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My daughter wanted to race the sparkler edition of the Firecracker 50 race in Breckenridge, Colorado (14 miles of the 25 mile course). She raced it last year and she wanted to compete in it again this year, to see if she could beat her time (which she did)! Anthony was demoing bikes that day and I wasn't motivated to race on a team, so I was Ari's paparazzi for the race. I thoroughly enjoyed riding it, as opposed to racing it. Plus the 14 miles was just the perfect distance.
A little snack at the start line. The racers ride in a parade at the start of the race. Ari likes to slap the hands of the kids watching as she started off.
Ohhh, it climbs, and climbs (yes, the first part of the climb is on pavement). Each 25 mile lap has 5400' of climbing, I'm taking a wild guess the sparkler course has at least 2000' of climbing (if not a little more).
As a racer, I wasn't able to really enjoy these views. The weather was absolutely perfect on this 2008 July 4th.
She even got a water bottle, took a large gulp, and threw it down.
That is my girl, riding up the steep, loose stuff as others walked!
Oh yeah, time to go to the finish!
After the race, she was all smiles when she found out she beat her time by 11 minutes from last year.
ahhh....it must be lonely at the top :thumbsup: way to go to represent Black Sheep Juniors Cycling

A little snack at the start line. The racers ride in a parade at the start of the race. Ari likes to slap the hands of the kids watching as she started off.

Ohhh, it climbs, and climbs (yes, the first part of the climb is on pavement). Each 25 mile lap has 5400' of climbing, I'm taking a wild guess the sparkler course has at least 2000' of climbing (if not a little more).

As a racer, I wasn't able to really enjoy these views. The weather was absolutely perfect on this 2008 July 4th.

She even got a water bottle, took a large gulp, and threw it down.

That is my girl, riding up the steep, loose stuff as others walked!

Oh yeah, time to go to the finish!

After the race, she was all smiles when she found out she beat her time by 11 minutes from last year.

ahhh....it must be lonely at the top :thumbsup: way to go to represent Black Sheep Juniors Cycling