Happy Birthday to My Absolutely Amazing Beautiful wife Andrea❤️. My Love, you are My Everything to my everything, for which I cherish with My All❤️. Thanks for being exactly who you are in All things❤️.
This past Saturday, I was able to do my 2nd Gran Fondo Moab. Last year was 50 miles with 2,874 feet of elevation. So i was so looking forward to it knowing i did it last year excited to beat my time. Already signed up and had not seen the route until 2 days prior to GO TIME and about choked when i saw the route had changed to 56 miles with 5,364 feet of elevation😳🤦🏽♀️! However, i knew i could, and would do it. I was excited and was not a bit nervous like i used to get. We took off as I was on Troys wheel to start out. Mind you, he was not supposed to be doing this but was added once the staff heard he was only doing the gravel race. So i was on his wheel for about 6 miles as my warm up and then thanked him as he went and did his race and I did mine. It was such a gorgeous view 😜🤭. I set my pace as i was preparing for all the climbing. As Troy and I had studied the route, it was dead on and we began to climb at about mile 16. When i tell you it was non stop until mile 37, it was non stop. About 3-4 of the climbs pitched up to 11-13% grade. I walked for a little bit! Best believe I got my tay-boots back on even as it was climbing. I made it to the first rest stop which was mile 25. I refilled my water bottles, ate some oranges and my nutrition, got back on my bike and sure enough, climbed straight from the jump! Another few 11% grades and then made it to the time chip cut off at mile 37. I texted then called Troy to confirm i was done climbing! NO!!! Lets just say there were another few more of the same 11% bit then the final descent to finish 56 miles. However, they threw in another steep climb at the very last mile! Hell ya they did! But I did it and finished 29th in my age group out of 35. 106th overall out of 156 registered females and only 119 finished.
56.6 miles with 5,364 feet of climbing! I finished and was treated with a great steak dinner with my wonderful hubby and friends! I could not have done it without putting in the work. Thank you baby! When i tell you it was well worth it for the descent….last few miles in 36 min!! 💨
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So something happened yesterday that wasn’t supposed to, but it did😳. So we drove and arrived in Moab yesterday to partake in the @transrockiesbike Moab bike fest. Now Andrea was to do the road version, which took place today. And I was to do the Gravel version tomorrow. Well a couple of the organizers that have become dear friends/family of ours were not having that; picture 3 and 4. So I was signed up for today’s road version this morning😬❤️. Picture 6. How Kool is that to have such an opportunity. So there I was in take it easy mode as much as possible for 56 miles and 5,604ft of climbing😬. In the first 16 miles we covered 600ft of climbing. Over the next 24 miles we would climb 4,400ft😳. Yep. Not a typo. Then after a short decent they feed us 500 more feet in a 2 miles😩. WOW!!!! I had a Great ride where the scenery was second to absolutely NONE. 4hrs36min03sec rolling time 12.56avg 46.6max speed 157HR avg 175max 8,335 high point of elevation. This is such a Great organization and organized event❤️. Tomorrow 3,000+ more gains. But the BEST of this day was My Baby Andrea conquered this ride as well❤️❤️❤️💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾.
What a GREAT opportunity we had to raise money for the MS150❤️ 2026. Thanks So Much for tending to us riders, and helping us achieve what we set out to do, much like you❤️. Thanks to those that donated to our goal❤️. And an EXTRA EXTRA Special Thanks to my AMAZING Wife Andrea for her ALWAYS Support❤️. Seeing her does it ALL for me❤️. Tomorrow we head to Moab Utah for some bike racing.
Sunday was Day2 of the MS150 Texas ride from La Grange Tx. to College Station. It was so impressive to see the thousands of people out there putting in such efforts to complete the ride❤️. I completed the 82.7 miles in 4hrs17min37sec 19.3avg speed 151HR avg 175max 2,546ft elevation 2355kj(2808 calories) 💪🏾👊🏾❤️. More from the weekend tomorrow🤗
Yesterday I rode Day 1 of the MS150 for the first time in years with a couple of folks😜. 5hrs2min29sec 97.7miles 2,621ft. elevation 19.4avg 157HR 182max 3043kj 3574cal. What a great and impressive ride for me, coupled with a wasp sting in the top of my head with 3.5 miles left😩👎🏾.
Catching up on some fitness after 2 weeks vacation. From gravel riding with my lovely wife Andrea on Monday, to us riding with @lolagrvl group and seeing our dearest friends Sandy, Max, and Brian(also teammate)❤️Tuesday, to finally getting to ride my new road bike on Thursday with our Houston family including my dearest brother Famous Amos❤️. Tomorrow I ride with a few thousands of folks in the MS150 of Texas over the weekend.
Such a heartwarming joy as always to spend time and dine with our kiddos David, while he worked and is now 20yrs of age, Zach now 18yrs of age, and our newly verbally adopted son Connor, best friend of theirs❤️. My Heart is full as I’m So Proud of whom they have continued to be, Absolutely Amazing Gentleman❤️❤️.
These past 2 weeks, or 3 1/2 years, heck these past 6 years have been so amazing! Someone asked on the cruise if we were celebrating anything. My answer……”our Honeymoon every single day!”
It is not our anniversary or anything. I just wanted to post one of my favorite pictures of US!
Just Because!
Cruise photos and posts to come!
#love #honeymoonersforlife #peace #happiness #life
Them 👠 tho!!🥰❤️
