Racing Season

Dave says: I can't believe that it's barely February and the racing season has already started. Last weekend it was the big kick off for the Trisports team with a fancy dinner at the Westward Look Resort and a team ride out to Saddlebrooke. Michael S. and I are the new guys on the roster joining Peter, Andre, and Justin under the direction of super-coach Scott Blanchard. The women's Trisports roster is pretty stacked this year and it looks to be a good year for the team.

We had a couple days of "record cold weather" which I put in quotes because it would be about average this time of year in SLC. However, we're back to 70 degrees today and I went riding up Mt Lemmon in short sleeves.

On Saturday, we kicked off the race season with the McDowell Mountain Circuit Race up in Phoenix. We passed by some of the sweetest mtb trails that I used to race as a kid and I was thinking that maybe I brought the wrong bike with me. However, it was a fun little circuit for a road race despite a fast downhill finish. Alisha brought the heat and won the race plus 2 primes. Her form is looking really good this year. I finished with the group but had a good race with some break away attempts that just didn't work out.

Afterwards, we went to Christine and Parker's which was a zoo of family members in town for Allison's baby blessing. We got to see my side of the family and had a nice time.

The blog has been neglected for a bit and I almost forgot to mention that we had our friend Tyler come through town and stay with us briefly. We also bought a red 2006 Mazda5 and sold my Civic. I wanted a car that we could throw 2 bikes and a whole lot of gear in yet still get some good mpgs. The timing was just right for race season. Zoom Zoom.