard to beat Ride Idaho!

Excellent event. Seemed very organized. The route was good, the weather was nice (some wind, but otherwise great) and lunch hit the spot. Dan, SteveO, Chris and I rolled out with the 100 mile group. Chris was busy filming everything, so I'm really looking forward to his report.

Without a bunch of "team reel" buddies, I ended up hanging with Chris and the DNA boys for most of the ride. Those guys are cool, we need to invite them on more rides (like the HBE loop I missed.) And Chris promised to start up the Tour de Food soon!

Good times!

(What happened to Tom's PR post? I was going to add something...)

Another incredible year, what a fun day! First off, a huge thanks to James for driving. I can't wait to see the photos.