Wishing all of the "Death Ride" Riders happy tail winds!

[andtckrtoo]

To all the wonderful ladies riding the Tour of the California Alps - aka the Death Ride http://www.deathride.com/index.html here's wishing you a safe and wonderful ride!! I'll be cheering y'all on tomorrow and wishing I had your strength and determination. Y'all rock!!!

[RolliePollie]

I'm rooting for all of you too! You guys are already a couple hours into the ride as I type this...it must be a beautiful morning up there. I hope the T-storms stay away this afternoon. One of these years I'll be up there riding with you!

[snapdragen]

jobob and mp should be well on their way by now -- I know jo was planning on a crack 'o dark start time.

[Blueberry]

Go Jo and MP (and anyone else who is riding....)!!!

[Catrin]

I hope the weather holds for all of the riders and cheering on any TE members who are riding!

[maillotpois]

thanks for the well wishes everyone! our tnt team finished safe - which given the extraordinary number of ambulances this year was the important thing. some of our riders struggled with the heat - we have had NO hot training days this year. I had a mechanical issue (who really needs a front derailleur?) and that plus a real lack of training time led to my first fewer than 5 pass finish since 2002. but I had fun and was able to shepherd our tail end riders up the last pass. and I got a lot of hanging out at lunch time with velogirl, which was fun.

now to relax and plan the next adventure! we are taking a break from coaching after 10 years coaching for tnt and 5 years with the death ride program. mixed emotions for sure, but it is time for a break.