Illinois Wilds Exterra at Wildlife Prairie Park, Peoria, IL Aug 21st

[Bexter]

We had a blast today!! Wildlife Prairie State Park. Kristen swam, I mountain biked (new trails -- they were awesome!) and Heather ran. Kinda like the fish, the turtle and the gazelle! Trails were slimy and slippery after Peoria rec'd an inch and a half of rain last night, and I slid into a tree the first part of my first lap (Kristen swam so fast that I was bike #4 of many into the woods) -- bike and head hit tree. I saw Tweety Birds, but worst yet, I lost my rear brake with that crash. So 9 more miles in slippery, twisty, whoop-dee singletrack with no rear brake and feeling more out of it than normal. Thank goodness my teammates were FAST! WHAT A BLAST!!!!!!

[Chief Illiniwek]

GREAT WORK BEXTER! Hell who needs back brakes anyway!

JB