It's been too long between blogs - I'm sorry. The RAAM start is looming. I've booked air tickets. We're organising pre-race rides as a Team (we're geographically so dispersed). We're booking in our bikes for full overhauls. The tasks for the crew members is being allocated. We keep publicising our project. Carol, our media guru, has managed already to get stories about our Team into numerous bicyling e-magazines. Even if a bit apprehensive, we're very excited.
Whilst we're getting very close to the start, in practice that means that us riders are training - lots!. A thousand miles a month. Regardless of the weather, we're on a bike. The sturdy New Yorkers ride outside when it's freezing, or sleeting. Vancouver Don flees to southern California, with his bike, to do reconnaisance training rides. Whilst a late summer storm rages across Sydney, I jump on the indoor trainer for a 3 1/2 simulation of the Tour of Flanders . (On Saturday morning, I was the only member of our 360-strong Club to do our Club training rides - I should learn!).
DNF is not an option for us.
