Lotoja

[roshelleuop]

Downhilldiva,

Congratulations!!!!! This is awesome!!!!!! And you are right, hearing your fan club cheering you into the finish line is quite an emotional feeling!!!!

Way to go girl!!!!!

Roshelle from Milwaukee

[Lise]

Congratulations! I love your two goals. Wow. 200 miles in one day. You and Yellow and all the others have my utmost respect.

[AuntieK]

Yeah, downhilldiva! Great job! You must be so proud to have done the whole thing, and with such a great time!

What I found most amazing about my LOTOJA experience was:

1) The scenery was amazingly beautiful,

2) How friendly everyone was. I even had one guy (the first one to pass me, BTW ) pull in front of me on the Geneva Summit climb, turn to me, and ask me if the pace he was pulling was ok. Some of you might have been offended, but I thought it was sweet; plus he helped me get up that hill 2 mph faster than I was doing on my own.

3) Oh, can't forget! Yellow, I rode for awhile with the guy you did the last 30 miles of DD with. I told you that you were famous!

4) How giddy I've been for days now. I expect the endorphins will wear off soon, won't they?

My team of three women came in with a time of 11:31. It would have been better, but we weren't ready when one of our riders came in. We were expecting her to come in in about another half hour, so the next rider was still not dressed and ready. So we lost probably 5-10 min, but we still had a total blast!

[SadieKate]

My team of three women came in with a time of 11:31. It would have been better, but we weren't ready when one of our riders came in. We were expecting her to come in in about another half hour, so the next rider was still not dressed and ready. So we lost probably 5-10 min, but we still had a total blast!

You can do this as a relay? I think you had to the fun way to do it!

[AuntieK]

I think you had to the fun way to do it!

Oh, yeah! Group of girls on a roadtrip, fresh legs every 50 or so miles, and I can still say I did LOTOJA--it was a BLAST!

[NJBikeGal]

Congrats to you for doing that ride! I did it as part of a relay team a few years ago and it was a fantastic experience! Ever since, I have been trying to get up the nerve to do the whole thing myself, which is saying something since I live on the east coast and we have no mountains to train on! Maybe that is something to shoot for for next year! Congrats again!

[Tater]

I'd do it as a part of a team!