Today, for the first time, I got a look at the bike route for the Little Red Riding Hood Century, and apparently, we start and finish in Wellsville, UT but go all the way up to Preston, Idaho! Son of a gun. For those of you who know nothing about about Preston, Idaho, it is the town that inspired the hit movie "Napoleon Dynamite". In fact, each year, the town hosts a Napoleon Dynamite Festival. Don't believe me? Take a look at the pictures. FYI, the pictures are hosted at a web site called www.rexkwondojo.com. Yup. I never thought I would have a reason to go to Preston, but, assuming I make the whole 103.8 miles, I will be in Preston in June. We're going to get fit for our new road bikes within the next week or two. The one I'm thinking I'll get is the Women's Tourmalet, which is a LeMond bike. As in Greg LeMond. That is only really funny because when Kristina and I were talking about the bikes, she told me that we should get the LeMond bikes and for some reason, I was thinking it was the guy that swam in the Olympics back in the day that hit his head on the diving board while he was doing a dive and everyone was scared to get in the water because they thought he might have AIDS. Anyway, it's not that guy. I apparently was thinking about Greg Louganis who is not a biker while Greg LeMond, on the other hand, was the first American to win the Tour de France, so it makes sense that one of them has a bike named after them and one of them doesn't. Here's the bike:
Also, we all just got our hotel reservations for the night before the ride up in Wellsville. We're all staying at this sweet little resort and spa "nestled above Cache Valley in Sardine Canyon in the shadow of Wellsville Mountains" (that's from their web site). It actually looks amazing and all the husbands are coming up with us the night before and will be there for the ride too. Now that we have the hotel reserved and the jerseys designed what else is there to do? Oh yeah, train my body to actually be able to ride that long. Details. 
2 comments:
Oh my - I LOVE Cache Valley! You must be going to the Sherwood Hills Resort - nice pick! If you need some ideas about where to eat (after the race, that is), let me know. Good luck!
Hi there. I'm Keli, I found your blog through my cousin Erika. I'm so excited to see you're riding Little Red. We rode it two years ago. It's a blast! I only did the 72 miles, but several of my friends have done the century. They have the best food at the pit stops! And 2 of my sisters have your exact same bike! So cool! Best of luck to you. You'll have so much fun. The route is beautiful.
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