Final Week-end of Cyclocross Finds Liz Victorious

I've spent the last 30 minutes trying to get these pictures to behave and they won't do it so please know that that the pictureon the right is the group of women starting the race and the second picture is Liz about to pass her final competitor to win the race! This past week-end was her fourth and final week-end doing cyclocross races across the country. If you remember, she started out in Louisville the last week-end in October.

She finished today in New Jersey, coming in third yesterday and first today! She has won all kinds of trophies and merchandise and is pretty happy about it considering that she had never done cyclocross at all until this past Fall. I know I don't have to tell you that she doesn't get this athleticism from me but from my mother and one of my sisters who are extremely athletic as well as competitive! If you want to know more about the sport you can either just "Google" it or go to www.youtube.com/cyclocross. The sport really started in Europe and is much better know there but it is quickly becoming very popular here.

It really is quite grueling and there seem to b lots of crashes between fast, curvy tracks and then the times when you must jump off your bike and run with it up steps, through sand pits and across hurdles! Amazing!

Liz Wins Cyclocross Both Days in Boston!!

Well, I hate to brag (not!) but my youngest daughter, Liz, continues to blaze a path across the U.S. winning two cyclocross bike races this week-end in Boston. The thing that is so amazing to me is that it's not just about riding fast. In cyclocross, you ride fast around a hilly and curvy course and periodically, you must jump off your bike and jump hurdles, run through sand traps and across log piles, all while carrying your bike!

She has only been doing this type of racing for a couple of months, but this past week-end, in Plymouth, MASS, just south of Boston, she won her category on both Saturday and Sunday! Let's give her a big hand!!

Chantdoc travels to see Paula Deen cook!

Today I had a real treat! I got to go to the Palace Theatre in Louisville and hear Paula Deen speak and watch her prepare a delicious stuffed pork tenderloin. It was fabulous and Paula was just as nice and down to earth on stage as she is on her TV show. It was such
a treat!
She quite an entourage with her and they all took turns at the mike and sometimes at the stove. She took quite a few questions from the audience and people all over the theatre were shouting out questions not only about cooking but also about her personal life. She answered all of them and more!
Iwas going to buy everyone a cookbook for Christmas but we needed to zoom after the show was over. Maybe next time!