Here are some of our thoughts, quotes, etc. from our trip last weekend to the Snake Creek Gap Time Trial!
After a great summer with my KSD/FMBR friends, I decided to sign up for Trainer Road and the Snake. Corianne was going to do it again. Since I had such an adventure doing the Mohican 100K with her, I thought that this is the next adventure! The idea of a road trip to Georgia also seemed like a good time! It certainly was. Spending time with Sydney, Mike and Jim made the long trip seem short. Here are my thoughts at different points. ~Lisa
I just knew Lisa would love the diversity of the trail and we always have a great time riding and pushing each other so I convinced her she needed to register and trail for this epic event! ... that coincided with quadrupling the amount of people who decided to get bitten! ~Corianne
After a great summer with my KSD/FMBR friends, I decided to sign up for Trainer Road and the Snake. Corianne was going to do it again. Since I had such an adventure doing the Mohican 100K with her, I thought that this is the next adventure! The idea of a road trip to Georgia also seemed like a good time! It certainly was. Spending time with Sydney, Mike and Jim made the long trip seem short. Here are my thoughts at different points. ~Lisa
I just knew Lisa would love the diversity of the trail and we always have a great time riding and pushing each other so I convinced her she needed to register and trail for this epic event! ... that coincided with quadrupling the amount of people who decided to get bitten! ~Corianne
Lisa and Jim's snake pile is coming together with many clothing options!
Shep, Dusty, Dicky, Corianne, Andy, Michael, Josh, Sydney, Kenny, Lisa, Jim (unicorn) The trip started by everyone meeting at Josh's house...we then piled into three vehicles - we were even running early... until Shep got locked in Josh's house....ask him about that one!!
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Before we left…..
" Can't wait to try these sweet wheels." " How many mochiko bars and potatoes will Jim and I need?" " I need to hydrate more." " How many times will I get to go to the bathroom?" " I can't forget the cookie bags!" "This is going to be fun!" ~Lisa
On the way down: " Where are my shoes?" " I'm pretty sure I packed my gortex socks…" "Jim is looking at his phone again to see the stupid weather." " Sydney has an interesting frog." ( ask her about it sometime) " I'm not sure I understand the water ball concept". " I'm hungry." " How long does it take this guy to buy a lottery ticket?" " I should watch more B movies……maybe." " Thank God we are stopping! " " I really don't think there is a Jimmy John's here." " I can't believe Dicky ate all the cookies." " This is a great time…" ~Lisa
We decided to bring along some walkie talkies to help pass the time...those were some interesting conversations! Taking turns putting the new unicorn out the window to scare people...Josh playing with knives ... and me playing with photo apps on my phone...herding cats at the rest stops and not letting Shep pick the gas stations. ~Corianne
" Can't wait to try these sweet wheels." " How many mochiko bars and potatoes will Jim and I need?" " I need to hydrate more." " How many times will I get to go to the bathroom?" " I can't forget the cookie bags!" "This is going to be fun!" ~Lisa
On the way down: " Where are my shoes?" " I'm pretty sure I packed my gortex socks…" "Jim is looking at his phone again to see the stupid weather." " Sydney has an interesting frog." ( ask her about it sometime) " I'm not sure I understand the water ball concept". " I'm hungry." " How long does it take this guy to buy a lottery ticket?" " I should watch more B movies……maybe." " Thank God we are stopping! " " I really don't think there is a Jimmy John's here." " I can't believe Dicky ate all the cookies." " This is a great time…" ~Lisa
We decided to bring along some walkie talkies to help pass the time...those were some interesting conversations! Taking turns putting the new unicorn out the window to scare people...Josh playing with knives ... and me playing with photo apps on my phone...herding cats at the rest stops and not letting Shep pick the gas stations. ~Corianne
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At bike shop: " Why is Josh drinking from a gallon jug in the bike shop?" " I need a fender…" " Georgia bike shops come with watermelon moonshine on the side…!!" ~Lisa
The guys at Bear Creek Bicycles are amazing - gave lots of good advice, stayed open late for all us crazy MTBers, advised us of trail conditions and of course supplied us with anything we may have forgotten on our 10 hour journey! and... they have a bike shop dog... that Dicky was playing dog whisperer with - she could not get enough of Dicky. ~Corianne
The guys at Bear Creek Bicycles are amazing - gave lots of good advice, stayed open late for all us crazy MTBers, advised us of trail conditions and of course supplied us with anything we may have forgotten on our 10 hour journey! and... they have a bike shop dog... that Dicky was playing dog whisperer with - she could not get enough of Dicky. ~Corianne
We then headed off to dinner... 12 nervous mountain bikers filling up at Longhorn. ~Corianne
At dinner: " Holy crap, we are SO loud." " Dicky ate his steak already! Amazing!" ( It was truly amazing.) " Did Jim really just take Dicky's steak bone out of his hand and start chewing on it???" " The mountain biking subculture is certainly unique…" " This is a great time! " ~Lisa
At dinner: " Holy crap, we are SO loud." " Dicky ate his steak already! Amazing!" ( It was truly amazing.) " Did Jim really just take Dicky's steak bone out of his hand and start chewing on it???" " The mountain biking subculture is certainly unique…" " This is a great time! " ~Lisa
 Lisa's Bike - Intense, Carbine 27.5 |  Corianne's trusty steed - SantaCruz, Highball 29 |
Lots of prepping in the room before the race ... we got our race packets and did any last minute preparations. We even got on Facebook and had an amazing good luck message from a teammates daughter, Lauren - wishing us all good luck!! ~Corianne
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During the race: " I'm so happy Corianne is riding with me!!!! " " This is so much fun!" " This dude from Florida is wearing a snowsuit. Holy cats!" Good save Corianne! x5 " (She had the best saves I've seen!) " " Ok I'm starting to get tired" " I wonder how the guys are doing?" " What do you mean you have never ridded an off-camber trail?!?" ( There was a man who said those words to me) " I can ignore this pain, right?" " I'm running out of leg gas."
"These downhills are awesome!!!" "I think my triceps are going to fall out." (Long downhill) " I guess that dude shouldn't wear new kits." ( A guy wrecked into a bush/tree between Corianne and me. He proceeded to kick the bush and MF everything. He tore his shorts and was LIVID!) " It IS NOT RAINING" " Is that the radio tower!!!! SOOOOO happy! I'm over these rocks!" " This is really a great time! " ~Lisa
Somehow I never hit the ground .. I had lot of close calls and many bruises on my legs from my bike, but like Lisa said, lots of good saves! I thanked her for riding with me just after the 1/2 way point - I knew she'd still be having fun at this point. I also warned her that it's going to get tough .. mentally and physically with about 8.5 miles to go! We toughed it out - riding many of the rock gardens...and of course not riding the one where the photographer (MKocher Photography - he takes amazing pictures - support local photographers!) was ... HA! I told him to hold up a second and let Lisa catch up for a group shot of us holding our bikes on top that crazy rock garden! ~Corianne
"These downhills are awesome!!!" "I think my triceps are going to fall out." (Long downhill) " I guess that dude shouldn't wear new kits." ( A guy wrecked into a bush/tree between Corianne and me. He proceeded to kick the bush and MF everything. He tore his shorts and was LIVID!) " It IS NOT RAINING" " Is that the radio tower!!!! SOOOOO happy! I'm over these rocks!" " This is really a great time! " ~Lisa
Somehow I never hit the ground .. I had lot of close calls and many bruises on my legs from my bike, but like Lisa said, lots of good saves! I thanked her for riding with me just after the 1/2 way point - I knew she'd still be having fun at this point. I also warned her that it's going to get tough .. mentally and physically with about 8.5 miles to go! We toughed it out - riding many of the rock gardens...and of course not riding the one where the photographer (MKocher Photography - he takes amazing pictures - support local photographers!) was ... HA! I told him to hold up a second and let Lisa catch up for a group shot of us holding our bikes on top that crazy rock garden! ~Corianne
Corianne and I rolled through the finish smiling and in one piece…. for the most part. I had a blast despite the pain..:) She and I have the best laughs on the trail! We have discovered that it can be our most creative times as well….I am still recovering and hope I can do the next one….. Thanks for all the support and laughs!!!!! ~Lisa
I had no doubt we'd finish and come into the finish laughing as usual!! ~Corianne
Cheers to TT #2 and.... the belt buckle!!!
I had no doubt we'd finish and come into the finish laughing as usual!! ~Corianne
Cheers to TT #2 and.... the belt buckle!!!
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