stupid rain

It's pouring here, and I don't have a fender (or proper rain gear, for that matter).

Must get that stuff.

Looks like I'll have to utilize the gym when I get time....

another ride

I biked 40 miles today, but I won't have another chance to do a longer ride until at least Friday. I also forgot to take pictures. It was raining on the way there, so once we got to the coffee shop I was concerned about warming up, not photographing things. heh.

I think my new MO for fund-raising is finding 4,000 people who will give me $1 each. Sounds easy enough....

nice bike this morning

So, here are some pictures from my ride, it was a beautiful day!



I biked to one if the beaches this morning, it was about a 27 mile ride and since I'll be biking to work for sure I'll have done at least 30 miles today. I wish I had more time to get in long rides right now, but my schedule just isn't permitting. I also got an email back from the teacher for the high school's paper that I graduated from, and she seems interested in having her kids do a story. I don't really know if I would make much money doing that, but it's worth a shot, anyway!

just getting started

I borrowed a nice touring bike from my professor yesterday, so now I can actually do some better training. Longer rides were pretty painful on my bike (small, old, heavy, not made for touring). I am slowly becoming a complete bike nerd right now. Yesterday, I spent 2 hours just hanging out in one of my local bike shops, after that I check the thrift store to see if I could find biking clothes to adorn myself in. Wow, I am cool.

I have two people who have said they would be down to go on longer rides with me, and I am hoping to make it to the bike club at my school's meeting on Wednesday (I am having a hard time not being too busy due to my 20 units, 3 jobs, and various volunteer projects) so that I can find some more people to go on rides with!

In terms of fund-raising :/... It's hard! I keep telling everyone about it, I went around businesses like crazy today. Geez, I am just hoping that I don't have to donate massive quantities of money to myself! If only people made more money that I work with! I think since I work in a hospital I might try to sneak some information onto bulletin boards or in the doctors lounge. Hey, it's worth a try, right? In addition, I sent out an email to the editor-in-chief of my campus newspaper and the faculty supervisor of the newspaper where I went to high school. Fingers crossed that they will respond positively!