Tour de Okinawa

So we've got this new blog now. We liked our old one and didn't want to lose faith in the Mac site, but it was glitchin'.  It looked nice and was sooo easy to build, but just not quite as nimble as Blogger. So we'll have to sacrifice a couple of luxuries and give this one a try.  So this is my first entry...

Over the weekend a few of my buddies and I rode the Tour de Okinawa. It is 115 mile ride around the northern tip of Okinawa.  We have all ju

st recently taken up cycling and have had the tour in our sights for a couple of months. We really didn't know what to expect, but I think we were all pleasantly surprised by the experience.  Of course the actual ride was long and grueling 

at times with seemingly endless climbs. We never could have imagined how much climbing we would do on this little island. Also, we were unexpectedly hit by some vicious rain for most of the second 4 hours of the ride.  There were about 400 participants. It can be a little nerve-racking when you are descending down the mountains in the blinding rain, surrounded by other riders.  But in the end we all finished without any major problems.  I think we are all excited about doing it again next year.  

I wish we would have been able to get a few more pics, but none of us wanted to pack around the camera.  Click here to see a few additional photos in our photo gallery.