tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005840195004223380.post5118286432102017356..comments2023-07-18T09:53:33.094-06:00Comments on the observatori: La Ruta Stage Four - It Ain't Over 'til it's Overtorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920267988935670235noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005840195004223380.post-63813938660186160342007-11-27T16:42:00.000-07:002007-11-27T16:42:00.000-07:00After reading some of the details about your most ...After reading some of the details about your most recent biking adventure it is impossible for me to imagine the emotion and pride you must have felt when you crossed the finish line at La Ruta... and I cannot even describe the feelings I have, knowing what you have accomplished....(some of the comments made by friends have put the situation into perspective). Tori, you are a wonder - well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005840195004223380.post-89784937311167592812007-11-27T16:27:00.000-07:002007-11-27T16:27:00.000-07:00awe geez. you guys are so sweet. thank you all for...awe geez. you guys are so sweet. thank you all for your kind words. i love my friends.torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920267988935670235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005840195004223380.post-10388033767643203772007-11-26T22:58:00.000-07:002007-11-26T22:58:00.000-07:00Wow Tori. I am astounded at your accomplishments ...Wow Tori. I am astounded at your accomplishments in general, AND THEN, you go and conquer something as like this without even mentioning it to me. <BR/><BR/>I am so proud of you!!! xo DanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005840195004223380.post-9394597580555580972007-11-26T17:30:00.000-07:002007-11-26T17:30:00.000-07:00I really don’t know what to say... Your display of...I really don’t know what to say... Your display of commitment, determination and perseverance is truly inspiring. I am in awe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005840195004223380.post-35968421595146283882007-11-26T09:05:00.000-07:002007-11-26T09:05:00.000-07:00Awesome, tori! i loved reading the account of you...Awesome, tori! i loved reading the account of your adventure. You truly have accomplished something amazing!<BR/><BR/>I'll try to put this in context for anyone, who is not a cyclist or has never done any ultra-endurance events, that may read this. In one year, Tori has started off with an "easy" (1 1/2 hr cross-country race in Lethbridge) and finished with the hardest mountainbike race in the world! <BR/><BR/>This is her progression (to my knowledge): cross-country race (Lethbridge)- one-day enduro (salty dog enduro)- 3 or 4 long stages of a seven day stage race (BC Bike race)- a full 7 day stage race (Transrockies)- 8 hr. Enduro (XC8, Sask.)- and finally, the hardest race in the world, La Ruta.<BR/><BR/>I am 26 yrs. old with 10 yrs of racing experience under my belt including several ultra endurance mountain bike races. To accomplish what tori has done at any stage in an athlete's development is remarkable but to do it in her first year is an unbelievable feat.<BR/><BR/>I think it tells volumes about tori's determination and perseverance... On the last day of La Ruta I was sitting having lunch with some of Canada's best mountain bikers (one former olympian, one olympic hopeful for Beijing, and others with loads of notable national and international results) the conversation swung to who Erik and I were waiting for. I gave short run-down on what she had done this year and what she was about to accomplish when she crossed the line in a few short hours. Everyone there was amazed. With all the talent and level of achievement there, everyone admitted that there was no way any of us could have accomplished that in our first few years of mountain biking let alone our very first.<BR/><BR/>Congrats Tori!jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301093660969801539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005840195004223380.post-12736425114068382152007-11-25T19:31:00.000-07:002007-11-25T19:31:00.000-07:00I would've waited forever! ...as would have the re...I would've waited forever! ...as would have the rest of the gang we travelled with. Although if it was too many more hours I was eyeing up a local quad that I was going to hijack.<BR/><BR/>I was so happy that you made it! You're a glutton for punishment, it'd be easier if you weren't working round the clock leading up to the race, you need your batteries charged up going into it.<BR/><BR/>Next time you'll know to enable your front shock for the biggest descent in the country!<BR/><BR/>At least we missed the "stage 5" many others had - the second bus broke down really close to Playa Bonita, so everyone piled onto the third bus and stood the rest of the way back. Ouch!BikingBakkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02022849132312962138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005840195004223380.post-69765652417425609722007-11-25T07:33:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:33:00.000-07:00Hooray for you, Tori! It was hard to read these en...Hooray for you, Tori! It was hard to read these entries and not think of them as pure fiction. The fact that you actually underwent all that is, frankly, amazing. Wow. And well done.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553823788043475747noreply@blogger.com