The Alps and a bike race

Its been a while since ive updated this old thang, so i'll dust out the cobwebs and tell u the shenanigans ive been up to..

first, two weeks ago, we went back up to the alps to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. We camped with some friends and went to the real lake eibsee, well, last time i told you that is where we went, I was wrong. Justin and I rode into Austria to Plansee, not eibsee, which is still in germany, right under the zugspitz. Im a doofus, wish someone would have told me, but i guess looking like an idiot is funnier...haha!

We hiked up to partnach gorge, its beautiful. Justin and I rode with a friend, who never rides, to Eibsee and he almost died. I almost died. I was hauling rylee in her baby bike trailer, on my cyclocross bike, and we went straight up for like miles and miles. At some point Justin had to put the baby trailer on his bike because my tires kept sliding out on the climbs. it was a good weekend though.

Then this past weekend was the six hour race. It was tough, but i kept on going and i actually won! Yeah, and this race was not your typical through the woods race. This race was in an abandoned old industrial park. With smokestacks and crap. Well, some of the course actually went into the old abandoned builidings and they would have these disco lights and flashing lights and music and twisty obastacles, straight down drops, dark halls of wooden planks, strobe lights in the dark, it was the NUTS< but it was soooo much fun. Oh and I even rode through a giant pipe, it was neato! then it would throw you out into the forest for some quick and fun twisty climby singletrack, then back around. I ended up doing 91km, and 13 laps, in six hours. What a blast! I owe it all to Justin though. He fed me and kept me drinking every 30 minutes with fresh drink and gels, etc. and watched the little ones. Im a lucky girl! At the awards ceremony that night, they even had fireworks at the finale, it was unreal!

I feel pretty darned good and am ready to finish out the season next month with four more races to go. I am excited for next season because i feel like i am finally getting my fitness back after having my last baby. Its ABOUT freakin TIME!!!

Well, i will blog more later, but that is whats been up lately. hope everyone is doing good! Peace and happiness always! angie