Hannah Brewer, Bobby Irwin, Henry Dimmick, Ben Adduru & Sierra Maher headed into the woods near Kittanning, Pa. for the 6 Hours in the Valley mountain bike race.
This DUO format race pits two person teams against one and other for "6" hours...unless you cross the finish line at 5:59:59, in which case, you earn the right to go out for ANOTHER LAP!!!
Racing Coed-DUO were Hannah & Bobby
Racing Sport-Duo were Henry, and Ben (in his FIRST mountain bike race EVER :)
I am not sure what it is about this race, but you may recall that LAST YEAR, Mark Briercheck showed up on a BRAND NEW (ridden only in his driveway) Mountain Bike, and raced as partner with Henry. These kids are CRAZY!
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So, BACK to the present!
.....before the race, everybody was FRESH and excited...
.....before the race, everybody was FRESH and excited...
...and still clean enough to HUG :)
...but being "all cleaned up" does not always mean "well dressed"!!!
While we were lucky for a sunny and dry day, it was SO HOT that Henry cut the sleeves off his skinsuit...
...which was FAR LESS a committment than this poor dog(?) made!
Anticipation grew as the START approached...
...but once underway, EVERYONE settled in for a LONG day of racing.
Back and forth each pair of teammates handed off....
...refueling between laps under the dutiful direction of Sierra Maher.
...only to head back out for another lap.
So it went. Back and Forth. Back and Forth. Back and Forth...
I'll tell you, it was enough to make a gown man CRY....
...but NOT enough to make a WOMAN cry :)
Coming out of the woods to finish each lap was a relief...
...happy to survive another close encounter with Mother Earth!
But, as the day wore on, our rest periods became a little bit more, shall we say, "HORIZONTAL"...
...even for our BIKES!
Then, as the FINAL LAPS were completed....
...the SMILES returned to our faces!
After getting cleaned up, we headed over to the Awards Ceremony....
...to watch Hannah snag a BIG PIE...
....as reward for she and Bobby taking 1st Place in the Coed-Duo Division...
...and 2nd Place OVERALL, only ~3 minutes back.
They did AWESOME!
Ben and Henry also got a pie, for finishing in 10th Place of the Men's Sport-Duo Division, but their pie was quite a bit smaller...
...(so I made the picture quite a bit bigger to compensate!)
Pies now in hand (and tummy), we headed for home....
To a dinner of steamed rice and sugar, courtesy of Sierra & Bobby!
So, NOW that you have seen the STILLS, you should watch the VIDEO :)
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| Video by Limp Reaper (Brad Dempster & Mary!) |
Henry & Bobby @ 0:38
Hannah @ 1:54
Bobby @ 5:08
Henry Crashing! @ 6:38
Hannah @ 7:38
Ben @9:25
Bobby @9:55
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