Christmas in the mountains

We had a fabulous time this year for Christmas. We rented a house in Sol Vista and were joined by my dad, his wife Sue and her daughter and husband-John and Jordan. My brother and his family joined us as well, but stayed in a different condo (thank goodness!). We had a blast skate skiing, snowmobiling, skiing and tubing at the Frazier tubing hill. It was great to be with family, however, 13 people in one house for too long a time can be a little trying! Sue and I got everyone these reindeer and Christmas pants to wear around the house. It was funny having all the guys wearing the same thing! Next year we are going someplace warm. I'm voting for Costa Rica and a surfing camp. We'll see how that goes!

Level 4 State Championships

Erin had a successful State Championship. This was her first year competing in gymnastics and she exceeded any and all expectations I had for her. She did great and got a little stronger as the season went on. It was fun to watch her entire team morph into little competitive gymnasts. We were so proud of her, and like Meghan, she had a personal best meet at State Finals. She started off her meet by scoring a 9.525 on vault! She had a great bar routine, landed her beam routine and ended her day with a 9.0 on floor exercise! She ended up with a 35.95 overall point average. Pretty good for a first year level 4 newbie! Her hope is to make the level 5 team with her sister for next year. This will take a lot of hard work, learning a bunch of new and harder skills, but she is up for the challenge and we are doing all we can do to help her make her goal.

Level 5 State Championships!

Meghan had the gymnastics meet of her life. Level 5 State Championship meet was held at Berthoud High School on Sat. the 6th. There were 9 girls from Apex in her age group and they all did great. Meghan started with her floor exercise, executing one of the best routines she has ever had. Then off to vault where she nailed her vault and received her first blue ribbon of the meet. Scoring at 9.15 she ended up the highest scoring vaulter on her team in her age group. Bar warm up's were great, as I have never seen her do such great sets, but in the actual competition she missed her squat on (bummer) and in disbelief, she continued with an almost flawless routine, finishing strong. The meet ended on beam, where she landed a great routine and her score represented all her hard work and effort.

She ended up placing 7th overall in vault for her age group and had one of the best all around scores of the season. A personal best meet! It was fun to watch all the girls, as they have all come a long way this season. Can hardly wait for next year! Way to go Meghan!!

Thanksgiving 2008

We had a great Thanksgiving Day. We started out the day with a mountain bike ride at Hidden Mesa. 12 brave souls from the team showed up to burn some pre-dinner calories. It was cold but we still had a blast.

Doug did the annual duty of turkey clean out. He named our turkey Hank and we decided that Hank was not having a good day. After clean out and dressing, in the oven he went and by the time we returned from our mountain bike ride, Hank was smelling the house with wonderful aromas. We made our way to Dick and Cindy's where we stuffed ourselves silly with way too much food. Good thing we burned a few extra calories on the mountain bike ride!

We made our way to the nursing home with a plate of food for mom. We visited for a while, ate some great pie and returned home exhausted but fulfilled.

A would say a great Thanksgiving this year. Lots to be thankful for!

Both girls Qualify for State Finals

Huge load off the Gordon plate, as Meghan finally qualified for level 5 state finals at Grand Junction. Erin qualified for level 4 state finals earlier in her season. The judging at level 5 is a little tougher and Meghan was finally able to pull it together and get her points. Not only did she qualify, but she was 4th overall on her team, helping them get 2nd place at the meet. It was a good day for all. Erin had a very successful meet as well. Both girls work so hard, they will do great at State.

After the Harvest, Before the Snow

Our supporting bike shop, Adventure Cycling, puts on this great mountain bike weekend in Fruita. This year we had to combine it with a gymnastics meet in Grand Junction so it worked out great. For a cheap price, Adventure buys all the food, Steamworks provides all the beer, Yeti and Intense brought up all the mountain bikes and we had a blast. They do such a great job, all the guys in the shop help with whatever is needed and provide great rides for all levels of mountain bikers.

This year to weather was spectacular and trails in great shape. This is such a beautiful area of Colorado. Almost as if you were somewhere else in the united states all together.

Thanks Adventure for the great weekend.

2009 Team

We have finalized our team for next season. We have a great group of ladies who are committed to racing their bikes in 2009. We have added 3 new riders to the team.

ColoBikeLaw.com elite women's team:

Susannah Gordon- cat 1- strengths in climbing, RR's and TT's.
Terrie Clouse- cat 1 - strengths in Crits, climbing, RR's and TT's.
Lisa Renee Tumminello- cat 2- strengths in climbing and RR's
Alisabeth Thurston Hicks- cat 2- strengths in climbing, RR's and all around help!
Kate VanValkenburg- cat 2 - strengths in climbing, RR's and crit help.
Kate Scheider- cat 2- strengths in Crits and all around help.
Carla Flores- cat 1 - strengths in Crits and all around help.
Sue Stokes- cat 2 -strengths in climbing, RR's and all around help.
Megan Myrick- cat 2- strengths in crits and all around help.
Christina Moore- cat 2- strengths in climbing, RR's.
Patria Lanfranchi- cat 2- strengths in crits.
Kimberly Nuffer- cat 2- strengths in crits and on the track!

We are excited about the 2009 season and plan to race locally at all the BAR/BAT races as well as a handful of NRC races such as Gila, Joe Martin, Cascade, Tulsa Tough and Masters Nationals.