Whiskey Offroad Bike Race

This was a big event for our little town. Last year I blogged about it on my Luna page here.

Once again this was an event our family was not going to miss. This year was special as both Paul was racing and Tyler wanted to race the kids race.

The weekend starts off with the Pros racing up and around The Square to secure a spot in the starting line. This is called the Crit and if you blink you miss these guys and gals go by!

After the Crit the kids had a chance to go over and say hi to a Luna Pro Chix teammate. They enjoyed chatting it up with Georgia Gould (who won the Bronze this past summer in the Olympics). T busted out the phone so he could show off a couple pictures of him catching some sweet air on his bike. I think he thought he could take her on-medal and all!

The next day was P's race. His race was 30 miles with lots and lots of climbing. It took him around 4 hours. The race seemed to grow in popularity this year so that meant many more riders and unfortunately for him there was quite a bit of waiting around especially on the steep narrow sections where so people had to get off their bikes and walk. He had a great cheering section waiting for him when he arrived closer to the finish-line.

courtesy of EpicRides.com

The next morning it was T's turn to race. I think he was excited (it's so hard to tell with him). He lined up ready to ride alongside Dad. Off they went while D and I waited. As we walked over to meet him at the end of the race I could tell something was wrong and that he was hurt. His poor little face was all beat up. P said he lost control at one point and flew off the bike. His head smacked the concrete so hard that he cracked open his helmet. He is ok but pretty badly beat up in his face, arms and legs. He has got some serious bragging rights today at school, though! He was shaken up and I hope this will not discourage him from riding again. We are heading out today to let him go pick out a new helmet. Thankfully he was wearing his helmet (well not an option in our house) and that he was wearing it properly. 

 Despite the bad crash, he still got his medal!

Later that afternoon we finished off the weekend buy watching the Pros race the 50 miler at a secret- not so secret location. I guess word got out that this was the spot to catch the riders as they crossed the rocky creek. You can tell how popular this spot was from this video:

What an awesome weekend. I couldn't be more proud to live in this town. I can't tell you how many times I heard strangers say: "Wow this is such a cool town, I wish I lived up here!"

I am also so proud of hubby. This was a tough race and I know he felt like he could have done better but to us he did the BEST! 

More Whiskey Offroad photos can be found here.

Now, who wants to come out next year to do this race?