TRANSROCKIES CHALLENGE, B.C. CANADA
August 12th - 18th, 2007

www.transrockies.com
THE WALL starts in Panorama, B.C. Canada
SEVEN DAYS - 360 MILES - 36,000 ft of CLIMBING
plus lots of crazy, fun mountain bike racers

Monday, July 23, 2007

19 DAYS UNTIL

Back to the VA Mountains – Friday, Mimi, Pat and I ran a couple of light intervals up and down (from/to) Todd Lake (8 miles around trip) on our road bikes. Now mtn biking - Saturday, I think Pat and I rode approximately 45 miles (5 hrs) on state service roads, Shenandoah 100 single track, and a little hard surface. Late in the ride, we were lost in the woods after taking only one wrong turn and that’s all it takes especially when you’re going down steep topography. On Sunday, we did a big piece of the S100, riding approximately 40 miles (4.5 hrs). Pat and I both crashed. However, Pat’s crash was probably a little worse then mine, seeing as how he turned around and went down – not normal for Pat. This was probably the last time I’ll see the S100 course for a while. I wanted to mention we camp in a very nice campground, way up on the mountain so, it's cooler at night. You can opt to primative-camp (some really good spots) and pay to shower at the campgrounds but, the water isn't very warm - over use. There always the creeks when there has been rain. It's currently pretty dry up there in the hills.

Rasmussen must be for real. The Tour route designers have done it again and it looks like the race will come down to the last TT.

Keep praying for our troops, get involved, and communicate with the troops in the war zones if possible. Ciao…VB