Yea for another year of Beautiful weather, Awesome support crews, Good Friends, Strong legs and the Finish line!
Jamie podium'd this year. Third place! She worked hard for this accomplishment. Congratulations girl!
Kevin was a stud! He peddaled the whole 206 miles on the tandem with a change of riders on the back. I took the first ride from Logan to Preston. This was trippy, we left at 5:45 a.m. In the dark, a huge group of riders moving through the farm lands yelling "slowing", "rider down", (yes, there was a wreck on the way and that adds a little bit of stress, in the dark, in a group). There was fog along the river and we pulled into Preston as the sun was coming up!
Tiffany, was awesome! She did a long stretch and one of the hardest!. She rode from Preston, up Strawberry Summit and into Montpelier! 46 miles. It was still cool and a beautiful morning!
Then 2 studs tackled Geneva Summit and Salt River Pass. Rob and Kevin rode the next 45 miles and the steepest climbs. Rob was in euphoria! And a blessing for Kevin and the climbs.
Then the original tandem team of Kevin and Morgan rode from Afton to Alpine. 34 miles in the wind tunnel. Morgan did an awesome job of keeping them riding with Toni and "Wookie" Josh. She had a hard pull, in the wind and keeping up with 2 men on a tandem.
I climbed back on at Alpine to ride the last 47 miles. Kevin was tired and we had, as always, wind coming into Jackson. But, we finished! Crossing the finish line is an awesome feeling. I still would love to kick over the 5 km sign one of these days.
Thank you to all who helped support, ride and send their energy our way! We had a lovely time together as a family and completing our goals!
Thank you Chase for taking pictures. After Chase finishes editing them, I will post our favorites!
3 comments:
Yay! It sure was an awesome weekend. Everyone did fantastic on and off the bike. And we all had loads of fun. Thanks for all the fun. :-)
We sure had fun, this being our first year. Thanks for letting us tag along. We look forward to many more LotoJa's. I'll take care of the 5k sign next year!!!
I always keep abreast of the Leake family through Bri's blog. I hope you don't mind!!
What a family of studs. So proud of you. What an accomplishment and how fun to do it all together. I love it. I'm sure Bri and Dan are eating their hearts out not being there with all of you. I guess there's a time and season for everything. Anyway, congrats!!! You guys inspire me!!!
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