Welcome to fall

The weather is still reasonable, which has been great for all of our team members still doing events!

Here's what has been happening:
Nancy accompanied Cris, Gale, and Sandra on their first century ride ever and rode from Gas Works to Pacific to Flaming Geyser!!
Paula E finished the 3 Day Walk for the Cure and had an easy time of it.
Cheryl crawled, well almost, across the finish line at the Greifenseelauf 1/2 marathon.
Bronwen had an awesome return to tri racing (post baby) at the TREK
Marcia and Mary Sue had a great time riding bikes across Oregon in Cycle Oregon.
And some wowsers with first place finishes in trialthlon and aquabikes!!
Darlene placed first in her age group at the Bonney Lake sprint tri.
Ann J placed first in her age group at two olympic distance tris, Bonney Lake and Lake Stevens!
Seujan placed first in her Super Aquabike at the Grand Columbian (3 mile swim, 120 mile bike).
As did Ann Sloan, also first in Aquabike G.C. (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike).
And just today Ericka and Talena ran an awesome marathon in Winthrop.

Century riders

yeah finish line!

Marathon madness

oops how did this get here

More summer fun!

 Biking In Italy has it's advantages!! Julie, Lori, Molly and Carla spent an amazing week riding hills.

Beautiful Seattle behind Tuesday runners at Gas Works

10 miles never seemed so easy

How many stairs?

1212 - wow!!

Karole and Rob on the week of riding along the Sunshine Coast in BC

Last day of Wednesday evening bike group

Ann riding in Glacier Park

 Last week Sunrise climb wasn't enough, Gale and Sandra back for more!

RAW and Sunrise

Molly, Sandy and Sherri rode about 450 miles in 6 days around Washington State. Sounds like they all had an awesome time.

Day 1 Chehalis

Finish Line Leavenworth

Today we rode up to Sunrise starting in Greenwater (awesome shakes and smoothies). 67 miles and 5300 feet of ascent! Amazing views and warm weather, even at 6600 feet at the top, no jacket needed for the way down. Go Team: Alyson, Ann, Cheryl, Cris, Darlene, Deb F, Karen W, Ken, Marcia, Nancy R, Niki, Sandra and our wonderful sag - Misha!!
What a wonderful way to finish off our 2011 biking season.

the start

wildflowers along the way

New Run/Walk Group starts this weekend

Ready to make a commitment to stay active as we enter into the Autumn season? The new Seattle 1/2 Marathon training Group starts on Sunday. If you are not ready to make the 1/2 commitment, there is a 10 km group that trains at the same time. Write me if you are interested in joining the fun or want more info!

The bike groups are winding down, but we still have some fun rides planned to Arlington and Sunrise! Stay tuned for pictures.

Congratulations to Cris and Therese C for their Danskin Triathlon finishes. Niki, Ann and Darlene had a great Tour de Peaks ride last Sunday.

Biking for fun

After run stretches

Riding to Snoqualmie Falls

More fun from last weekend

Niki finished the Courage Classic bicycle tour, 3 days, 167 miles, 14,106 feet elevation gain! Wow. Here are a few photos through the journey.

And Virginia easily finished the RSVP!
2 days, 200 miles, with about 9000 feet ascent.

Biking to Paradise

And it was Paradise! Perfect weather for climbing, sunshine and great views at the top. Congratulations to our team riders:
Ann J, Carla C, Cheryl, Cris, Darlene, Deb F, Gale, Julie J, Karen D, Karen W, Ken, Lori, Nancy R, Sandra L, Sandy W and Scott.
A great big thank you to Misha, our sag driver, for her great job!!

Here are some photos, more to follow.