LOTOJA here we come!

So I leave for Logan in the morning and I am so grateful for everyone's support throughout this summer. I will be riding for all of you on Saturday! I still have a few donations left to ride for because of my little knee problems. I will be sure to ride all my miles by the end of the race!

Arlene & Jan Schut: My aunt and uncle were very kind to support me this summer. To thank them for their donation I had to do a lot of short rides to save my knees. I rode up out to 3900 S then back up to the top of Emigration canyon and back out to 4500 S and back to the Avenues with a girl I know who will also be riding LOTOJA (51 miles). I also rode to work and back (14 miles), out to Highland High School and back (13 miles), then out to Bountiful on Redwood Road, out to work on 2100 S, then home the long way (22 miles).

Ernie & Ann Page: I was pleasantly surprised to see a donation from 2 of my dad's very loyal patients. To thank them, I rode up and over Emigration Canyon to the top of Big Mountain (40 miles), then I rode out to Sugarhouse Park and did a few easy laps to spin my legs out (10 miles)

Jim & Betsy Lund: Jim and Betsy are neighbors and good friends of my parents. I gladly rode to the top of Emigration Canyon, then out to Millcreek Canyon and to the top to thank them for donating! (50 miles)

Ivan & Sherri Fabert: Again, another donation from very kind neighbors of my parents. Ivan actually made me and my husband an oak kitchen table for our wedding because my dad was too sick to "finish" it (he was really too sick to even start it, other than buying the wood). It was a very kind act of service on his part. He also made my little sister a table for her wedding for my dad, since he isn't here to do it. To thank them for their donation I rode to Highland High and home (10 miles). I will ride the other 40 miles in the race on Saturday. The remainder of their donation will take me from Logan, Utah, to 6 miles past Preston, Idaho (the first Feed Zone). Thanks!!

Craig & Robyn Davis: These are also neighbors of my mom. Craig has a special appreciation for the work it takes to prepare and ride LOTOJA because he did it last year. Their 100 miles will take me from 6 miles after Preston, Idaho, over Strawberry Canyon, through Montpelier, Idaho, over Salt River Pass, and past Afton, Wyoming to Thayne, Wyoming. Wow, that's going to take a while. I be thinking of you the whole way! Thanks for your support

Lance Lindberg: The rest is for you, babe. I know I owe you 100 miles, but 66 will have to do. They'll probably be the most grueling anyhow. If it's not enough, you can have all the rest of the miles I ride this year. Thanks for your selfless support this year. I hope you kill the race and make me proud and I'll try to do the same!

Total training miles after race: 3860
Hours in the saddle (hopefully): 220

It has been a great season. Thank you all for inspiring me!!