It snowed ALL day in St George yesterday. That is a first since I moved here in ’96. Kinders insisted on walking to school today. Ems would not hear of taking the car. She wanted to wear her moon boots in snow Moon boots make good foot prints. The neighbour girls were up before dawn […]
Category Archives: Lynda
Stage racing in our backyard
Lots of riding was done the past 4 days just up the road from us. A 4 day stage race at BrianHead drew some fast riders. Maybe payouts really do attract riders? Top 3 of Elite Men’s and Elite Women’s Pro field will have equal pay: Elite Payout as follows: Elite Men’s Top 5 Payout: […]
I have a Fever
Finally Trans Rockies fever has kicked in. Last time we raced it in 2006 I was in a fever pitch about the race for oh, about 12 months. This time I have been bleh. So bleh about it, it kinda has shocked me a bit. But the bleh has been replaced with fervor as they […]
Trans Rockies
Yep not a Trans Utah blog but a Trans Rockies one – similar names but quite different animals. On Friday Dave and I are headed off to Canada to race Trans Rockies. We are registered in the open mixed category. The start list for this category is stacked with World Cup and National podium gals. […]
Helmets Save Lives
Mine did it’s job yesterday afternoon when I slid out on a jeep road corner. Silly crash – they all are tho’ I suppose. Knocked me out cold. I was super woozy, nauseous and had a killer headache after. Dave talked me into a trip to the ER where I had 4 stitches in my […]
Trans Usploring again
We took the Trans Utah route exploring up to one of my fav summer jaunts this weekend. The Virgin River Rim Trail. This is one of my special places on the Markagunt plateau. The single track here is blissful. Sweetest water on earth right here… and the views off the rim massive Makes me want to do […]
pre-KT IHT
It has been a funny season as far as race planning goes. Most of the races I have planned to do haven’t happened for me – for a wide variety of reasons. My normal MO is to set a goal, design the killer training plan, train like a demon then go out and give it […]
Flashbacks
A few folks have asked if I am having flashbacks to my youth watching Ems do her thing. Here is me at 5 yrs old. Of course I am the dirty one on the bike… Here is me after finishing the E12… See how much I have changed over the years… Here I am on […]