Thursday, September 8, 2011

LaTour Musings

Hardest Stage: Stage 3, Hardwood Mills RR

Sweetest Stage: Stage 13, Kremis TTT

Most Dangerous Stage (and most fun?): Stage 16, Double-Right TTT, 4th man

Best Improvement from Original: Expanding TTTs, with first few counting all riders. Required teamwork, strategy, and guts.

2nd Best Improvement: September

Most Impressive Effort: Hannah

Got stronger along the way: Retro

Best New Rider: tatuOwen

Gutsiest Rider: xRay

Sleeper overall result-getter: HD

Underestimated the Pain: Kirk

Best New Help: Ryan

Best Old Help: Alison

Master Database Manager: Hick

Yet-to-be-realized LaTour Goal: 3 teams

Monday, September 5, 2011

Is that a long-haired llama???

Nope, it's a long-haired slacker and a short-haired llama!!!

Pain, fun, beer, and food. In that order, another LaTour de LaTonka is in the books. Hit the "weather hole" between 95 degrees 95% humidity on Saturday and storms and rain Sunday afternoon. Hard rides, great friends, and our first female participant!

Thanks to Hick, Ryan, Al, RJ, Mason, and Brady for outstanding support. When the soreness subsides, planning for version 3 will begin!