MTB with the guys

It's my birthday weekend and I wanted to get out for a mountain bike ride with the guys: Ryan, Daniel, and I. We headed to the Knob and rode some trail.  Daniel was having great fun on his second ever mountain bike ride at the Knob.  (I was going to say second ever bike ride, but that's not true.  He rode with me in Michigan a couple years ago on his Strider bike when he was only three.)

The fellas, and our little cheering lady. 

We rode around the pine tree areas near the pavillion like Daniel and I had done several weeks ago.  This time we ventured further out.  Daniel was responding very well to shouts of "power up bud!"  He was grunting and pushing to ride more of the slight uphills than the last time.  Must've been trying to impress Ryan.

Back to the woods for some more riding.

Once again, I was amused to see little Daniel and bike out there on the trail among the big woods. I look forward to more mountain bike rides with the guys!  I have visions of the three of us packing it up for a riding amd camping trip at Raystown someday.  What fun it will be.

Wooman

The Wooman is a local road ride to benefit breast cancer research.  This year was it's second edition.  I worked with the corporate health and wellness team at work to bring additional sponsorship this year.  There were 300 riders participating this year.

Ryan and I rode the 62 mile route.  It was a chilly start but we warmed up soon. I guess it's been a while since I've been out on the road with a bunch of other people.  It was fun seeing all the other riders making their way to Ashland.

We stopped at an aid stop halfway before turning around to come back east.  There was a bit of a tailwind on the way home, a few uphills, and more really nice fall weather.  It was a fun time on the back with friends.

We rode back with the Lara's. 

They were making that tandem go!

My Helpers

There's plenty of help around here!