The Story So Far..

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Aguirre Springs Practice

Mike and I took a little trip to Aguirre Springs on our bikes to practice for the road race. Road biking is so hard! Aguirre takes no prisoners!

Mike taking a rest and making it look easy!

Cool shot of the road back. I was having a hard time with the downhills. I did learn on race day that I do bette ron downhill when I have a group of people to chase!

Kind of bummed we didn't get a lot of pictures of the local road race here. Mike was able to place fifth in the time trial and rocked it, even though it was SNOWING while he did it. He had to unclip at the turn and we think he would have placed higher if his turn was smoother.

This is the picture of the crit race, the same day. He was able to stay with the team and Zia Velo came in for a win for the Category 5 racers!

This was my first road race on my road bike and it took place in Hillsboro, NM (about an hour and a half outside of town)...we seriously did not get a single picture of that day! Mike paced 25th and I placed 12th. I was riding by myself for half of the 32 miles I rode, so I was hurting!

Good times. I would do it again!

Mike's Birthday Weekend

I was going to be in Vegas for Mike's birthday and I felt a little bad so I decided to make a special weekend for him in Las Cruces. We decided to have a "staycation" and stay at a nice Holiday Inn Express here in town. It ain't no Mandalay Bay, but it was pretty nice and had an awesome hot tub and work out room!

Mike was able to hot tub before watching "The Walking Dead" finale and then we went out for ice cream right after. The next morning I made an appointment for him to get a massage at Massage Envy.

Staycations rock!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Mike's Medical Pictures

This past year has been a little rough on Mike when it comes to anything medical. He lost his eyesight in April in his one eye, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in May, started his Copaxone treatment in June, and we've been on watch since.

The last month or so has been trying to make sure he is still doing ok. He gre a large bump on his tongue and we were worried it was bad, so he had to get it removed and tested. Thankfully it was not cancer or anything!

Then Mike went in to get his eyes checked and he had to get retested for his eyesight. Unfortunately, he needs glasses.

Dialated eyes. Poor Mike. Hopefully this is it!

Mundy's Gap...Her Revenge.

It had been almost a year since I had ridden Mundy's Gap. I was going to go out and ride it to see if I was ready for the El Paso Puzzler. Let's just say after this ride, I decided to opt out of the Puzzler this year.

Brent kicking my butt up the mountain.

Here I come!

Nice shot Mike!

Brent making his way towards the gap..

The winter was not good to me...let's hope next year I can ride the Puzzler!

P.S. Mike ended up doing the Puzzler and made it the wholse 35 miles without flatting! He did have a major spill and hit his helmet...luckily the helmet saved him!