I'm a gluten for punishment! I'm going to give this challenge another whirl. 2006 I did this ride in Orange County, and rode a total of 104 miles and raised somewhere in the range of $2500 for cancer research. This time around I'll try the ride in San Jose and see if I can raise another $2000.
Here's the ride profile:
For donations (TAX DEDUCTABLE) see http://sanjose09.livestrong.org/brad.
This Summer I'll be instructing a new course (new that is for me)! CSCI 123 Introduction to Programming Concepts in C++. The course will be fast paced and quite a challenge for myself and the students. However, I plan on having a good time, as this is my first course in Computer Science Department @ Fullerton College. What fun this will be!!!
Update: I've signed up for a 100 mile ride in the OC in support of the Lance Armstrong Foundation called the Livestrong Challenge.
If you're interested, check out the web site. You can walk, run or ride a bike. Also the mileage differs, so you don't have to ride or run 100 miles. I'm just overly amped from all the Starbucks, and thought I would make it worth my while by doing the whole thing. Even better, ALL proceeds go to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. So what is the donation for? Where does your money go? Here's a brief description of what LAF does:
Along with my training for the Livestrong century, I'm preparing for this coming race season, so we'll see how I fair in this years mountain biking competitions. In addition, I've been riding a few other areas: Vail Lake, Grout Bay, the Santa Ana River Trail. Here's a photo of Eric coming up from the Santa Ana River Trail.
Today the goose was loose! After much procrastination and complaining about the holiday season coming and having no time to spare, I finally got off of my rear and headed to Utah for a day of fun in the sun at Gooseberry Mesa Trail. After forgetting my helmet, and leaving my camera back at the hotel, and loosing my awesome little multi-tool, I was definitely committed to riding the Goose. s Even more discouraging, was knowing that the evenings were 20 - something degrees and the expected highs were only 40 - something. We (Tim, Eric and I) geared up and headed out to the trial this afternoon. I must say, I was already cold before we started, but once on the trail it was so much fun I forgot about the cold in places. There was so much bobbing and weaving that it completely took me out of my normal riding style of just pedaling. How much fun was this?
I must admit that the trail coming 10/15 feet next to the edge was a bit unnerving near Rattlesnake rim, but once we were headed back on the North Rim Trail the nerves settled a little (then again I'm not much for heights, but this was spectacular). I think the route we took was something like 12.8 miles and it took something like 3 hours, due to the scenery, and some mechanic problems with my stem. However, Tim managed to fix my issues and I was able to continue.
It's 1:05 am and I'm still trying to get this up on the web so you can check it out (I'm still pumped from today). The video is comprised of video from today and some from the last time Eric and Tim rode the Trail. Tim had some extra video which he took, but his camera was on low resolution, so you can't really make anything out, so I opted for Eric's previous video to give you a view of what the trail is like. Today's video you'll get some footage of Eric riding right on the edge (I really hate when he does that).