TD Race Updates

Hi it’s Erik Lobeck calling in from Helena, It’s 9:30 in the evening.  It was a pretty long ride everything went really well.  The day before however it felt like thing really fell apart.  I lost my cycling gloves so I am riding with some socks with the tips cut off, that I modified with my pocketknife. I hope to get new set gloves in butte tomorrow perhaps.  Grizzly bear sightings were way up, yesterday I had to wait 20 min for a situation to clear where I had the mother on one side of the road and the 2 cubs on the other side of the road so that took some time.  Then there was the snow hike where I sort of stretched my left calf muscle which is probably the only part of my body that is not feeling that great and it was pretty much locked up solid today and was really really painful but I toughed it out today. Hopefully with some massage work I can get it into working condition tomorrow, well see, I don’t know, if it doesn’t improve I may have to take a down day cause it was pretty painful and I don’t want to injure myself for the rest of the ride.  anyway that’s it. Thanks

Hello this is Jamie Thomson . uhh I know the rider just gave me this spot I guess he had picked it up so im going to reactivate it tonight and try it tomorrow too. As far as the ride’s going everything’s going really well we’re in Lincoln, im in Lincoln right now .uhh  it feeling good. Body’s really starting to respond to these long days. Thanks so much! Bye                

Hiii this is Jill Homer calling from Lincoln , Montana. John and I got into town about 5:00 pm, Tuesday. We just did a really short easy day today; basically a rest day, trying to gear up for a big push tomorrow so. But it went really well, feeling awesome I think im really getting into shape and feeling like I can maybe start pushing now. It’s been pretty mellow so far and im really having a lot of fun with this. The trail is gorgeous, I really had no idea how beautiful it would be out here but its been a lot of fun. So ya getting up early tomorrow, gonna do ..gonna do a real day tomorrow. So now we’re just enjoying the being in town early, getting good meals…hot tub. Maybe look at the internet to figure out what’s going on in this race. Its funny being in this race and having no idea what’s going on where anybody is, it be kinda fun to know, but it’s also kinda fun not to know. But ya ….talk to ya later bye!            

***Hey, this is Rick.  I left Sparwood at 5:00 in the morning.  Spent the night with Paul, Cadet and Bruce.  Left with Bruce in the morning and Paul & Cadet followed.  Got up to Trek Mining on the Corbin Road and Paul had caught up to me.  We got stopped by a train that looked like it wasn't going to move.  We didn't want to make a detour and get disqualified, so, both of use climbed over the train with our bikes.  Cadet caught up with us on Cabin Road.  They both went ahead on Cabin Road.  Once I got onto Wigwam I got caught in a heavy rain storm and got soaking wet.  I caught up to Deanna on the Fixie on Wigam and got into the connector together.  What a bitch of a connector coming out of the river basin!  Man!  Old man, heavy bike, caused my knee to get tweaked.  Deanna was just laughing at me trying to get that bike up that cliff.  Reached Pass at the dark and we both went down the pass in the dark.  Made it to the border about midnight and I got a sandwich and hot chocolate at the bar at the border.  Made it into Eureka at 1am and we camped out on Cadet's motel room floor for the night.  That was a hard 20 hours for that day! Read more »