It won't stop me from prepping to do the Trek100. 2 weeks ago I got an email that my work was putting a team together for the ride. I hemmed and hawed and said why not? There are 31 riders so far with a goal of $10,000 to be raised a s a team for the MACC fund. Thanks to those who sponsor/pledge for me. I am still a little apprehensive on this ride. I haven't done a long distance ride (50 miles or more) since oh 1995? Last year I did a 22 mile ride with little training and on crushed gravel the whole way. I already got some new tires for my bike. Yes, I am using my mountain bike and no, I will not ride that much on off-road tires. Apparently it's not such a crazy idea. There are so many road slicks for MTB wheels it was hard to choose.
They did arrive earlier this week and I wasted no time slapping them on. This weekend I will clean an tune up the bike so I will be ready to start training once the weather gets into the 60's at least. The only downside to this is I won't be able to hit any trail rides until I switch my wheels back. Thats ok its only 65 days away.
My impromptu maintenance stand.
Man those are skinny tires. Not sure I remember how to ride on those.
In other Turk news. Joel is in SanDiego CA the next few days. He's doing some west coast engineering 'meet'. Impressed? I am. Oh and he's trying to catch up to me on seeing games at different ballparks as he went to the Padres - Dodgers game last night. Just a bit jealous.
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