Week In Review

Alisha says: Here is a recap of last week....

Last Sunday we were getting the patio ready for Ivan's birthday BBQ when Dave spotted this snake slithering across the patio. Here is the complete list of critters we have seen in our backyard: javelina, bobcat, coyote, gopher snake, rattlesnake, mouse, quail, dove, road runner, cactus wren, other various birds, squirrels, lizards, etc.

Christine and Parker and their girls came over along with Lindsay to celebrate Ivan's birthday.

This is before I got a much needed haircut.

After the haircut. We took off a bunch of length and added some layers. This is also the first time in my life that my mom has not cut my hair, crazy huh.

I got to visit one of my awesome friends, Stephanie, from high school and college that I have not seen for several years. We went to lunch and I got to hang out with her and her cute family for the afternoon. It was fun to catch up with her and reminisce about the running days at Cedar High and SUU. Good times, fun memories.

I wish I had a picture of Dave sitting at his computer because that would sum up his week. He has been super busy finishing up school work for the semester (1 year of his PhD program completed) and prepping lesson plans for his first class that he gets to teach (Integrating Business Fundamentals with Ethics and Law).

Tour of the Gila

Tayler - 3rd Place on Stage 2

Birthday Cake from the Team

Birthday Cupcakes waiting for me when I got home from Dave

Dave's Birthday Card for me - He's so creative!

Alisha says: The Tour of the Gila has historically been one of my favorite races. This year's race was a bit rough for me as an individual and for our team. Kstrong came down with a nasty stomach bug on the first day of racing which our manager also came down with a few days later. Luckily none of the other girls got it but I did manage to pick up a sore throat and headache for most of the race. The racing was also different this year as most of the races took us considerably longer to complete than past years. Silver City is known for it's wind and although at times it was incredibly windy we got very lucky and the only stage that it really was a factor in was the time trial. Our team had some great finishes, Tayler got her first NRC podium finish with 3rd on the Inner Loop Road Race, the team raced great in the crit and Lauren finished 2nd and Ali and Kmac finished 5th & 6th in the time trial.

I celebrated my birthday while at the Gila. We had a great dinner prepared by director/coach extraordinaire Giana complete with chocolate birthday cake and singing from the team. Giana also got gifts for everyone on the team which was super cool. Lauren got a crown cause she's the queen "B", Ali got a bike horn to let people know she's coming, Coryn got some bacon bits to make peanut butter and bacon sandwiches and I got a heart necklace for racing with my heart. Dave made me a funny javelina card about the race in honor of all the hype the javelina's have been getting.

SRAM footage from each day:

http://www.theroaddiaries.com/?page_id=17

Time Trial Footage by Peyton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqaTsrG4Eo&feature=share