We had a great weekend. It was the Leadville 100 bike race. First we had the pleasure of picking up T.J. Bates and his co-pilot Rex Shupe at the Leadville airport (yes we have a airport).The first picture is Kevin sitting on the steps of the airplane T.J. flew in to Leadville. Someone had hired them for a Charter flight. They flew in a family of a gentleman that competed in the race. So, long story short. T.J and Rex stayed at our house and went on their own bike ride around Turquoise Lake. We went to dinner at mine and Kevin's favorite Italian resaurant. We had a nice visit. Then on Sat. They all went down and Kevin took them around and watched the race. There were over 1500 bikers that participated. Lance Armstrong was one of them and Kevin got some great shots of him, they were able to follow him and see his amazing ability and talent of riding a bike. Lance has been an inspiration to me, I have read several of his books... he is awesome, and makes the ride look simple. Anyway, Lance won the race. He beat the previous years record by 17 min. He rode the 100 mile race in 6hrs 28min. In this altitude and the type of terrain they go through it is a very difficult race. They get up to altitudes of over 12000 feeet.!!! LIVE STRONG!!!
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