Poker Run

Well here it is Saturday evening and I am relaxing after a fun day with the XX1090 cycling team while doing the XX1090 Poker Run to raise money and awareness for the CAF. It looked like a very god turnout and we had a number of CAF/MDC riders and even a few riders from outside our usual riding groups which was nice to see. We even had CAF challenge athlete rider Fred come out to inspire all of us with his riding ability and words of inpiration while out on the road.
I think most of us hung out in the parking lot for an hour or two chatting it up and planning the next move and then Brian and I hung out until 2:30 chatting even more about everything else that needed to be talked about from riding to team work to inspirations to getting the blog going.
The ride itself was very nice and a very nice and easy pace keeping everyone together. Good friend Ben came out to support the cause and we tried to stick together as much as possible, he lost me on the down hills and I pushed hard on the uphills, then we got back together on the flats. Good weather and good friends out on the roads made for a nice ride.
Tomorrow will be a much tougher test as we will ride about 84 miles with some good climbing out in the East county. One more week of ball raffles and then it is all training everyday as I try to make a final push for getting in better physical condition for the ride down the coast. But first there is a matter of getting through the next elimination cut on the XX1090 Scott & BR show which may be either this week or next week. I just hope they don't have us in studio when they announce the cuts, that would be too tough.
Well better end this and get some sleep, long day in the saddle after a week of zero miles. Should be a good test, but looking forward to it.