Labor Day / Laddies Loppet

One of the most looked forward to Weekends of the Summer came and went too quickly as our Friends Jessie and Scott and their two boys Brodie and Lachlan from Colorado came to visit and to join us up at Maplelag for the weekend for the Annual Laddies Loppet Mountain Bike Stage Race Weekend. For those of you who attended our wedding there know the Food is incredible, toss in 300 Mountain bikers and their families and the outstanding hospitality put forward by the Richards Family it's a fun time that's hard to beat!

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The Racing was tough as usual. Saturday morning, Scott and I did the Time Trial which was one fast loop on the Citizen Course. Followed by the Short Track Race in the afternoon which is Awesome to watch but one that buries me to the ground as the full 12 minutes of pure hammer time is not my cup of tea. I prefer chilling with Beer, but gave it a go and felt like I was going to tip over as I gimped myself to the finish line.

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Eleni and Marlo had a great time with Brodie and Lachlan on the Pump Track playing with the big kids.

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With all the Kids taking part in the Kids Race Sunday afternoon, all with smiles on their faces!

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Also a High School Friend and Classmate Lynn Schnathorst (Tews) and her Husband Garrett also stayed and raced the weekend events!
Good to see them and good luck to them Riding at Chequamegon this weekend!

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Watching the Lakeside Drops section during the Elite and Pro Races.
Jessie, Nicole, Lynn and Garrett.

Montana-Family Reunion-Triathlon

Busy BUSY month of August as the Summer winds down fast....Starting off the month we were off to Montana for the 1st Annual Klingsporn Family Reunion. DL, Bismarck, Missoula...
We made it!
Camping out in Nicole's cousin Michelle's yard the first two night in Missoula
before heading up to Bigfork where we had a sweet vacation home for the week with the whole Klingsporn gang.

We spent the week hanging at the Cougar Trail Ranch
with some day trips biking, fly fishing, Glacier National Park,
and a fun day boating on Swan Lake.

The Ranch

Eleni slack lining.

Marlo rocking Glacier

The "Klingsporn" Gang!
All went well until the day we were leaving the ranch to head back to Missoula
for "Adult's Night Out" and Brewery Tour....

Meggan, Tony, Nicole & Michelle @ The Kettle House
Nicole getting some N/A orange drink (remember..she's pregnant)

...and our Transmission goes out on
our Yukon...... After gimping it the 130 miles we hooked up with Transoulutions-Tranny shop in Missoula who worked their magic and getting a full rebuild installed.
Unfortunately, plans had to change and Nicole and Marlo rode home with her sister Kari's Family and Eleni and I stayed a few extra days feeling sorry for ourselves by getting in some extra biking, some white water rafting, an afternoon at Splash Montana, watching Nicole's sister's husband "Weats" who's a smoke-jumper do a practice jump which was super cool and just hanging and having fun!!!!


Silas, Eleni & Weats after Successful Landing

A Great Trip, A Great Time, Great Memories!

I competed in the Young Life Triathlon August 21st with some co-workers doing
the relay. John did the swim, I did the biking and Jeff did the running.
We ended up 1st in the Men's Relay division, finishing the
1.5k Swim, 40k bike and 10k Run in 2:27:13, a great time for sure.

John McDonald, Jeff Staley, Tony Schmitz
Team: Bring Back Detroit Mountain!

Summer Swinging... doing the "Spider"

September's Here! Labor Day- Laddies Loppet and Back to School.
Catching up on the Blog, that info coming soon.