We are in San Francisco!

We made it into San Francisco fine.

On Our Way to San Francisco

Here we are at the Olive Garden in Eugene, Oregon. We spent the night in Medford, Oregon and it is on to San Francisco today.

2008 Co-Motion Tandem Race

Here is the view looking back during one of the quieter times early in the race. The final 5 miles included a fairly good climb that we were able to dominate and control. Then a mile and a half or so of slight rollers where there were probably half a dozen or so team with us, we traded the lead a few times. Then the last 1 km was a right turn off the main road and a hard climb to the finish at the King Estates Vineyard. We were the first through the turn and Nathan kicked into after burner mode. We surged ahead and held the lead to the finish!

This was pretty special, out of 32 years of active cycling/racing this is only the second sanctioned bike race that I have won (my other one was in 1978)! Very sweet. Nathan & I are both so thankful to the Lord for strength and protection. This really is a wonderful stage race. We ended up 3rd in overall classification in the B group. It was fun to meet others who love tandem riding and racing. Lot's of fathers with sons and daughters. One impressive team was a father & son duo. The son was 17 and was the captain. They won the A group stage for the day. It was a wonderful Oregon summer day.