Photos, photos

Here's a few more Birkie memories thanks to my friend Ruth.


Here's the 10 of us that stayed together for the Birkie. I've been staying with some combination of these folks ever since Dave and I first caught Birkie fever. Well, for the record it definitely started as merely at Kortie fever but both of us have now succumbed to the full blown Birkie fever.






If you're going to wax your husband's race skis then you better make sure you've carefully read Toko's waxing recommendations. Actually Dave did most of the waxing himself but I usually apply the kick wax as that is my specialty in the Bell-Callaway household. I'm about to apply the Carbon Base Wax Green that Toko recommended and that worked very well for Dave.








Here I am attaching my Gu to my bib. I'm in deep thought as I consider what Gu flavors I want and when I want them so that they are attached in an order that will make them easy to remove at the right time. For the Birkie I experimented with safety pins instead of stapling and I have to admit that I prefer to staple my Gu to the bib. In the end I went with 4 vanilla gu, 1 plain gu (for mid-race in case I needed a flavor change, which I did want) and 1 espresso love (for the last aid station).








Here we are at about 7am as we headed out from our cabin. This is car 2 for those of us in waves 4-6. Car one left close to 6:45am and the wave 1 starters got there with not a lot of time to spare.




Here is Shannon, me and Ruth at Como Field waiting to board the bus to Telemark to start the fun (well, the suffering actually in my case).



Good times!