Kooper's World: September 2009

For all of you who don't know Chett has competed in triathlons all summer long, well he got wind of this Hotter N' Hell event held in Wichita Falls each August. He some how talked me into doing the race with him!! There are all sorts of events all weekend long. Chett participated in the Trail Ride on Friday evening and we both did the 25 mile race on Saturday morning!! The real race is the 100 mile race, but neither of us thought we were anywhere near ready for 100 miles, those guys are nuts!! Chett finished the 25 miles in an hours and 20 mins, I on the other hand finished in 2 hours and 30 mins!! I had a flat about 3 miles into the race, and thankfully a guy changed it for me!! The 25 miles flew by, there were rest stops every 10 miles, but I was very proud of myself for not stopping once, except for my flat!! The last rest stop was in the Air Force base!! At the end of the rest stop all the new recruits were standing on both sides of the street hooting & hollering for you!! It was pretty amazing, they were standing there yelling for us when all we are doing is riding in a race, when we should be yelling for them for severing our amazing country!! It was AWESOME!! We will defiantly go back next year!! Chett may try the 50 mile but I will stick with the 25 mile!!!