{"id":416,"date":"2007-06-12T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=416"},"modified":"2007-06-12T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2007-06-12T20:00:24","slug":"Our next Big Bike Race - the Nature Valley Grand Prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=416","title":{"rendered":"Our next Big Bike Race &#8211; the Nature Valley Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday we&#8217;ll be hitting the road again, incorporating a big 5-day stage race, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnbikefestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nature Valley Grand Prix<\/a>, with a trip to see my family in Minnesota and Wisconsin.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s the preliminary details&#8230; (as much for ourselves as for you!)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friday, June 15th<\/strong> &#8211; our departure, EARLY.&nbsp; LONG day in the car, thankfully Brian&#8217;s dad&#8217;s car with a DVD player and extra room, with 2 bikes on the back.&nbsp; Hopefully, we&#8217;ll get into my friend Tami&#8217;s house before midnight.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday &#8211;<\/strong> Spend the morning with Tami and her family, and then head off to Shell Lake, WI, my parent&#8217;s house.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday &#8211;<\/strong> Go to church at Salem, enjoy a little down time with my family.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monday afternoon, June 18th<\/strong> &#8211; Head to the Twin Cities to visit with my brother-in-law, Hal.&nbsp; He&#8217;s flying out to Arizona to be with my sister, Anna on Tuesday.&nbsp; We&#8217;ll miss seeing her:(&nbsp; Stay with my dad in his new apartment in Minneapolis, his weekday home while he&#8217;s working at the University of Minnesota.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday &#8211; <\/strong>No plans!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, June 20th &#8211;<\/strong> The bike racing begins!&nbsp; <u>Stage 1: St. Paul Criterium<\/u>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c 7:05pm, 60 minutes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, June 21st &#8211; <\/strong><u>Stage 2: Road Race in Cannon Falls<\/u>.&nbsp; 5pm start, 7:20pm expected finish.&nbsp; 60 miles with 4 laps of a finishing circuit downtown.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, June 22nd &#8211; <\/strong>Two races today! <u>Stage 3: St. Paul Riverfront Time Trial<\/u> &#8211; 10:30am, 4.5 miles.&nbsp; <u>Stage 4: Minneapolis Downtown Classic<\/u> (criterium) &#8211; 60 minutes on a 1.5 mile course.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, June 23rd &#8211; <\/strong><u>Stage 5: Mankato Road Race<\/u> &#8211; 12 noon, 86 miles with 4 laps on a finishing circuit downtown.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday, June 24th &#8211; <\/strong><u>Stage 6: Stillwater Criterium<\/u> (also known as &quot;the toughest crit in the country&quot;) &#8211; 2:05pm, 60 minutes on a hilly downtown course that includes an incredibly steep hill, which they get to do over and over and over again.&nbsp; I&#8217;m sure it will be almost as agonizing to watch as it will be to ride!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday evening to Wednesday morning, June 27th &#8211; <\/strong>Back to my parent&#8217;s house in Shell Lake for a few days of not doing much of anything.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday to Thursday, June 28th &#8211;<\/strong>Travel home.&nbsp; Not sure exactly where we&#8217;re driving when, but we aim to be home by Thursday afternoon for Analise&#8217;s ballet class at 4:30.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want a pretty cool map that I&#8217;m working on getting to be highly inclusive of all important locations and information, check out what I created in Google Maps:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=112950630109237189611.000001131af9f3ae4507c&amp;z=10&amp;om=1\" target=\"_blank\">Our Minnesota Bike Festival Trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still sort of an &quot;if&quot; about the race.&nbsp; Brian&#8217;s waiting to hear final word, but we&#8217;re planning like he&#8217;s racing.&nbsp; Should be fun!&nbsp; I&#8217;m excited to watch him race with my family.&nbsp; And very glad I&#8217;ll have my family with to help with both my lively kids!&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>One last link&#8230; Here&#8217;s a fun video about the <a href=\"http:\/\/209.35.120.240\/content\/view\/76\/124\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nature Valley Grand Prix race<\/a>.&nbsp; It&#8217;s going to be really exciting, packed with pros and experienced teams.&nbsp; We&#8217;ll be sure to keep you posted here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday we&#8217;ll be hitting the road again, incorporating a big 5-day stage race, the Nature Valley Grand Prix, with a trip to see my family in Minnesota and Wisconsin.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s the preliminary details&#8230; (as much for ourselves as for you!) 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