The Cowtown Classic Bike
Ride was resurrected this year courtesy of the Lance
Armstrong Foundation and the local Kiwanis club. The heat
and humidity seemed to relent a bit which made riding more
enjoyable than in the weeks previous. Above, the lead pack
passes by somewhere just after the mid-point of the 100K
route. Team members Mike Reade and Tino Sonora (who
claimed his TBi Jersey was "in the wash") help
drive the pace which started fast and continued fast
- 26+ mph average over the 64 miles.
The start was extremely
fast - reaching 35+ mph within the first mile. The result
was 100K riders were strewn though-out the course: Mike
Reade & Ray Brindle / Ray Brindle / Ron Ennis & Casey
Gordon / Jerry Vargas / Eric Reyes, Andy Hollinger & Matt
Sauls /
Steve and Pam Bates / Chris
Dow / Greg Kloesel / (the back of) Jamie Connally & Dean
Wilkenson / Tom Fitzgerald (Rally KING) & Andrea Schneider
Rick Wilson / Deanna
Showalter & Victoria Hollinger / John Blakely
The "Pack Strategy Leader"
John Woodson brings his whole family to the ride. Here we
see him cleverly draft his sons thereby reserving his
strength for the finish line sprint - the result of which
is still unknown. Mom, Gina, may have craftily drafted
John the entire distance and swooped him at the line. We
don't know - we may never know.
Jason Moore rolls out
TBi long-time friends the
Bryants before the race / Matt Sauls, dad decides to ride /
Rally organizer, Cat II (ret.) and soul of the event Dr.
Jeff Murray, MD
By the midpoint the initial
sprint, long miles and late season fatigue have taken
their toll. Mike Reade & Tino Sonora / Ron Ennis & Greg
Kloesel / Greg Kloesel, Rodney Tayon & Eric Reyes / Chris
Dow, Tom Fitzgerald, Andy Hollinger & Jerry Vargas / Deane
Wilkenson & Jamie Connally / The Bryants
Robbie Merritt / Larry
Price / Tino Sonora / Tom "Rally King" Fitzgerald / Mike
Reade
Eric Reyes / Chris Dow /
Andy Hollinger & Jerry Vargas / PHOTO PRIME WINNER Nick
Kiernan / Mark Hargis
H.C. Gordon (Casey's dad) /
Casey Gordon and Cole Bewely / Andrea Schneider
From the official ride photographer ...
