This Just In!

Just got word from Tyler Benedict of Source Drinks that the 2005 Burn 24 Hour Challenge video is up and running as a Quicktime movie on the Burn Website!

I had a blast at this event, and hope you'll check out the 6 or so minute video on the link above (which just happens to include a brief interview with yours truly!!!).

Cozy

Happiness is a warm puppy...

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm thankful for many things, but topping the list has to be my loving family - Steve, Zoe and Spyder. You truly are the delight of my life. With much love, Happy Thanksgiving!

Doesn’t Get Much Better

It just doesn't get much better than this. I spent today's glorious crisp fall weather on a mountain bike trail with my favorite riding buddy! Sherri and I were joined by our husbands at Harris Lake today, where we reveled in the beauty of nature, gliding along the trails under a canopy of trees awash in their finest fall colors, giggling like two school girls with every swoopy turn. Steve was gracious enough to document the day's fun with a multitude of pictures which have been posted to my photo gallery.

Last Race of the Season

This weekend was my last race of the 2005 season - the Dance with the Devil 12-Hour race at Devil's Ridge in Sanford. As I really haven't been on my bike all that much lately, at least compared to what I usually was earlier in the year, and am still having some knee and arm joint troubles which prevented me from really feeling up to going it alone at this event, I managed to persuade my friend Matt to do this one as a Duo with me. We wound up in 6th place out of 8 two-person teams (against some very strong men's duo teams, I might add!), but I believe we were the only Coed Duo, and we managed to get in 19 laps on the roughly 4-1/2 mile course (I had 9 and Matt had 10). I weenied out of doing a 10th lap, but overall I think we made a great team, with our lap times actually very consistent and wonderful camaraderie between us. It was Matt's first race and I think he did just an amazing job! We had a ton of fun, the race was quite well run, and my husband, Steve, was gracious enough to come out and provide support for us as well as spending many hours of his time taking well over 400 photos of pretty much every rider which he has posted Here.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! Wishing you as much fun as we had celebrating once again at Tidewater.

New Passion

Through serendipitous timing of a visit to a sporting goods store and the subsequent discovery of a local area tennis association, I have found a new passion which really seems to suit me. I luckily found out that beginner tennis lessons were being offered at the local courts barely a mile from my home the day before the first class, and was able to get registered and attend. I've only had a couple of lessons thus far, but in that short period of time, I've found that I really love this game! I've made some outrageously fun friends, found something athletic that I deeply enjoy doing, and have been particularly fortunate to have a husband willing to share this newfound passion with me! I've been surprised at just what a great time I'm having, and I must admit I'm quite drawn to the more mental aspect of the game of tennis and the fact that it is generally not considered an "extreme" activity (I've really begun to despise that term and the whole image it invokes). I eagerly look forward to each visit to the courts.

Tennis anyone?