I got my email from the Diabetes Association today reminding me that the ride is tomorrow. I am so stinking nervous about this thing. I haven’t ever ridden with people. I still have things to get and do to prepare. I feel like an idiot toting my back around in my back seat. What if I over sleep? I don’t know where I am going. What if I can’t do 40 miles in one shot? Last time I had a good break in the middle of lunch and shopping. This time it is only a few quick stops to refill water then back to pedaling. I am just really really nervous. I finally have my minimum donation amount. I was sweating that. It would have sucked to come up short the day of the race. I am actually going to get to choose a prize for the fund raising. I didn’t hit the $500 I’d hoped for, but every dollar helps the cause.
So today I still have to:
Check the air in my tires
Get a pump
Readjust my front brake pads
Get my bike loaded in the back seat
Load my backpack up for the ride
Find my rider
Fill out my paper work
Buy power aid
Freeze half power Aid
Freeze half bottle of water
Panic
Calm back down
Eat protein and pasta
The eating portion of this list I can handle. I just hope I haven’t forgotten anything.
I did. I have to pick up a poncho too just in case. Man I am nervo
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
The Lost Pages
So it seems I have lost a few entries. I intentionally keep my blog a few days behind. (gotta keep my stalkers guessingJ )I type them up and then ransfer them over after a couple days thought. I wrote a really really long one and now it seems I can't find where I put it on my computer…..damn.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
$2400 by midnight personal goal
The Ride to Conquer Cancer has a few opportunities at different levels of fundraising for participants to get a $100 credited to their fund raising goals. I had looked at them when I first signed up to the ride. The first was to raise $100 by January 31 and get a $100 gift. The second was raise $1500 by March 31 and get $100 gift. The third is raising $2400 by April 30 and get one last $100 gifted to you. $2500 is the minimum you have to raise to complete the two day ride, so at that point your ride is sealed and secured.
Even though I only had 2 weeks from the time I signed up, I knew I could raise the $100 before the end of January. $100 would be easy. Those other goals were outrageous.
I put out the word and started collecting the same day I signed up to ride. I let everyone I talked to know about the $100 match. January rolled in to February and I had over $300 raised! That meant I’d made the first match and was getting another $100 added to my collections.
My husband works at Samtec and they get bonuses a couple times a year. One of which falls in February. He sent emails to his friends and coworkers letting them know about my ride and before I knew it I was looking at being close to $1000. Once I saw that I might actually be able to make the March match I couldn’t hold still. I put out word more places and more often, and thanks to all the generous donations I had hit the $1200 match mark before March had even ended!! So what came next?
$2400 by the end of April. Not happening. But thanks anyway. That was the idea in my head. I continued to raise money. My coworkers have continued to wear jeans on Fridays for a dollar and sell paper bicycle wheels. The doctors gave me their amazing donations. My brother gave me his amazing donation, and I shit you not I was looking at being just $300 away from hitting $2400 by the end of the first week of April. I put the word out hard core making sure EVERYONE knew how close I was and what it meant if I raised that last $300. More help and support started rolling in. I wanted that $300 in a big way. $300 became $200 by the 12th of April. And you know what that turned into? $0!!! On April 12th I raised $200 before midnight to get me to the point I needed to be at to get my final match and secure my two day ride!!! Right now I am sitting at $2457.73!!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!! Thank You!!!!!
Even though I only had 2 weeks from the time I signed up, I knew I could raise the $100 before the end of January. $100 would be easy. Those other goals were outrageous.
I put out the word and started collecting the same day I signed up to ride. I let everyone I talked to know about the $100 match. January rolled in to February and I had over $300 raised! That meant I’d made the first match and was getting another $100 added to my collections.
My husband works at Samtec and they get bonuses a couple times a year. One of which falls in February. He sent emails to his friends and coworkers letting them know about my ride and before I knew it I was looking at being close to $1000. Once I saw that I might actually be able to make the March match I couldn’t hold still. I put out word more places and more often, and thanks to all the generous donations I had hit the $1200 match mark before March had even ended!! So what came next?
$2400 by the end of April. Not happening. But thanks anyway. That was the idea in my head. I continued to raise money. My coworkers have continued to wear jeans on Fridays for a dollar and sell paper bicycle wheels. The doctors gave me their amazing donations. My brother gave me his amazing donation, and I shit you not I was looking at being just $300 away from hitting $2400 by the end of the first week of April. I put the word out hard core making sure EVERYONE knew how close I was and what it meant if I raised that last $300. More help and support started rolling in. I wanted that $300 in a big way. $300 became $200 by the 12th of April. And you know what that turned into? $0!!! On April 12th I raised $200 before midnight to get me to the point I needed to be at to get my final match and secure my two day ride!!! Right now I am sitting at $2457.73!!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!! Thank You!!!!!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Email sent out 4/12/10
Hi everyone. I hope you are doing well!
So here’s my progress on training and fund raising for the ride. My longest ride so far has been 31 miles. I did that Easter Sunday and unfortunately got burnt straight through my long sleeve shirt. That took me off the outside roads for a few days. I didn’t have much time for more than ten miles this weekend, but I’m back on track now. I signed up to do the 40 mile Tour de Cure May 15. All money collected for it goes to diabetes research. (if anyone wants to donate to that let me know). I figure that’ll be a great first group ride for me and perfect for training for the big Ride in September.
Now for the big news and call for help……
I have raised $2211.42!! If I can raise just $188.58 more before April 30th I get the last $100 gifted to me. That means that I will have 100% of the funds raised to be able to complete the 2 day ride! So…here comes the begging. If you have already donated, thank you so so so much for helping get me to this point. If you haven’t donated yet and are willing or able to I ask that you please, if you can, donate before the 30th of April. My final plea is that you forward my link or name or both to anyone you know that may be willing to donate to this absolutely wonderful cause.
Thank you all for all you have done!!!! Angela
http://ky10.ridetovictory.org/site/TR/Events/2010Kentucky/1157276387?px=1141321&pg=personal&fr_id=1040
So here’s my progress on training and fund raising for the ride. My longest ride so far has been 31 miles. I did that Easter Sunday and unfortunately got burnt straight through my long sleeve shirt. That took me off the outside roads for a few days. I didn’t have much time for more than ten miles this weekend, but I’m back on track now. I signed up to do the 40 mile Tour de Cure May 15. All money collected for it goes to diabetes research. (if anyone wants to donate to that let me know). I figure that’ll be a great first group ride for me and perfect for training for the big Ride in September.
Now for the big news and call for help……
I have raised $2211.42!! If I can raise just $188.58 more before April 30th I get the last $100 gifted to me. That means that I will have 100% of the funds raised to be able to complete the 2 day ride! So…here comes the begging. If you have already donated, thank you so so so much for helping get me to this point. If you haven’t donated yet and are willing or able to I ask that you please, if you can, donate before the 30th of April. My final plea is that you forward my link or name or both to anyone you know that may be willing to donate to this absolutely wonderful cause.
Thank you all for all you have done!!!! Angela
http://ky10.ridetovictory.org/site/TR/Events/2010Kentucky/1157276387?px=1141321&pg=personal&fr_id=1040
Monday, April 5, 2010
damn sunburn
I hate getting burnt like this. Now I have to stay out of the sun until It heals up some. Damn sun burning me through my shirts has put me in a crappy mood for at least three days. I want to ride my bicycle :-(
Sunday, April 4, 2010
31 miles up hill both ways
Today I got my bike out before anyone else in the house was awake and set out on a ride to hopefully get 30 miles in. I checked the temperature, 54 degrees, pants, long sleeve shirt, and short sleeve shirt. (The short sleeve shirt was mostly to break up the black on black and make me more visible while concealing the fat rolls that compression pants and shirt accentuate). Checked tire pressure, brake check, etc. On the road. I had to go to a different gas station that normal to get my power drink. The one I usually ride to is closed on Holidays) Now I was ready to go.
I had driven the course I was planning to take previously to see what kinds of hills I would be encountering, and get an idea of the mileage. This was my first time riding most of this ride. I set out with vigor and a smile on my face. I rode ten miles and stopped for a stretch and phone check. I was getting closer to my new section of road. Five more miles and I’d hit it. I knew that this new terrain would start with one hell of a long hill to climb. I hit it and hit it hard. I set a new record for keeping a bike upright at low speeds… 3.1 mph, but I made it. Flat land…up hill…..flat…up hill….up another hill…flat…..another damn up hill? I don’t remember all this uphill from when I drove it. Huff puff pedal. If I don’t get a downhill soon I may die!! Ahhhhh….flat flat flat…. Close enough. I made it!
I looked at my odometer and realized I hadn’t hit as many miles as I’d planned yet. Thinking of mileage (and wimping out and waiting to go down all the hills I’d just climbed for an easy ride home) I decided to changed the course I’d previously planned in my head and decided to double back what I had just ridden. A funny thing happened when I did that. It seems all the hills I had just ridden up had turned themselves around and instead of being hills to go down, they were still hills to climb. WTH! Apparently, what I had failed to see as I was priding myself on the pain of the first climb was that these hills were rolls. The downhill was not enough to feel on either side, but the climbs sure were. What had I done to myself? I pedaled and pedaled and pedaled some more. I panted and huffed and moaned and groaned. At one point I was even saying out loud “it hurts, it hurts” but I pedaled on anyway until I finally made it to a safe place I knew to stop and take another stretch. 22 miles done. Uh oh. I’m out of water. I still have 8 miles to go. That’s not good. Crap. Back to the gas station…more water, more sport drink. 28 miles. Home. 31 miles. What?!? 31 miles!!! Oh yeah!! I didn’t die! Though I think I only barely made it alive!!!
Excited from the triumph of heavy hills and 31 miles I celebrated by mowing the yard before heading to work. After the yard I went inside to shower. Taking off my shirt I noticed my skin was a bit red. No big deal. It is from being hot and having the material pressing tight against me. Showering, my skin gets a little redder. No big deal. It is from the hot hot water I used. Out of the shower I began to feel the “itch.” The "I have been in the sun all day and got burnt" itch. The “I’m not going to sleep tonight” itch. But how can that be? It’ll be fine. It’s my imagination. A couple hours later, at work, I realized it was no imaginary thing. My arms were super burnt. Red, flaming to the touch, mini blisters here and there burnt. Through my long sleeve shirt I had burnt!!! Sometimes being a redhead just isn’t fair, but accomplishing 31 miles was worth it.
I had driven the course I was planning to take previously to see what kinds of hills I would be encountering, and get an idea of the mileage. This was my first time riding most of this ride. I set out with vigor and a smile on my face. I rode ten miles and stopped for a stretch and phone check. I was getting closer to my new section of road. Five more miles and I’d hit it. I knew that this new terrain would start with one hell of a long hill to climb. I hit it and hit it hard. I set a new record for keeping a bike upright at low speeds… 3.1 mph, but I made it. Flat land…up hill…..flat…up hill….up another hill…flat…..another damn up hill? I don’t remember all this uphill from when I drove it. Huff puff pedal. If I don’t get a downhill soon I may die!! Ahhhhh….flat flat flat…. Close enough. I made it!
I looked at my odometer and realized I hadn’t hit as many miles as I’d planned yet. Thinking of mileage (and wimping out and waiting to go down all the hills I’d just climbed for an easy ride home) I decided to changed the course I’d previously planned in my head and decided to double back what I had just ridden. A funny thing happened when I did that. It seems all the hills I had just ridden up had turned themselves around and instead of being hills to go down, they were still hills to climb. WTH! Apparently, what I had failed to see as I was priding myself on the pain of the first climb was that these hills were rolls. The downhill was not enough to feel on either side, but the climbs sure were. What had I done to myself? I pedaled and pedaled and pedaled some more. I panted and huffed and moaned and groaned. At one point I was even saying out loud “it hurts, it hurts” but I pedaled on anyway until I finally made it to a safe place I knew to stop and take another stretch. 22 miles done. Uh oh. I’m out of water. I still have 8 miles to go. That’s not good. Crap. Back to the gas station…more water, more sport drink. 28 miles. Home. 31 miles. What?!? 31 miles!!! Oh yeah!! I didn’t die! Though I think I only barely made it alive!!!
Excited from the triumph of heavy hills and 31 miles I celebrated by mowing the yard before heading to work. After the yard I went inside to shower. Taking off my shirt I noticed my skin was a bit red. No big deal. It is from being hot and having the material pressing tight against me. Showering, my skin gets a little redder. No big deal. It is from the hot hot water I used. Out of the shower I began to feel the “itch.” The "I have been in the sun all day and got burnt" itch. The “I’m not going to sleep tonight” itch. But how can that be? It’ll be fine. It’s my imagination. A couple hours later, at work, I realized it was no imaginary thing. My arms were super burnt. Red, flaming to the touch, mini blisters here and there burnt. Through my long sleeve shirt I had burnt!!! Sometimes being a redhead just isn’t fair, but accomplishing 31 miles was worth it.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
15.25 miles of hills
Last night I got 15.25 miles in. It wasn’t the longest distance I’ve ridden, but I hit the hills and hit them hard! I hit hills that terrified me and I made it up each and every one!! I may not have trucked up them at high speeds, but I made it to the top without stop! I conquered every incline in my path and I feel awesome!!!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
40 mile Lousiville Tour de Cure
Tonight I signed up for the Louisville Diabetes Tour de Cure. It is a 40 mile bike ride to be held May 15th to help raise funds and awareness for diabetes. My brother-in-law had originally approached me with the idea of the Indianapolis ride as something to do next year. I looked into it, but the Indy ride is not something I’ll be ready for any time soon. When I found the Louisville ride with shorter distances and smaller fund raising mandates. I thought, “hmmm…..maybe.” I told my brother-in-law. “You raise the money, I’ll do the ride. This one. This year. May 15th” The reason for that is I don’t feel comfortable raising money for multiple causes at one time. But last night I did so me math. With the promised donations I have today, if I raise another $300 by the end of the month I’ll hit $2400 and get my last $100 matched. I am there!!! Sooooo….I signed up for the diabetes ride. I still don’t like the idea of raising side by side, but my brother-in-law and a friend and her husband are supposed to be helping me with the bulk of the fund raising. TeeHee. This is going to be an awesome training ride for my big one in September. I can’t wait!
Monday, March 29, 2010
More Donations!!! $575 to go
I hate that check donations take so long to post, but love knowing that I have $400 coming to my ride to conquer cancer!! That's right! $400!!! The two good Doctors I work with and my husband's company, Samtec, have all just contributed to the $2500 I have to raise to ride both days!! So excited! It is hard to work after finding out I got another donation, no matter how big or small of a donation it is! I am so excited about this ride and the cause and the fact that I am also there! Once those checks get credited to my ride (which may be a couple weeks) I only have $575 more to raise!! Holy cow! If I can raise $475 more by the end of April then I have both days of the ride in my pocket and secured!
This is so amazing!! All my friends and my family have been amazing with their help also! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!
This is so amazing!! All my friends and my family have been amazing with their help also! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Yesterday and Today
Ok, so I didn't go to my yoga class last night. I didn't do anything. I picked up a pizza from Papa Murphey's (our first one) and went home. It was nice. I needed a break. Got to eat dinner with the family in my own home and then lounge like a lump playing computer games and knitting. Breathing was good. Especially since I started my morning dizzy and dehydrated. Ooops. I am a heavy water drinker and pay close attention to my intake normally. It was very scary to find me, of all people, dehydrated, but I got it fixed quickly.
Tonight I go to spin class and pump class. I am ready to sweat!! Water is ready. One in each hand. Got my salad to eat in line while I wait ready to go too. I love the busy life :-)
Tonight I go to spin class and pump class. I am ready to sweat!! Water is ready. One in each hand. Got my salad to eat in line while I wait ready to go too. I love the busy life :-)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday no wait..it's Wednesday!
Wow what a great several days! I got some great miles in over the weekend. Got my biking shoes Saturday and another great ride on Sunday. Monday I had a doctor’s appointment that got me out in time to do an endurance ride spin class at the Y. What an awesome class that was. There were pools of sweat under everyone’s bikes at the end of that class. Had to watch my step! Last night I really considered not going to spin class. I finally found sore. Not horrible sore, but sore none the less. I went though and am SO glad I did. The class wasn’t easy, but it was a definite cool down to the rides I’d done the rest of the week. And, because it was a slower pace and intensity it stretched me out nicely. Tonight is a break and yoga. Ahhh…A breather……
Sunday, March 21, 2010
RCC- Sunday ride
My goal today was to ride 20 miles. It didn’t happen. It started raining on me before I could get them all in, but today’s ride was awesome anyway. I did my traditional ride to the gas station for a power aide drink. After stopping there I headed up Henriott to Frank Ott, to Alonzo Smith Road, in to a neighborhood and out the other side. Up the road, over the creek and in the direction of my grandmother’s house I pedaled on and on. Up the hills and down the hills climbing hard and feeling free flying down the other side.
Eight miles in and feeling pretty good after some decent climbs, I thought about going to grandma’s to visit for a minute. I changed my mind when I saw the hill she lived on. I wasn’t ready to tackle that one today. I knew the hill that was coming to make it back home. So instead, thinking to myself, “Maybe next week grandma,” I turned right into a neighborhood with more inviting hills and continued on. It was time to start heading toward an unavoidable hill I was trying to put off as long as possible.
“Pedal, pedal, pedal. Keep up the pace. Hell yeah this feels good! I’m getting closer to the hill. I see it coming. I’m a little nervous, but I can do this. I can do this. I am doing this. I think I can do this. Maybe I can do this. Holy crap this is hard. Really? You can keep a bike upright at 3.2 miles an hour. Is this hill ever going to end? Am I going to make it home on my own? Do I dare look up to see how much more of this hill there is? I think I may die today. Wait, wait. It’s getting easier. Almost there. Hell yeah the top!!! I made it to the top! I just reached the top!!”
The hill I rode is a mile of incline. The incline for the first six tenths of a mile is fairly gradual and light. The last 4 tenths is dang near straight up and down. I made it to to the top and am alive to type about it. I think I am ready to try Henriott Hill again after that. I’ll wait a few days first though.
It wasn’t long after my hill triumph that it started raining and I had to go home. I didn’t get 20 miles in like I’d wanted but I did still get 12 great miles in.
Eight miles in and feeling pretty good after some decent climbs, I thought about going to grandma’s to visit for a minute. I changed my mind when I saw the hill she lived on. I wasn’t ready to tackle that one today. I knew the hill that was coming to make it back home. So instead, thinking to myself, “Maybe next week grandma,” I turned right into a neighborhood with more inviting hills and continued on. It was time to start heading toward an unavoidable hill I was trying to put off as long as possible.
“Pedal, pedal, pedal. Keep up the pace. Hell yeah this feels good! I’m getting closer to the hill. I see it coming. I’m a little nervous, but I can do this. I can do this. I am doing this. I think I can do this. Maybe I can do this. Holy crap this is hard. Really? You can keep a bike upright at 3.2 miles an hour. Is this hill ever going to end? Am I going to make it home on my own? Do I dare look up to see how much more of this hill there is? I think I may die today. Wait, wait. It’s getting easier. Almost there. Hell yeah the top!!! I made it to the top! I just reached the top!!”
The hill I rode is a mile of incline. The incline for the first six tenths of a mile is fairly gradual and light. The last 4 tenths is dang near straight up and down. I made it to to the top and am alive to type about it. I think I am ready to try Henriott Hill again after that. I’ll wait a few days first though.
It wasn’t long after my hill triumph that it started raining and I had to go home. I didn’t get 20 miles in like I’d wanted but I did still get 12 great miles in.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
RCC- Trip to Clarksville Schwinn
Before going to work, I spent the day at Clarksville Schwinn. I went to look at shoes and toe cages, and to get some information. Let me tell you. The people there are wonderful!!! They are straight forward and honest. They tell you what you need and don’t try to sell you anything else. They understand that it is repeat business that keeps them open not a few pricey sales to unsuspecting newbies. They are patient and helpful and willing to answer any question and take their time with you no matter how many other people there are there waiting. I have been there before and love them every time. I recommend them 100 times over for sure!
I got shoes while I was there. I wasn’t going to lock in, but I think I am going to give it a try. I can always change the pedals back out if I hate it. Sell the shoes and pedals on e-bay if I have to, but something tells me I’ll like it. I’ll be getting the pedals as soon as I can get my bike up there. They are even putting them on and adjusting my clips and everything for free. I really like that store!! Can’t wait to try out the new shoes!
I got shoes while I was there. I wasn’t going to lock in, but I think I am going to give it a try. I can always change the pedals back out if I hate it. Sell the shoes and pedals on e-bay if I have to, but something tells me I’ll like it. I’ll be getting the pedals as soon as I can get my bike up there. They are even putting them on and adjusting my clips and everything for free. I really like that store!! Can’t wait to try out the new shoes!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
RCC- First real training Ride
I finally got to take my bike out for a real ride. My goal was to do ten miles. A hefty feat considering my last real ride I threw my bike and myself on the side of the road after 7 miles and called for a ride home. I wasn’t sure what I would do if I couldn’t survive all ten. This was my first test to see where I was compared to where I should be with training for the ride. I was scared to death to go out on this ride because I was afraid of the level of disappointment I would be feeling when I wasn’t able to do the full ten I wanted.
I did a quick bike check, aired my tires and headed out the door full of ambition and drive that I could do the ten miles. I headed on a path I had taken a few times the summer before that takes me in the direction of my dad’s house and a gas station in case I needed to stop for a rest or CPR. The first hill I hit I was at the top of before I realized I had even started it. It isn’t a huge hill, but it is a long hill that I huffed and puffed to get up last year. First hill down and I was feeling good, of course I had only gone one mile. I figured I’d ride through my dad’s neighborhood next. Keep it safe. When I made it through all the hills there I decided to see if I could do the big hill. I didn’t make it all the way, but I did make it about ¾ of the way up!! Hell yeah. Feeling great about that. Instead of walking up the rest of it I turned around and rode back down and made my way to the gas station for a snack and a drink before continuing on.
Back on the road I was kind of stuck. I could only head back the way I came because to get anywhere else I had to conquer the huge hill. Wasn’t going to happen today, so back the way I came. There is one spot on the way home that I struggled and struggled and struggled with on every single ride. I only made it up this long drawn out hill once and had to stop at the top to recover from it. Today, I made it up! It was work, but I made it the whole way.
Still full of energy and sunlight I continued past my path home and further up the road in a different direction, looped around and came back. Not ready to be done, I went one more direction and rode it as far as I could without having to hit another huge hill. Running out of day light I had to head home. I could have ridden longer, but the sun was telling me no. When I got home and checked my mileage and re checked it against mapmyride.com I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The ten miles I thought I’d struggle to get done had turned into a fairly easy 15 miles! Cloud nine, top of the world. I can do this!! I can do this ride! Today was a great day!
I did a quick bike check, aired my tires and headed out the door full of ambition and drive that I could do the ten miles. I headed on a path I had taken a few times the summer before that takes me in the direction of my dad’s house and a gas station in case I needed to stop for a rest or CPR. The first hill I hit I was at the top of before I realized I had even started it. It isn’t a huge hill, but it is a long hill that I huffed and puffed to get up last year. First hill down and I was feeling good, of course I had only gone one mile. I figured I’d ride through my dad’s neighborhood next. Keep it safe. When I made it through all the hills there I decided to see if I could do the big hill. I didn’t make it all the way, but I did make it about ¾ of the way up!! Hell yeah. Feeling great about that. Instead of walking up the rest of it I turned around and rode back down and made my way to the gas station for a snack and a drink before continuing on.
Back on the road I was kind of stuck. I could only head back the way I came because to get anywhere else I had to conquer the huge hill. Wasn’t going to happen today, so back the way I came. There is one spot on the way home that I struggled and struggled and struggled with on every single ride. I only made it up this long drawn out hill once and had to stop at the top to recover from it. Today, I made it up! It was work, but I made it the whole way.
Still full of energy and sunlight I continued past my path home and further up the road in a different direction, looped around and came back. Not ready to be done, I went one more direction and rode it as far as I could without having to hit another huge hill. Running out of day light I had to head home. I could have ridden longer, but the sun was telling me no. When I got home and checked my mileage and re checked it against mapmyride.com I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The ten miles I thought I’d struggle to get done had turned into a fairly easy 15 miles! Cloud nine, top of the world. I can do this!! I can do this ride! Today was a great day!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Not doing the 1 day ride
I’m not doing the one day 75 mile ride for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. My goal is instead to do the full 140 mile, 2 day, $2500 ride!! I’m not sure exactly when I decided to change my fundraising goal to $2500 and my ride expectations to the full two day ride. Something tells me that I had that decided the day I signed up though. $1200 was a safer goal, and 75 miles a more attainable achievement. It isn’t “official” on paper yet. I can’t change the ride I am registered for until I have the $2500 raised, but I will raise it with everyone’s help! At this point though, having raised over $1200, I am guarunteed to get to ride at least the first day!! Thank you all so much!!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Day 1 is Done! Over halfway there (money wise)
I made the $1200 goal!!! The deal is sealed for the first day of the ride!! Oh my goodness this is amazing!! And I made it before the end of March which gets me another $100 credit. I never in a million years would have thought I'd have met that fund raising goal. I am so amazed by the level and amount of help and support I am getting from everyone, especially my husband. He has done so much to help me raise the funds I need to participate in this epic journey. I still have a long way to go though. I sure hope I can keep this fund raising momentum up.
The Mary Kay sales will be ongoing through September. Jeans day money will continue to come in, and there are other work fund raisers set to go on that I will benefit from. Plus the things we have planned for warmer weather to raise money.
I am so excited!!!
THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!
(if you want to help me out click here)
The Mary Kay sales will be ongoing through September. Jeans day money will continue to come in, and there are other work fund raisers set to go on that I will benefit from. Plus the things we have planned for warmer weather to raise money.
I am so excited!!!
THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!
(if you want to help me out click here)
RCC-Email of Congratualtions 50% of goal raised!!
Hi Angela,
We're sending this note to let you know you're half way to your fundraising goal. Congratulations! You've made great progress, so don't slow down now. Use the momentum you've gathered so far to speed ahead. You'll reach 100% of your goal soon, but if you feel like you're stuck, here are some things that you can do:
Call a Ride Guide at [877]688-BIKE[2453]. We are full of advice and great ideas to help you go well beyond your fundraising goal.
Visit your Participant Center. You can check your progress or send out a thank you for the donations that helped you reach this point. Remember to bookmark your Participant Center so that you can check it often for the latest news.
Visit the fundraising page here for some ideas you might not have tried yet.
Call us at [877]688-BIKE[2453] or email us at kentuckyguides@ridetovictory.org.
Keep up the great work!
Sincerely,
The Ride to Conquer Cancer®
Benefiting Norton Cancer Institute
Fundraising Goal:
$2,500.00
Total Raised:
$1,254.07
% of goal:
50%
Thursday, March 11, 2010
RCC- RSVP'd to Ride Orientation
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Event Name:
S. Indiana Orientation
Date & Time:
Monday, March 15, 2010 6:30 PM
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Location:
Scheller's Fitness & Cycling
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Event Coordinator
The Ride to Conquer Cancer
Event Name:
S. Indiana Orientation
Date & Time:
Monday, March 15, 2010 6:30 PM
Duration:
1 hour, 0 minutes
Location:
Scheller's Fitness & Cycling
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Event Coordinator
The Ride to Conquer Cancer
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
RCC- Bio for Profile in work news letter
Our newsletter at work is giogn to be profilign some of the people riding in the Ride to Conquer Cancer. I was asked if I would be the first one profiled. Of course I said yes. Here is what was asked followed by what I submitted....
Angela,
Will you be our first profile for the next newsletter? Do you have a picture in your ride gear? What information do you want to include? Here are some of my ideas:
1. Name
2. NCI Location and job
3. Biking information
a. How long you have cycled
b. Favorite memory!
4. Why you are participating
My name is Angela Bernardi. I am 32 years old and work for Louisville Oncology-Audubon as a registrar. I am new to biking. I used to ride all over the neighborhood when I was younger. When I hit Junior High School I was allowed to start riding to my grandmother’s house on weekends which was five miles away. It’s funny how small of a distance that seems now, but how far 5 miles was when I was 12.
Once I started getting friends with cars and then my own license the bike went away until last year when I got a bike from my husband for Valentine’s Day. It is a schwinn hybrid bike that I rode on weekends as long as the weather let me. By the end of last summer I had worked up to 7 miles. That’s a long way from 140 miles, but I’ll get there. I have been working hard cross training at the Southern Indiana YMCA building strength and endurance. I was able to get my bike out the other day and took a ride to the grocery store and back. It was only a four mile ride, but it was easy this year. That was a very encouraging moment for me early on in the training process.
I have had a few days already where I have asked myself why I signed up for the ride. Moments where I wonder if I really can hit the miles I need to hit to do this, but then I remember why I am doing this. I am doing this for my mother whom I lost to leukemia in 2002. I am riding for my best friend I lost to lung cancer in 9th grade. I am riding for the friends I have lost to breast cancer. For the friends who have survived various forms of cancer, and for the family I have that has been recently diagnosed with cancer. I am riding so the people who can make a difference and find a cure have the funds they need to make that difference and find that cure. I am riding so that one day no more children lose their parents, no more parents lose their children, and no more people lose their friends. I am riding because cancer sucks and there is a cure out there if we just do what we can to find it. This is what I can do to help find it, so this is what I am doing.
Angela,
Will you be our first profile for the next newsletter? Do you have a picture in your ride gear? What information do you want to include? Here are some of my ideas:
1. Name
2. NCI Location and job
3. Biking information
a. How long you have cycled
b. Favorite memory!
4. Why you are participating
My name is Angela Bernardi. I am 32 years old and work for Louisville Oncology-Audubon as a registrar. I am new to biking. I used to ride all over the neighborhood when I was younger. When I hit Junior High School I was allowed to start riding to my grandmother’s house on weekends which was five miles away. It’s funny how small of a distance that seems now, but how far 5 miles was when I was 12.
Once I started getting friends with cars and then my own license the bike went away until last year when I got a bike from my husband for Valentine’s Day. It is a schwinn hybrid bike that I rode on weekends as long as the weather let me. By the end of last summer I had worked up to 7 miles. That’s a long way from 140 miles, but I’ll get there. I have been working hard cross training at the Southern Indiana YMCA building strength and endurance. I was able to get my bike out the other day and took a ride to the grocery store and back. It was only a four mile ride, but it was easy this year. That was a very encouraging moment for me early on in the training process.
I have had a few days already where I have asked myself why I signed up for the ride. Moments where I wonder if I really can hit the miles I need to hit to do this, but then I remember why I am doing this. I am doing this for my mother whom I lost to leukemia in 2002. I am riding for my best friend I lost to lung cancer in 9th grade. I am riding for the friends I have lost to breast cancer. For the friends who have survived various forms of cancer, and for the family I have that has been recently diagnosed with cancer. I am riding so the people who can make a difference and find a cure have the funds they need to make that difference and find that cure. I am riding so that one day no more children lose their parents, no more parents lose their children, and no more people lose their friends. I am riding because cancer sucks and there is a cure out there if we just do what we can to find it. This is what I can do to help find it, so this is what I am doing.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
RCC- Ride Update- Training Schedule- Current Fund Raising
What I’ve been doing to earn your dollars and support…
My typical week:
Monday: Work, Yoga
Tuesday: Weight training, Work, Spin Class (cycling), Power Pump Class
Wednesday: Work, Interval Hill training on stationary bike (45-60 min), Yoga
Thursday: Weight Training, Work, Spin Class, Power Pump
Friday: Work, 30-45 min Jog, hill climber, or gazelle, or bike (Friday’s vary)
Saturday: Weights, 30 minute power class, Work
Sunday: Bike or run, Yoga, work
And in my spare time I am counting down days until it is warm enough to get road time in J.
So far, with all of your help I have raised $1111.07 towards the $2500 that I need to raise to ride!!! If I raise $88.93 more by the end of the month (total of $1200) I get matched another $100. I never thought I’d get anywhere near that match goal and I am that close!! It’s thanks to all of you!!
Thank you all for all you do!! Your support, be it money, or help in raising funds, asking how it is going, or just saying good job has all meant a lot to me. I have a lot of personal drive, but that stuff sure helps keep it there!!. I have an email that can’t be sent out if anyone has friends or family they want to send a solicitation email. Just let me know and I’ll send you a copy of it. If you don’t want updates on my progress, let me know. No hurt feelings here. Hope everyone is doing well!!
Don’t forget about the continuing Mary Kay fund raiser. I get 30% of all sales that go to Susan Frederick ( http://www.marykay.com/sfrederick11 ) Just put my name, or cancer ride, or anything along those lines in the comment box if you order online. Or I can give you her phone number if you want to order direct.
Other fund raisers are coming soon!
Thank You,
My typical week:
Monday: Work, Yoga
Tuesday: Weight training, Work, Spin Class (cycling), Power Pump Class
Wednesday: Work, Interval Hill training on stationary bike (45-60 min), Yoga
Thursday: Weight Training, Work, Spin Class, Power Pump
Friday: Work, 30-45 min Jog, hill climber, or gazelle, or bike (Friday’s vary)
Saturday: Weights, 30 minute power class, Work
Sunday: Bike or run, Yoga, work
And in my spare time I am counting down days until it is warm enough to get road time in J.
So far, with all of your help I have raised $1111.07 towards the $2500 that I need to raise to ride!!! If I raise $88.93 more by the end of the month (total of $1200) I get matched another $100. I never thought I’d get anywhere near that match goal and I am that close!! It’s thanks to all of you!!
Thank you all for all you do!! Your support, be it money, or help in raising funds, asking how it is going, or just saying good job has all meant a lot to me. I have a lot of personal drive, but that stuff sure helps keep it there!!. I have an email that can’t be sent out if anyone has friends or family they want to send a solicitation email. Just let me know and I’ll send you a copy of it. If you don’t want updates on my progress, let me know. No hurt feelings here. Hope everyone is doing well!!
Don’t forget about the continuing Mary Kay fund raiser. I get 30% of all sales that go to Susan Frederick ( http://www.marykay.com/sfrederick11 ) Just put my name, or cancer ride, or anything along those lines in the comment box if you order online. Or I can give you her phone number if you want to order direct.
Other fund raisers are coming soon!
Thank You,
Thursday, February 25, 2010
RCC-My tracking sheets right now
$770!!! If I hit $1200 by the end of March I get another $100 spotted to me.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
RCC- Clarifications to Previous Post
I had a few people ask so wanted to clarify. The ride is September 25 and 26th.
The Mary Kay fund raiser is on going from now until September.
The other fund raiser stuff I’ll roll out when I have details.
Yes I’ll accept ideas and help raising funds!! Get me to that goal! :-)
The Mary Kay fund raiser is on going from now until September.
The other fund raiser stuff I’ll roll out when I have details.
Yes I’ll accept ideas and help raising funds!! Get me to that goal! :-)
RCC-I Made First Goal!!!
I made my first fund raising goal of $100 before January 31!!! I am at $135. I have started a couple spin classes in addition to the workouts I was already doing. I rode 15 miles Friday night on an indoor stationary bike, so not equal to 15 road miles, but is a good start.
Still a long way to go to $2500 (My goal is $1200, but if I raise $2500 I’ll be riding the whole 135 miles in 2 days instead of just 75 miles in one :-))
If anyone uses Mary Kay products or knows someone who does, my consultant is giving me a hefty percentage of all orders that come through me. She is making zero profit on any of them. It all will go to the ride to conquer cancer.
I’ve got a few more fund raiser ideas in the works too. I’ll let you know about them along the way. Of course anyone can always don ate directly to my ride by going to my page:
http://www.ridetovictory.org/site/TR/Events/2010Kentucky?px=1141321&pg=personal&fr_id=1040
So there is an update on how things are coming along. I am so excited! Thanks everyone fore your help and support!
P.S. If you don’t want updated on any of this let me know. I just like sharing with my friends :)
Still a long way to go to $2500 (My goal is $1200, but if I raise $2500 I’ll be riding the whole 135 miles in 2 days instead of just 75 miles in one :-))
If anyone uses Mary Kay products or knows someone who does, my consultant is giving me a hefty percentage of all orders that come through me. She is making zero profit on any of them. It all will go to the ride to conquer cancer.
I’ve got a few more fund raiser ideas in the works too. I’ll let you know about them along the way. Of course anyone can always don ate directly to my ride by going to my page:
http://www.ridetovictory.org/site/TR/Events/2010Kentucky?px=1141321&pg=personal&fr_id=1040
So there is an update on how things are coming along. I am so excited! Thanks everyone fore your help and support!
P.S. If you don’t want updated on any of this let me know. I just like sharing with my friends :)
Thursday, January 21, 2010
RCC-Another email I sent to a friend
There is my link. The ride is September 25 and 26th. I am doing the one day 75 mile ride instead of the two day 130 mile ride. Whimp…I know. You can say it….lol. I have to raise a minimum of $1200 would like to raise $2500, but baby steps. Any donations you can solicit from others would be appreciated. Anything you can think of to help me solicit donations. If you get board you can cheer me on that day…lol They need crew members. I think you have to raise $500 to do that. If I can raise $100 before the end of the month through my site I get matched $100. I am so scared.
http://www.ridetovictory.org/site/TR/Events/2010Kentucky?px=1141321&pg=personal&fr_id=1040&et=xAmCFicjuAGISHw4qNaGJA..&s_tafId=3075
http://www.ridetovictory.org/site/TR/Events/2010Kentucky?px=1141321&pg=personal&fr_id=1040&et=xAmCFicjuAGISHw4qNaGJA..&s_tafId=3075
RCC-An email I sent out
I just signed up for the ride to conquer cancer!!!! 75 miles in one day on a bike. I need donations and help soliciting money. Up for the challenge of being supportive?
My Page
http://www.ridetovictory.org/site/TR/Events/2010Kentucky?px=1141321&pg=personal&fr_id=1040&et=xAmCFicjuAGISHw4qNaGJA..&s_tafId=3075
My Page
http://www.ridetovictory.org/site/TR/Events/2010Kentucky?px=1141321&pg=personal&fr_id=1040&et=xAmCFicjuAGISHw4qNaGJA..&s_tafId=3075
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
RCC- Ride to Conquer Cancer
Just wanted to let you guys know that I am registered to do one day (75 miles)OF THE 2 day 140 mile ride to conquer cancer!!! If any of you want to make a donation I included my page link. Hope you’re all doing well.
Click here to Donate!
Click here to Donate!
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