Elkhorn Cylcing Club and Week of Riding

This was an exciting week for me, I joined Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club on Tuesday. Going into the 2011 season I was looking to join a race team and Jon Downey and Dan Spray approached me on joining Elkhorn Valley. I talked it over with the family and decided it would be the best fit for me. Everyone from the team have been welcoming. Here is a link to the announcement http://nencycling.org/wixon_evcc I cannot wait for the 2011 season to start. I have a lot of events planned including Xterra Triathlons, Psycowpath races, Dakota 5-0 and possibly a 1/2 Ironman..... hopefully.

Thursday was a great day, per KMTV a top 10 day of the year, this was great news since Cory and I had decided to make it a MTB day. We started out going to Calvin Crest in Fremont, NE for a couple laps. The highlight was riding Cory's Stumpjumper 29er. I had not spent much time on a 29er bike so it was nice to be able to ride one. After riding CC we needed to load back up on some carbs so.... CiCi's pizza was calling. After downing too much pizza we moved onward to Swanson in Bellevue, NE. We did 2 laps there also. Swanson is such a fun course, it has a little bit of everything. It was now time for Cory to pick up the kids from school and me to pick up Alicia, but I was not done yet. I went over to Tranquility for a quick lap. Total for the day was approx. 25 miles of singletrack sweetness between 3 different courses.

                                                            $3.99 Buffet can you beat it??

                                                        Picture taken at Calvin Crest

                                    
                                                      Swanson back course closed off

Officers training

Swanson Trailhead

On Friday Patty tells me she has a meeting after work and can take Alicia with her if I want to call the boys and go for a night ride. I didn't hesitate and text Mike asked if he wanted to do a night ride at Tranquility. We rounded up the troops and Mike, Dave N, Brian H, Dale, and myself headed out to TQ for a lap backwards with the lights blazin'. Unfortunately I was only able to do little over 1/2 lap since my Magicshine light was not fully charged - oops - since it was a last minute decision to ride.

Saturday was family day, we went to lunch at the Old Mattress Factory, then to the Creighton Women's soccer game with Alicia and her Toro Soccer team. Creighton vs Evansville, I am not a soccer fan but it was fun to see a live game, Creighton won 3-0. I still would not turn on TV and watch a game but live was OK.   After the game we had planned to go to Manawa for the THOR event, take your kid mountain biking day.  When we got there things were wrapping up, but it sounded like they had a good turnout and plan to make it a tradition. Saturday night I watched my Florida State Seminoles take care of Miami FL. They needed the win to stay in the top 25.

Sunday slept in...well needed. I was able to squeeze a lap in at Tranquility, while there I ran into Chris Price working on the inner loop hill climb. He has done a ton of work on TQ over the last week or so, if you have not been out there check it out and I promise you will not cuss out the inner loop anymore. Make sure you let Chris know how much you appreciate his hard work. Thanks Chris!

             Picture of the Day! Paul with his rolled up Dockers, Button down shirt and work shoes.

Dakota 5-0 Official Results

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