Wow, does time fly when we are busy. Since last we met a lot has happened.
After returning home from a 14 hour day at school because of Back to School Night, I found Larr trying to bandage Ethan's finger. He cut it while trying to open a can of chili. We could not get the bleeding to stop and the cut looked huge. We ended up taking him to the ER where, after waiting several hours and having the bleeding finally stop, it was superglued shut with Dermabond. Ethan thought that was pretty cool stuff. It made a flexible cap over his finger. He was happy not to have to hold his finger over his head anymore. Holding it there for so many hours was taxing. He said it did not hurt too much, but sometimes he got dizzy when he stood up. Ethan was relieved when he got the okay to race on Saturday.
Saturday we went several directions. Ellie and the other girls from our team did a fundraiser in front of Wheat Ridge Cyclery. They are great about supporting the junior riders! They were asking for donations. In return people have a chance to win a $3,000 custom frame. A pretty good deal if you ask me. They did pretty well. You can see how cute they all are in the photo above. Larr, Ethan and I went up for the final race in the Epic Singletrack race series. This was the King of the Rockies race. A hard cross country race that is nearly 29 miles long. It took him nearly 3 hours to complete the course. He had fun, but it was a serious challenge. For more than half of the race he was in first place in his category. His road experience and endurance was paying off. However, during one of the places where the riders had to cross the river Ethan crashed and ended up fully submerged in rushing water while still clipped into his pedals. But, he popped up quickly and was on his way. Later he got a flat tire. That slowed him down, too. In the end he finished wet, cold and happy. He said that if he had not had the flat and the fall in the river that it would have been his favorite race of the series. As he warmed up he decided that it was most likely his favorite anyway. He placed second in the race and second overall. He is already looking forward to doing the series again next year.
On the way home we stopped at the Suter's house to pick up Ellie and Anna. We had a lovely dinner of fruit and homemade chicken noodle soup. I got to spend a bit of time with the lovely newly born puppies. They are so tiny that they are only about as long as my hand. I wish I had taken a photo or two to share with you.
The next day we were up, bright eyed and bushy tailed by 4:45 a.m. We needed to be in Longmont by 6 a.m. for the Venus De Miles. The girls were meeting their coach and others from the team to take part in a 70 mile women only benefit ride. (Actually there were a few dads brave enough to ride in drag so that they could support their daughters and wives. A few were bike mechanics who helped those who had a technical issue). There were three waves of riders, 70 miles, 50 miles and 35 miles. In total they had nearly 1,500 riders take part. A few of our guys, including both of mine, worked an aid station. The girls were happy when they returned. I was amazed at the energy they had to spare. After the festival was over we went home for a quiet evening.
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