Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Congratulations Betsy!


I rode in the Courage Classic this past weekend. The cycling event raises money for Children's Hospital and travels 157 miles in 3 days over 3 mountain passes. Day 1 is the toughest: biking 59 miles over Tennessee Pass, Battle Mountain, and then Vail Pass for a total elevation gain of almost 4000 feet.

I first did this ride in 2008 and biked 3-5 days every week April thru July until the event. This year, my training was almost exclusively at CrossFit Littleton. I managed to get a few rides in here and there when the weather cooperated, but I probably logged less than 200 miles over the same 4 month timeframe. Definitely not much time on the bike.

Just wanted to let you know that I successfully completed the 3-day ride and managed to clean each summit without stopping. In fact, this year I completed Day 1 an hour faster than I did in 2008!

Thank you to all the trainers at CrossFit Littleton for getting me ready to ride in the Courage Classic. I'm so happy I found CFL as the workouts are much more fun and rewarding than spending hours and hours on my road bike!

Betsy

9 comments:

Stogie D said...

Great work Betsy!!

Wade said...

Bad ASS Betsy!!

KariJo said...

Congrats Betsy!!! That is AWESOME!!!

Jeremy said...

Nice job Betsy!!

LoriE said...

Yeah Betsy..with little knees and everything!

Erin Lucke said...

Way to go Betsy!!!! You kick ass on your bike AND at Crossfit!

Tara said...

You can accomplish a lot with STRONG little kneecaps! :)

Congrats Betsy!

And for once, I agree with Wade!

Corene said...

Truly an inspiration to us all! Congratulations on a job well done!

JennC said...

Congrats and hr is huge. you should be so proud of yourself. CF does rock huh