Happy to be over the health funk that had me down the previous week. Feeling better. Climb to Kaiser is next Saturday. This week is about staying healthy and beginning the taper for the big effort. Here are my numbers for the past week, as well as year to date:
Miles: 192
Feet Climbed: 12,348
YTD Miles: 3,830
YTD Feet Climbed: 272,419
At a Penny per mile, that’s an easy $1.92 to a cause of your choice this week. If you’re more ambitious, $38.30 for the year. If you like the Livestrong movement, I’ve made it easy to fire some pennies directly into a Livestrong account set up over here. I don’t touch the dough. To date, we have 2,000 pennies ($200) toward a goal of $250. I’d like to blow through that cap, and raise the ante by end of July. I’ll be hitting up my office colleagues this week in advance of Kaiser and its 155 miles with 14,000 feet of climb in a single day. Hope you can chip in. You can also help out Team Will through this site here. Good people (@velostream on Twitter)
I can’t say this enough: Giving back helps you feel good, and you’ll probably ride stronger as a result just on Karma alone. Have a great Father’s Day, cycling Dads, and be safe.
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