My World - El Tour de Tucson

Over 8000 cyclists participated in this year's El Tour de Tucson. I was not one of them. For me it's thrilling enough just to be a spectator. The 109-mile bike race started downtown at 7:00 AM.


Most of the course was on paved roads, but eight miles into the course, the riders had to get off their bikes to cross the dry Santa Cruz River.
A mariachi band entertained the cyclists as they carried their bikes across dusty dirt path.
At the 48-mile point, riders had cross Sabino Creek which was also dry.

Heading up Sabino Canyon Road

Turning onto Sunrise Drive

Only 59 more miles to go to the finish line.

This is where we said good-bye. The participants enjoyed sunny warm weather for most of the race.

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Downtown Tucson - My World Tuesday

I've done many Skywatch Friday posts before, but this is my first My World Tuesday entry.

Yesterday Chris and I went downtown to watch a running event called Get Moving Tucson. Seven hundred people participated in the 10 mile run and 5K run/walk.









The roads downtown were closed to traffic for a while, even to cyclists.
The Tucson Meet Yourself festival was also taking place while we were downtown.
And, I was like a kid in a candy store snapping pictures left and right of art and architecture.
We've been to several running events this year with our middle son. Our oldest son likes to go to a social walk/run downtown on Monday evenings called Meet Me at Maynards. Next month is the annual 109 mile El Tour de Tucson bike race which starts and ends downtown. None of our boys have participated in the bike race, but we still like to watch it.

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