Wine Country Century 5/6/2006

[Veronica]

Isn't it amazing how a healthy lifestyle just makes you feel better about everything? It's kind of a no brainer it seems, but so many people haven't figured that out.

I have a crappy day at work - I ride my bike.

I think Lee gets my award for making the biggest changes out of all teh folks I personally know. How much did he use to smoke? I don't think it's easy to quit smoking and eat better and ride your bike up mountains.

V.

[jobob]

Lee quit smoking waaay before he put on all that weight. But he smoked like a freakin' chimney.

Yeah, I'm really proud of what he's done for himself. The biking made a huge impact. He first got a hybrid and would toodle around the AC trail with me - I remember when he would DIE going up the little rollers around Coyote Hills park. But he stuck with it, and after a while he was lusting after a Rivendell Romulus but he was hesitant because of how much it cost. It seemed like he was really enjoying biking so I urged him to get it. He did, he loved it, and a few weeks later I was toodling around with him on his new Romulus and me on my hybrid and I asked him if I could give his bike a try. I wouldn't give it back until I got one of my own.

And now you know the rest of the story

[bikerz]

Wow - Jo - you guys are hardly recognizable in that photo! I was scrolling quickly through the thread and thought - hmm - I wonder who that is in that photo...

I feel like all the photos I have of myself from the last 10 years are my "before" pictures - anything current is a "during," and someday soon there will be some "after" pictures! In the meantime, the riding is fun! Thanks for the inspiration!

[maillotpois]

Wow - great story on Lee. Sounds a little like "Mr. MP" who got sick of his wife dropping him on all the climbs after 2 years and got mad and lost 35 pounds!

Well, I just learned that one of my friends who did WCC double metric (a fellow TNT coach and one of the folks who did some of the doubles with us) crashed on one of the last descents yesterday (Green Valley) and broke her collarbone and ended up in the hospital overnight. Huge bummer. This is one of the most lovely, cheery women you could hope to know. I expect she's off the bike for a while.

[jobob]

Well, I just learned that one of my friends who did WCC double metric (a fellow TNT coach and one of the folks who did some of the doubles with us) crashed on one of the last descents yesterday (Green Valley) and broke her collarbone and ended up in the hospital overnight.

Ah, so she was the one. LeeBob and I spent some of the time waiting for Snap & Cindy to materialize (harrumph) sitting a a bench near the entrance where the radio tent was set up. We heard snippets of conversations between the guy at the tent and the SAG vehicles. There was a woman involved in a crash and they were dispatching an ambulance to the scene, but I couldn't make out what route she was on.

I have to admit I was relieved once I found out all my girlfriends were present and accounted for.

Best wishes for her speedy recovery!