What Difference A Year Makes

Our intrepid motorhome drivers - Jim and Eileen

Todd starts with the first leg

gets us right off in the lead

Manti Temple - Ronelle in foreground

RIU Team - Anna, Rick, Phil, Todd, John, Roy
(minus Audra-riding, Ronelle-taking pic)

For the most part in life, the second time you do anything it's easier.

This year's Salt to Saint relay bike ride was a perfect example.

We took 3.5 hours off of last years time.

There were many reasons why our time was so much faster.

1.  The weather:  Last year it was windy, cold and raining for about 15 hours of the race.  This year we couldn't have ask for better riding conditions. No rain, very little wind and awesome temps

2.  We know the course.  We could put each rider out when they could do their best.

3.  Better/Faster transitions.  With the better weather we had more teammates out to help trade the timing chip from one rider to the next.

Somewhere in Sevier County on the famous Hwy 89
Anna, John, Phil, Audra, Rick, Todd

Sooo happy to be here!

Another successful transition-

John, Todd, Roy

Audra - sort of sleeping

Not sure who this was - 

but loved the feet hanging out trying to sleep

Anna bringing on the sunrise in a spectacular way!

Todd- another great sunrise pic

The Salt to Saint bike relay is 430 miles from the State Capitol in Salt Lake City to St. George, the race is broken down into 24 legs.

You can have teams of 8, 4 or 2 so you can make it as hard or as easy as you want.

We are an 8 man team made up of 5 men and 3 women with biking abilities from the casual rider that gets out 3 maybe 4 times a year, to the one who enters multiple races a year with a goal of being in the top ten.

The legs average about 17 miles each, so that's only about 55 miles each for  an 8 person team. 

Because of the way this race is organized, it is possible for riders of all levels compete and have fun with their  friends.

Salt to Saint has a great website.  Check it out and start putting your team together for next September's ride!

See ya on the road!  

Fearless Phil getting ready to go out - again!

St. George, Utah

We survived AND beat our time by 3.5 hours!!!