The night before the challenge

It's now 10:30 the night before the challenge and I'm still trying to get things packed into the SAG vehicle and get things organized. I should have been in bed 3 hours ago...and even if I get to bed now I probably still won't be able to sleep. How do you prepare for such a ride? Do you put in monster miles during the week? Cross train? I can't tell you because I've never done such a ride. My guess is that much of the battle will be psychological. As soreness and fatigue sets in I'm sure I'll want nothing more than to get off the bike, get out of the clothes and just be prone.

I would like to thank every one of the radio contestants for their support and hard work to make this happen. I know I'll have support vehicles into the evening and expect to be joined by a number of riders throughout the day. Thank you Brian for putting in an incredible effort on the blog! The blog is truly fantastic! Thanks Danielle for taking on the daunting task of being the SAG during the early morning hours. Hats off to Brian for signing up to ride with me at 2am to provide a little company and to my beautiful wife for being the leapfrog SAG during the day. Joe...you're the man for stepping up to ride during the day even though there's nothing in it for you. Everyone is truly fantastic!

I know Chris, David and Mark will provide support when they can...and of course while I'm cycling the globe much work will be done by the radio group to make sure future fundraisers go off without a hitch. A special thanks to Mari Holden for providing all the PowerBars, gels and fluid mix a rider could ever need for such an adventure. Thanks to Tim Gill at Bike Empire for the use of the Pro600 Niterider to light my way. I certainly can't thank Scott and Billy Ray enough for their continued support of the Challenged Athletes Foundation and the radio contest itself. This has been a life changing journey for all of the contestants and a time in our lives in which none of us will soon forget.

Last but not least...I'd like to thank the challenged athletes that have inspired the radio contestants to think outside the box. All of you are truly an inspiration to us! I'm hopeful this will be a huge success and that many athletes will benefit from our effort.

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glossy's Activities | RunKeeper

glossy's Activities | RunKeeper

This morning I decided to head out for an early (6:45am) ride to clear the head and try to figure out how I am going to tackle today's tasks. I have a full day and figured I would head out on a very simple "sit and spin" 2 hour ride using once again just the small chain ring, so no hammering today just a lot of spinning and bonding with the saddle.

It is very strange not to see anyone sharing the bike lane when riding. Today I got passed by no one and passed no one, very odd but great for getting things done mentally for the upcoming week. Also on a lighter side I decided to wear socks for the 1st time. I see all the roadies wearing them every Sunday. Since I grew up here in SD and never wore socks off the bike and it just sort of migrated to when I was on the bike. I never used them and then when I started doing triathlons I noticed none of them wore socks either so I felt pretty good about not wearing them. But after noticing I was maybe the only one on Sundays NOT wearing them I wanted to see what all the hub bub was all about. I want to report it was ok, nothing special and think it may have to be pretty cold out there for me to do it again.

Okay enough about all this. I have a flyer to get done, a funds request letter to draft up for a foundation that may help out, a challenge letter for my bowling challenge that will net $1K and a few more things for the CAF/MDC XX1090 Scott & BR Cycling Team.

Taking a Day Off

Well after a pretty busy week at work and the fact that I had an appointment this morning, I decided to take a much needed day off of work and get in some much needed saddle time and run a few errands. I did the Mira Mesa to Fairbanks Ranch out to RSF and back to the beach by the track and then over to Pepsi for a SAG stop and some Mexican BBQ that Pepsi was supplying for all the employees...yum-yum.
Then it was off to San Diego Bowling Supply to see what goodies Bill had for me to use as raffle gifts to help the XX1090 Scott & BR Cycling Team. Looks like we are at 2 balls and counting which is nice to get and also I talked with another friend who looks to donate $1K, but there is a catch, I have to bowl him heads up for 10 games first. Win or lose he will still put up the money for the cause, some bowlers are just AWESOME!!!
All in all it was about 67 miles as I road from 10:45 to about 3pm with a few quick stops along the way but a VERY productive day off and it looks like it might turn into a few thousand dollars for the team with little to no effort from me, just a few calls and hand shakes, oh and 10 games of bowling.
Should be a good weekend as I head out first thing in the morning for an easy 40 miles up and down the coast. Followed by 93 with the CAF/MDC group on Sunday, can't wait.