My wife - showing off some of her skills... Her traditional Xmas Eve appetizer. (Shrimp were steamed with Cajun dust, cooled, and then peeled.)

Ready...!

Then sliced, seasoned and ready for round two: face down over hot coals...

My Potatoes - First baked on the Egg slowly for an hour w/a hint of Pecan smoke...

More action: Salmon Teriyaki & Asparagus. Potatoes getting ready for round two...

Action shot: Potatoes starting their journey @ 375... Gr8 night to BBQ in the ATX!

Fat Chuck's Revenge 3/7/09

This was the last race in the TMBRA endurance series...and what a way to finish.

The course was tougher than I had expected. The race was held in Smithville at Rocky Hill Ranch which is a very familiar place for me. Typically, race laps are ridden in a counter-clockwise direction...but for this race they changed the course and laps were ridden clockwise. This added a lot of climbing over the 100K distance.

I rode as hard as I could. I probably went out a little faster than I would have liked to, but my efforts paid off because I finished the race in 4th place, and came in 3rd overall in the points series. Not too bad for my first round of real races!

I learned a lot in this series and I'm already looking forward to these races again next year.