Salt to Saint

This year, Jaron, Foster, and two others I had not met until the race, Jared and Lorin did the Salt to Saint 24 hour relay race. The race is from Salt Lake City all the way down to St. George. It is 422 miles long. Because of being sick all summer I was unable to ride in the race, however I did volunteer to drive for them as well as act as tech, (which involved only minor repairs, loading and unloading the bikes from the rack and basically making sure all four were set to go before and during each leg of the race). It was a lot of fun, although I was a bit bummed about not being able to ride. Next year, though, I'll definitely be riding. 

Here are some pictures of the race.

Jaron testing out my bike and getting use to it at the start of the race

Lorin climbing the north side of Suncrest -- Goes over the point of the mountain.

Jaron on his first leg, (the 5th leg) leaving Goshen and heading towards Nephi. 

The hand-off of the GPS. Jaron to Jared who then went up the canyon past Nephi.

Jared, climbing the canyon hills at 20+ mph. 

Lorin waiting for Jared to come out of the canyon. His leg,
(and the following one done by foster) were the windies 

Foster, cruising through another canyon during the night. 

Foster and Jaron crashed early in the morning after a long night.

Foster taking off after Lorin hands off the GPS just inside of Arizona.

Me, after driving for about 22 hours straight with 2 more to go.

Foster finishing the last (and one of the hardest) legs; coming through the finish.

The whole team at the finish
(Jaron, Jared, Lorin, Foster)

All of us home again.
(Lorin, Jared, Me(Chris), Jaron, Foster)

 The whole thing was a ton of fun, even after driving for 24+ hours. We will all be doing it next year and I can't wait. It'll be great to be able to bike the thing with these guys.