The Color Run Albuquerque, NM

Posted on August 27, 2012 by thefasteryoupedal

I’ve always wanted to do a Color Run ever since I saw someone post it on Facebook. Since June, I have been bugging Mike to go and talked the brothers into going too. I was definitely made fun of a lot and was even scolded when we found out the Bike MS race was the same weekend! So we made a sacrifice and continued to press on with the plans!

The crowd was pretty big for such a small town. We had 6,000 people. Places like Philadelphia and New York had 65,000 people. I can’t imagine!

Pre-race stretching. Is that guy going to the bathroom? (He isn’t, but it sure looks like it and makes the picture more funny!)

Here I am coming across the finish line. Out of the four of us, I was last, but I have my reasons! I did it in less than a half an hour and consider that great considering I stopped running when we were getting sprayed and talked to the people. The boys made it a competition.

Mike won the “Who Got The Most Color Running” contest. We really didn’t get that much until the Color Festival. It’s where they count down from ten and everyone throws their dust in the air.

This is what I looked like…and then…

Brad and Jared both had red dust and I got it all. I am still trying to get it out of my hair!

This is my absolute favorite picture of the day. The powder was so thick that it felt like it was night-time.

Can you believe this was taken on a cell phone? What a cool idea. It was pretty fun standing in it. What a fun date idea too if you want to bring the significant other. We had a blast! We are definitely gonna do it next year. A lot of people walked, some people had strollers, and some people were in wheel chairs. I highly recommend it for anyone.

Mountainair, NM

Posted on August 27, 2012 by thefasteryoupedal

When I moved here three years ago, I knew NOTHING about New Mexico. Las Cruces was a stopping ground on road trips to Texas and Florida, but that was about it. We started doing mountain bike races and I was introduced to all the other cities of New Mexico like Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Gallup, and Los Alamos. It’s pretty neat to explore these places and especially enjoy the awesome scenery.

Ever heard of Mountainair, NM? Me neither. Something about a town that’s named after a fresh mountain breeze. I wish I would have gotten the pictures of the “main street”. It was pretty much the whole town.

Anyway, Mike is finishing up the NM road series (he is trying to move up from Cat 5 and this was the last race). I decided to join in, even though I had NO TRAINING whatsoever.

We got there and warmed up on the road. It was cloudy, which was nice so we wouldn’t burn to death. The race was 40 miles long and had a small climb at the end.

Mike was able to stay in the lead and got fifth in his category of more than 25 guys…awesome job!

My story ends tragically with being the naive one of my group. I was in a group of 13 girls. Three of them fell off the back and I was able to stay with the whole group until mile 25. It was there a huge right turn happened. One, I hate turns on a road bike and two, I hate people who cut me off on turns on a road bike. And that’s what happened. Four of us fell off the back of the group, and well, we stayed back. I had so much rage and energy that I “pulled” the girls a lot to see if we could make it. After being yelled at for going too fast, I slowed down and stayed with the girls. At the finish line, they all slipped past me. I was used. 😦 But I did learn to not help people if they are going too slow!

So I did it! A road race! 9th place. He he.

Back to School and Wrestlemania!

Posted on August 27, 2012 by thefasteryoupedal

So I apologize for my hiatus from the blogging world, but I am back! So you will be getting a lot of posts in a row.

Back to school happened. That is why. We had to take our first day of school picture in front of the fireplace. I say “we” because Barney thought that he had to join in when it came to the picture deal, along with his friend Frog.

Then we had a friendly game of Wrestlemania with Frog…