Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Tour of America's Dairly Land

The Tour of America's Dairy Land is a series of pro bike races through the state of Wisconsin. Last night one of the races was held in our hometown, and it was super duper fun to watch. I think the race was a 100k, and the route was an .8 mile loop. So us spectators got to watch the 80 or so bikes speed by every one and a half to two minutes. It was so fun! We walked the length of the route to watch the competitors zoom around the different corners--very exciting.
Part of the festivities of this two-day event included a 5k run/fun walk on Saturday morning. We thought that sounded fun to do, so we decided that morning to join the action.
We got there just in time to get our racing numbers pinned to our back and join in the group warm up time. It was a hoot. Here's Coop stretching before the run.



Here are my 2 partners for the race. (We were doing the "fun walk" part of this event.)



Ava also got in on the warm-up time, which was lead by someone up front with a mic and some pump-up music.
I think Ava's ready to join the track team.



Or maybe the dance team.



Or maybe karate.



It was a fun race, and Coop ended up taking first place for his division! Way to go, Coop!

2 comments:

C. Shirk said...

Wow! I didn't know Steve was such a speedster! All those mornings in Steiners' basement paid off, huh? Congrats!

Jessica said...

Somehow that doesn't surprise me.