Another BIG weekend...

Well, the weekend started off with Alicia (my wife) and me headed up north to Houghton Lake for the 3-day holiday weekend to hear parent's home. About 5 miles from our destination, I saw some bikers riding with flags off the back of their bikes (not even thinking about the DALMAC tour that goes from Lansing to Mackinaw City). Much to my surprise, the lead rider in the group was wearing a Team Active Racing jersey! We slowed down and found out it was Daryn riding with one of his buddies, finishing the second leg of their journey from Midland to Houghton Lake. Had it not been for the "team colors" on his back, we would have drove right past. I haven't heard how he did, but 70 miles per day is a walk in the park for Daryn, so I'm sure he did great and hope he had fun.

This weekend we had a couple of riders set some pretty amazing accomplishments. Matt completed his first Ironman triathlon event down in Louisville and Kathy and Mark competed in a 12-hour road cycling event in Illinois (and both set course records for their divisions). Below is Matt's recap of the event for your reading pleasure. Incidentally, Kathy rode 217 miles, setting the course record for overall female and Mark put in 195 miles, also snagging course record in the 25 and under category! Great job team...

Ironman Louisville Update - By Matt Wright

Team,

It was a hot and sunny day in Kentucky but I managed to complete my first Ironman. It was a time trial start jumping off the Tumbleweeds boat dock...the guy behind me jumped in on top of me and nearly dislocated my right shoulder... I shrugged it off and proceeded to swim the 2.4 miles in 1:14:07. Then it was off to the VERY hilly 112 miles of beautiful Kentucky countryside. I managed to maintain 18.28 MPH on the bike course for a 6:07:42 split. The first half of the marathon was quite brutal for me, but, as I passed by the finish line for the first loop of the course, I saw the end in sight and managed to pick up my pace for the second half to finish with a 4:56:52 marathon. My overall time was 12:29:54 and I was 86 of 342 in my age group.

Thanks to everyone that has encouraged me and especially to Team
Active and the Race Team sponsors!

Matt Wright

Now that September has arrived, you're probably like me and wondering where the summer went. Time to start charging up the lights to extend the riding day and get out and do some night riding. I'm looking forward to trying out my new Nite Rider lighting system that I picked up from Team Active a bit ago. There's nothing quite like riding a mountain bike trail at night with lights. Makes it an entirely different experience, for sure.

Until next time...
Cap'n Cook