Tour de St. George

I like to ride my bicycle...Trent, Tammy, Mark and I rode in this years Tour de St. George, sponsored by Red Rock Bicycle.
I was a great day for a ride. Trent and I rode the 65 mile ride, while Mark and Tammy did the century ride.

The ride started off a little brisk, but we warmed up within the first 15 miles or so. At the start of this ride about 2 miles in, there were about 4 crashes that we saw. The Summit Althetic Club was having a triathalon the same morning and had put out cones on the road. Since we were ridding into the sun at the first part, many of the riders couldn't see or just plane ran into these cones. There were a few people who defintily had broken collar bones. Very sad for that to happen at such an early part of the ride.

After the riders started to clear out it wasn't as much of a bumper car ride.

Trent and I rode together the entire way. After our climb up Sand Hollow, we ended up pulling about 15-20 people. It was crazy how we just started going and one by one, people jumped behind. It really is amazing how when you ride with that many people and draft behind one another, how much energy you save while going fairly fast. (we were around 20-25 miles an hour)

After a rest stop, the chain broke up and we headed out up another hill again. This part was probably the most tiring, but once we got up and over, my 2nd wind finally kicked in and I was ready to go some more. Trent told me that he needs to find me a jersey that says something like: I love to go fast! Reason he said that is because I absolulty love to haul as fast as I can down the hills. When I started riding I was a little scared. Now, it's what makes any hill worthwile.

Overall, we road the 65 miles in about 4:30 (actual moving time).

Mark wasn't too far behind us and he did the century. Tammy came in as well with no problems.
It was a great time and was especially fun to do it with family. We can't waite for next Spring's ride.