and speaking of that schedule, we've added a couple things to it (the Katy ride last weekend being one of them). The new schedule is this:
August 28, 2004 - Bike the Bend for Literacy. I have no idea what this course looks like, or really even where it is. All I know is I paid $20, and we're going 40 miles. And it's on a Saturday, so no church scheduling workarounds necessary. Woo!
September 19, 2004 - Biking for Sight Century. This one was already on the schedule, and we're still planning 40 miles.
October 30, 2004 - Elves & More Texas Cycling Classic. We haven't signed up yet, but we're bumping it up to 60 miles on this one. Since it's in the same general area (and actually has the same starting point) as the ride in September, I'm guessing that it's probably the same sort of route. If I liked that last year, I'm pretty sure I'll like this.
November 7, 2004 - Tour de Doughnut. No website info on this one yet...the flier said that information would be posted 8/1 online. Here's the synopsis: "The Tour de Doughnut is a unique bicycle where riders embark on an appetizing 20-mile journey with rest stops along the way serving as many delectable doughnuts as you can eat. For EACH tasty donut that a rider consumes, the rider is awarded a tempting 5-minute time credit. Eat enough delicious doughnuts, and you can finish the race before you even started! In addition to this mouth-watering challenge, riders can also ride the 60-mile course to get in shape for the 2005 BP MS150."
If the bottom of the flier lists the charity & sponsors, the ride benefits the Make-a-Wish foundation and is sponsored by Sun & Ski Sports and Krispy Kreme. Krispy. Kreme. If we decide to do that ride, we'll probably do 20 miles, since it's the week after our first 60-mile ride. But who knows...maybe we'll do 60 there too. If we do, though, there's not much chance our doughnut credits will let us finish the race before we start. That'd be...(math-math-math)...about 50 doughnuts. No man can eat 50 doughnuts.
January 16, 2005 - HP Houston Half-Marathon. If my run training progresses like I hope it will, I might actually run some of this. Maybe even most of it. But I think it will be closer to some than most.
April 2 or 3, 2005 - My First Tri, Galveston. Maybe.
I'd like to find something to go between January and April, but I haven't seen anything that really grabs me. Of course, it's only July. Some events probably haven't been posted yet.
Posted by Joy at July 22, 2004 04:56 PMIf you're comfortable doing long-distance rides (like the 60-mile ones), you should definitely look into doing the BP MS 150, as that will fill your time between January and April. In particular, if you don't want to register for a number of different rides (although I highly recommend Gator Ride and Space Race), Team ConocoPhillips usually has a bargain training schedule for about $50 for 12 supported rides.
Just something to think about. :)
Posted by: MooBob42 on August 1, 2004 04:02 PM