Well it was very nice to finally get back on the bike today after a very a very hectic week here at home and also at work. I had panned a sort of big week of riding but sometimes the best laid plans just never happen. So I got out on the road early today at 6:30 and decided to meet up with the TREK group up in Carlsbad at the Coaster Stop off Poinsettia. A few minutes into my ride I realized I was going to be going past NYTRO and decided to see if I could beat my personal best of 58 minues from garage to their place. Well maybe it was me or the lack of traffic that early but I made it in 50 minutes flat. So that was kind of nice, took a few minutes to find the TREK meeting place but once I did I saw Mike and Adam from the CAF Sunday rides.
I decided to ride with their "C" group which is their fastest group and I think there was just 10 of us and it was maybe 19 mph so nothing too tough. The TREK riders are or at least seem more like weekend riders compared to the Sunday CAF riders who seem more experienced and spent more time in groups. But it was good to get out and stretch the legs as my last ride before heading out on vacation and spending a few weeks off the bike.
Yesterday at work one of the warehouse night guys asked me if I was selling tickets to our PEPSI/CAF raffle and I told him he needed to go to the front office to buy them and he said he was too busy. So I told him I would walk up there and bring the tickets over to him while he was working. Most guys who work the 2nd shift at Pepsi do a lot of heavy lifting so almost all of them are under 25 years of age and usually NOT the type who are interested in helping a cause. But as the one guy was filling out his tickets next thing I saw was a line forming and by the time the last guy was done I had sold $200 worth of tickets in about 15 minutes. Those guys really surprised the hell out of me by stepping up and wanting to help like that. I have no idea what my total is so far after 2 weeks of starting the raffle but with 4 weeks left my goal of $1000 is for sure in sight. I guess it helps that I have about 11 pretty nice raffle prizes to give away.
As most of you know I am a very stress free guy and most stuff just does not affect me. But I have to tell you this fundraising is by far and trust me nothing comes even close, the most stress I have EVER felt. Getting married, having and dealing with kids, 8 surgeries, finding and buying this house, nothing even comes close to the stress of tying to raise $10K for CAF. But remembering that Sunday morning back in October '09 and seeing all those smiling faces of the CAF kids and soldiers at La Jolla Cove makes me want to finish this thing regardless. So when I come back from vacation I will make that final push and try to get over the hump and finish my fundraising sooner rather then later.
The radio contest for XX1090 Scott & BR Cycling Team, I am not really worried too much about this as it is all out of my control and all I can do is be me and do my best and if it happens so be it and if not then I switch jerseys and keeping showing up on Sundays. Plus being gone for 4 weeks will not help my cause.
Well not sure when I will get a chance to update this, maybe just a few small posts while in Japan and possibly a few pics too. But since this is all about the journey to the MDC I will try to keep it all about the bike.
Thanks
No comments:
Post a Comment