Sometimes Life Tends to Get Hetic

Sorry that I have not updated this blog in a while. Sometimes, life tends to get a bit hectic and posting to our blog gets pushed down on the old" to-do list". With that said, here is a bit of what has been going on with the Coplea's.

My rib injury is finally about 80% healed and I hope to be riding strong again soon. I am doing the Whiskey race in 2 weeks and I know that it is going to be a suffer fest for me. Lack of time in the saddle with do that to you. My mother went through major surgery last month and it has been a long recovery road for her. My little rib problem is just a pebble compared to the large mountain that she has been climbing. But, she is healing well and her sprits are high. Thanks to everyone for their support, thoughts and prayers in her time of need. Without your health, nothing else matters much. Life has a way of teaching us lessons again and again.

Tyler has still be doing a lot of racing on the road and dirt. If it has wheels and pedals, he will race it! He won the State Crit Championship last month in an awesome race. Tyler and his buddies, Zach & Connor, fought it out for about 20 minutes. The 3 boys kept attacking each other the whole race. No one's legs cracked though. On the last lap, Ty stood up out of the saddle and basically sprinted the whole lap to take 1st by about 6 seconds. It was a very exciting race to watch!! More pics can be found HERE.

A week later, he was at it again in the Scottsdale Grand Prix. The Waste Management Team put on a great event! This race had a hill the boys had to hit each lap that really zapped their legs. Tyler and two other riders worked together to pull away from the rest of the field. On the final turn of the last lap, Ty decided to make his move and won the sprint to the finish line. They gave his a nice piece of hardware for his efforts.

Last weekend, we were in Payson for the MBAA #4 race. This was Ty's 1st year racing the long course and he did very well in the 13-14 category and took 4th place. Uncle Corey is racing in the Expert class this year and placed 10th. I was just an athletic supporter, again! After the race, we followed Corey along a beautiful route up to Flagstaff. It was great drive through the mountains with some awesome views. Ty saw 6 deer during our 1 1/2 hour drive and this will be our new route each time we head up to Flagstaff. Yet, more pics HERE.

We are off to Fontana, CA this weekend for the 1st NORBA National event of the year. Ty will be racing Cross Country and for the first time, Mountain Cross. He has been working with Pro Mountain Biker, Mellissa Buhl, down at our local BMX track on is MX skills to get ready for this event. Mellissa has been a huge help and she is such a nice lady. Needless to say, Ty is a bit excited for this weekend. I will post daily updates from CA to let you all know how it is going (I promise!).









CC at the Finish in Payson