Warrior Dash # 2 - Warrior Alabama

Sara, Jennifer and I decided to have a girls weekend in Alabama.  We left Friday afternoon and headed to Clay and Sara's lakehouse at Smith Lake.  We ate dinner at this fabulous restaurant close to the lakehouse called Talk of the Town.  We then went to the lakehouse and the neighbors were there having drinks on the patio.  We unloaded our things and went over to join them for a drink.  They were quite entertaining.  They had a fire and we sat around the fire talking.  About 11:00, the three of us decided it was time to go get in bed.  It was going to be an early morning to get up and get dressed and head to the Warrior Dash.

We got up, got dressed and headed to breakfast at Talk of the Town, omg...their breakfast is AWESOME!!!  After breakfast we hit the road to Warrior, Alabama.  Sara was blazing a trail down the interstate when she spotted a Alabama police officer on the entrance ramp.  She said a few ugly words and bam, he was behind us with his lights and siren on.  Needless to say, we pulled over and Sara got a speeding ticket and we were looking at our exit few a few maybe 100 yards in front of us....

We got to the parking area and waited for Tiffany.  When she arrived we hopped on the yellow dog school bus and he delivered us to the Dash site.  We checked in, duct taped our shoes, had a photo session and got ready to run our second Warrior Dash.

Jennifer, Me, Sara, Tiffany

Showing our love with Sharpie tattoos for our best supporters, CRF and MCB

I did't think about the elevation changes in Alabama.  This Warrior Dash was 3.2 miles of up and down, up and down mountains.  We completed the course in an hour and 10 minutes.  I have a video, but I have not edited it yet.  After completing the warrior dash you can turn your transponder in for a free beer, they have live bands and everyone hangs around listening to good music, eating turkey legs, wearing mud and enjoying themselves.  We had a blast dancing and acting like fools (just like everyone else.)

We headed out to the yellow dog drop spot and caught a ride back to the parking lot.  We parted ways with Tiffany and headed back to Tupelo.  We stopped at a subway and got sandwiches and hit the highway.

We had so much fun and are looking forward to the next mud run:))

One of the best obstacles...leaping FIRE!!

WARRIOR DASH # 2 COMPLETED!!!  TIME TO ENJOY;))

Tree Farm - Secca Round 3

Once again another weekend comes around and we found ourselves gathering gear together to head out early on Saturday morning to Billingsley, Alabama for the 3rd Hare Scramble in the SECCA series.  Clay and Sara picked us up and away we went.  We got to Billingsley after a few wrong turns (the directions weren't quite right) got the guys registered, unloaded and set up.  Chuck and Clay warmed up their bikes, got their gear together and we had a while to sit and relax before the race began.

It got time to gear up and head toward the driver's meeting, when Chuck got on his bike he realized his battery was dead!  The 450 doesn't have a kick start only an e start, so he was pretty much dead in the water!!  He and Clay decided to try and push it off and let him run it for some laps to hopefully charge the battery so it would crank on the starting line.  They pushed it off and got it cranked.  He rode it and headed to the starting line.  Clay told Sara if Chuck's bike didn't crank for us (me and Sara) to push him off.  I told Chuck and he was hesitant because if the lost the bike on the track, he would not be able to restart it.

They began the race and when it got to Chuck's row, I stood on the sideline with my fingers crossed that his bike would crank (for if it didn't, I knew he would be devastated)  the green flag raised and the bike didn't crank!!  Sara and I ran out to him and he said no, do not push.  The next row got the green flag and he said yes, let's push it off.  So the most awesome pit crew (Sara and I) got behind the bike and began to push him off.  Several attempts left us standing there with a dead engine, as Chuck was about to call it over, two men came and helped push him off.  He was the dead last guy to leave the starting line and recovered to 8th place in his line out of 18 riders!!

At the end of the first moto, both guys came in dirty as could be!!  The dust was terrible!!  They were having a great time.  Chuck was pretty stoked that he was able to pass and end the first moto in 8th place.  We asked the guy parked next to us if he had a battery charger and he did (he was in a loaded out motorhome, so we kind of figured he would).  We put the bike on a trickle charger and the second moto the bike started.  Thank goodness, not sure we could have pushed him off again.

At the end of the second moto, the guys came to the truck and we bathed them with ice cold bottled water out of the cooler (all we had), they changed and we loaded everything up.  Clay wasn't feeling well, so he was going to sit in the truck.  When he got in the drivers seat to crank the truck, he realized the battery was dead.  He asked a man to jump us off.  I had gone to throw away the garbage and as I walked back up to the truck I saw Clay remove the jumper cables off the truck and pass out and fall to the ground.  Sara screamed and ran over to Clay, hollering his name and tapping him on the face.  I ran to the back of the truck and got Chuck (who had NO idea what was going on), several people around saw the commotion and came to see if they could help.  We were all worried and in just minute or so, Clay woke up and wondered what we were all doing standing around him.

We think his sugar dropped and he passed out.  He has since been to the doctor and they can not find anything wrong with him.  We got Clay in the truck and headed home.  We are so very thankful that he is ok.

Oh, the memories made while racing dirtbikes.

Monster Mountain - Secca Round 2

The second race of the season was at Monster Mountain in Tallasee, Alabama.  We were really excited about going to this race, because this is where Chuck proposed to me in December.  We had it planned to leave on Friday afternoon and spend the night.  But on Friday at lunch Clay and Sara sold their truck.  So they get two drops and we took this race as a drop and did not go, seeing as though it was so far from Tupelo.

Chickenhouse Secca Round 1

Chad, Brad, Chuck and Clay Pre-Race

The first weekend of September found us packing up dirtbikes and heading to Clanton, Alabama in the very early morning hours of a Saturday.  Clay and Sara (our boyfriend/girlfriend couple) stopped by the house and picked us up, we loaded up the Tahoe and headed out to the Chickenhouse Hare Scramble.  Clay and Chuck (pilot and copilot), Sara and Amelia (pit crew) and Clay's little brother and sister, Hayden and Paige with Bad Brad and Chad following behind us in another car.  Everything went smoothly on the ride to Alabama, we stopped, gassed up, and everyone got a biscuit and drink at the gas station.  We arrive in Clanton at the Chickenhouse and proceed to get the guys registered and the tent set up.  The guys raced and three of the four placed and brought home wood.

Chuck during the race

It was HOT!!  Clay got sick and did not finish the second moto, but still ended up placing and bringing home wood.  When Chuck finished the race, he wasn't sick, but he was rather pitiful.  Sara and I had to step up our game and load up everything!!  We earned our strips for Best Pit Crew!! We stopped and ate supper at Chili's and hit the road home.

Chuck with his 2nd Chickenhouse trophy

St. Jude Half Marathon

So a few of the Dirty Dashing Divas decided it would be fun to train for the St. Jude Half Marathon in December.  So after many text messages and a lot of encouraging, Sara, won me over with a comment about my bucket list.  So Tuesday morning, I got online an registered Chuck and myself for the half marathon. So beginning on Monday, May 21, we will begin Hal Higdon's novice training for half marathons.
http://www.stjudemarathon.org/halfmarathon.htm

Girls Weekend

Last weekend, we had two of our nieces, come to Tupelo and spend the weekend with us.  Chuck went and picked them up in Columbus on Friday afternoon.  When I got home from work, they were all three at home waiting on me.  So the girls and I planted the front flowerbed, and Chuck started the grill for hamburgers.  We decided to watch a movie and have a quiet Friday night to rest up for the events on Saturday.
Saturday morning we got up and had McDonald's mcgriddles for breakfast, then we walked down to the stop sign on Chester and anxiously awaited the Gumtree runners, after the race we went to the Gumtree Festival downtown and walked around the festival.  Chuck and I found a piece of art we both really liked and the artist is Jimmy Criddle, the preacher that married us.  He is about to move to his own church.  Since he is part of us and our beginning, I bought the piece of art.  It is very special to me.
After the festival, we went to eat lunch at Connie's and then on to the Flea Market.   Mid afternoon, Chuck was tired from all the shopping, so we took him home and headed to the mall and hobby lobby.
Aubrey was wanting an earring holder, so we got the materials to make some.  They were both very excited with their creations.  We then headed out to the Corey Smith Concert at Fairpark.  We did not stay for the whole thing, because it was misting rain during the whole concert.
We got up Sunday morning and went to Church, out to dinner with my family, mammaw and pappaw, and my aunt, uncle and her son, Andy at Outback.  We went back to the Gumtree Festival with my family for a little while and came home and changed clothes and packed up and headed to Mantachie for Ms. Karen's Mother's Day celebration.
We had a great weekend with the girls!
But when we got home from Mantachie, we both crashed...

KTM World

The weekend of May 4, 5, and 6th we went to Cedartown, Georgia with Brandi and Jason Peters, Danielle and Jason Passmore, Ashley and Will Breaux, KC and David Breaux, Ana and Eric, Brooke and Jayden and Bridgette for a little dirt bike riding.  We stayed in a cabin, had to use the bathroom and shower in a bathhouse (shared with many people) and cooked dinner on the campfire.  There were several motocross tracks and many, many miles of trails.
Chuck and I loaded up the truck with bikes, gear, food, just about everything but the kitchen sink, and headed to Georgia.  We got to the cabin before the others we were sharing it with, so we claimed the only double bed in the cabin.  KC and David slept in the 2 twin beds and Will and Ashley slept in the loft.  We rode all day on Saturday.  Chuck and I got up Sunday morning and drove on back home,  everyone else stayed and rode after a few small rain showers.

The Girls