Trail of Tears
An epic Bike Ride from Lanse MI to Marquette MI. 92 Miles (148 km)
Featuring: Tom and Vikki Asmus (Fittest Couple in Marquette), Jeff Junti (a biking legend), Matt Kern (one tough guy), Tony Lakki, Derrik Anderson, Jeff Skipke (our ER Docter), Kelli Stahl and Myself (Mikael).
Support Team: Jon Momaerts
One of the most memorable weekends of 2007.
This ride reminds me a lot about experiences that we face/ encounter in Life.
You start out not really knowing what we are getting into. At first things are quite easy and exciting. After a while you get into a groove and become quite confindent and cocky in your abilities. Then after a while the hills get bigger, a flat tire occurs, you begin to run out of energy and confindence dwindles. You begin to bonk with many, many miles to go. You think to yourself “how will I ever make it to the finish”? You keep on fueling and pushing on. You receive encouragement from others (mental fuel). Gradually recovery occurs and you make it thru the toughest situations. If you knew the pain that was about to be encountered during the ride before the ride started you may not have tried it out at all.
You finish the ride and tell yourself that was really tough, but quickly you forget the pain and think back on the experiance and tell yourself “I'd do it again any day” ! (maybe not tommorow though)
Thanks to the ride organizers for sharing your passion with us.
Here are some pics!
5AM Yeah.... Eating a pretty mediocre breakfast
The Van Ride
Our Fearless Doc..
Unloading bike @ 7 1/2 am
We are Ready to GO!
Along the Ride
Firt Flat Tire
Two Tough Bikers!!!! They would never admit it if they were tired
Nice Sign?
Mile 50? At this point in the ride I am pretty sure our Doc Shipke was hallucinating. I have not spoke with him since this point but I think he made it back alive....
Mo... 3 of us riding @ the front refused to admit we were tired so we biked for about 20 miles straight. Mo gave us an excuse to stop and fuel up.
Mile 92
Back @ Tom and Vikkies. About 6-7 pounds lighter.
Ready for Next Year!!
