SpokesNSpines

2008 Yeti Gathering update

Spoke to Jay this evening and he ended up sending me a link to Yeti's website that has this years images posted.  If you look closely at the first photo you will se us on the right hand side (Look for our jerseys).  And then scroll through the photos.  Pay close attention around the 12th or 13th photo.......

http://www.yeticycles.com/#/tribe/

Time to catch up......

It's been a while since I've updated you guys.  Been really busy.  Aly started coach's pitch baseball in the past few weeks and I've been trying to recover from knee problems after the Nine Mile race.  Anyway here is my attempt to bring you guys up to speed on recent happenings...........

WORS #3 was held at the Nine Mile forest and it was my first MTB event (minus Cheq last year) in almost 2 years.  I was nervous and excited all at once.  I ended up doing fairly decent (4th in my age group; 12th overall out of almost 260 riders)  I'll take it.  J-rod and I hooked up for the first lap and made up some ground quickly and ended up spending the entire first lap 1-2.  He ended up coming home 2nd.  Brad was third in his age group.  Eric won his.  Jake finished 2nd.  Craig had issues and ended up in the back of the pack.  All in all it was a good showing for us. 

More importantly Aly participated in the kids race which was immediately after my event.  She did great and I had a blast running through the trees trying to catch all the action.  HUGE thanx to the Spokes N Spines 'Girls' for getting her ready for me. 

After Nine Mile I had a minor setback with some knee pain.  Thanx to Loves Park Chiro. things seem to be on the mend.  In fact I completed the Horriblly Hilly Hundred on Saturday in Blue Mound, WI.  I was a little apprehensive because I only had 2 rides in the previous 2 weeks while trying to recover so my hopes were very low.  All in all I felt good all day and missed my original goal by 5 minutes.  I have the deepest respect for everyone that finished ahead of me (minus the people that missed HH, but that wasn't their fault)  :)  I hope I can get in next year too, i'd sure like to see what i could do feeling 100%. 

 

On a different note I want to send a HUGE GET WELL to J-rod.  He was racing in the Subaru Cup (WORS) race in Mt. Morris this past weekend and had a 'race related incident' during the Short Track race.  He ended up breaking his collarbone in 3 places and will need surgery to put it back together.  This is a huge blow to one of the strongest riders in the Sport class.  He is leading the points in the 35-39 age group and was on pace to wrap the series up before the end of August.  This is a HUGE set back and I want him to know that everything will be fine and the rest of us will try to pick it up and make up for his absence.  Hang in there bro.