Ride for 8-8-09

Riders,

We have an announcement… last Saturday, Dive Bomb Dillard officially joined the C-club… aka Century Club… and we had a few others report LONG rides… Mr. NameSake had 105 (and that’s NOT a radio station!) and TT-Bob and Ryno logged 87 miles. And High Heels racked up a PR of ~52 miles… We had a few bricks reported… Scott B reports a sum total of 50 miles… (48 bike miles immediately followed by 2 miles on foot!!!) and Ryno added 2 bi-pedal miles after riding… I’m sure there were others out there on the road… ticking off the miles according to whatever training plan you’re following… (if you have one!!!)

Of note, the next long ride is in 2 weeks… in the mean time, we’ll just need to keep the legs moving.

This Saturday will be another day to ride… the main group meets at the parking lot of New Spring church for a rollout time of 0800… there are several riders who’ll start at 6:30am for additional miles… there’s no guarantee that the early riders will circle back to for the mass start… due to family obligations, I will not attend the mass start… however, I will make every effort for the rise and shine time of 5:30am (need at least 1 hour before I get my motor cranked!!!) for the early ride for about 1.5 to 2 hours…. What we do to just to get some miles!!!

So, if you not vacationing in the Swiss Alps... etc.. join us for more fun that is illegally allowed...

Note, on SlowTwitch, they say it didn't happen unless you have pics... I'm going to attempt to post some proof!!!!

The Announcer

NOW, a serious note... this email describes our mission to gain a few miles.. and have some fun... but, for one of our own, Scott Shuey, his mission is to whip the cancer that has invaded his body.... his fight is taking on a new meaning as he's been admitted to MD Anderson for some high dose chemo to get ready for a stem cell transplant... his blog is posted below... give it a read and then offer a prayer for him, Kim and the girls.. and his mom and dad who are there with him... SO, here's an SVR SHOUT OUT to SCOTT... it's GO TIME my friend!!!

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/scottstrong