Salomon/Crested Butte
presented by Salomon USA

Above are two photos from The Turas in Ireland. The first is the team walking through the twon of Dingle and the second is of us and Team New Zeleand as we ride along the Iveragh Penninsula near The Ring of Kerry. The race was outstanding for a first ever event. The race organization did a great job in preparing a difficult course, while showing off the Soutwest part of Ireland. We of course had the rains to deal with (only about 24 hours of on/off rain to contend with in a 4 1/2 day race) and lots of sunshine and a stacked filed of competitors. We certainly felt honored to take thrid place with such an elite field, its our best international result to date and hopefully a sing of things to come for our team.

Now its time to rest and quickly reload for the Saab/Salomon Mtn X Race in France July 21-26th www.mountainxrace.com We will be fielding two teams and all womens team headed up by our own jari Kirkland and then an all male team including Jon Brown, Travis Macy, and Bryan Wickenhauser. Lots of road biking recently for recover as its easy on the body with some shorter intensity running has been the recent staple for recovery as we ease back into training. It often a delicate balance with such a short recovery into a fast race like the Mtn X Race. O' yeah....we're still skiing as well! Tons of snow of high still!

Cheers,
Team Salomon/Crested Butte