OK, we got to listen to some Johnny Cash on our car ride to the transition point this morning, and it got us all motivated to ride.  The words are “I wont back down, no I wont back down….you can stand me up at the gates of hell, and I wont back down!”  We all [...]

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Last night we started our midnight ride in Mobile, Alabama. After a late start again, we attempted to leave Mobile. Transitioning in a church parking lot in a seedy area of town, we finally saw Team 4 coming over the bridge, their headlights glowing through the darkness. The route took us all around railroad tracks [...]

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Team 5 survived their first ride. We anxiously waited the arrival of 9:00 PM or Team 4, whichever came first. Well, Team 4 got lost, had dinner, and poked around for a while, and finally met us at the assigned location at 9:40. Our team was prepared and ready, and left at 9:45. Patience is [...]

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We are at a Georgia Rest Center parked next to a humongous Tyson Chicken semi truck. Our driver Tom is sound asleep. We, the riders are too excited to sleep like we are “supposed” to do, so we are playing pranks and being silly. Surprisingly, we have wireless internet out here at the rest stop [...]

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I bought my first road bike less than a year ago in December of 2007. I was motivated to do something different besides running marathons, and after talking to my daddy, who is an avid cyclist in Seattle, I decided that I would give it a try. Not sure if I would really get into [...]

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I also wanted to thank the Sag Support. Toby was great with our group and he was already hard at work putting Amber’s chain back on her rental bike less than 2 miles into the ride. I have a feeling he was thinking this might be a long ride! haha He also distracted puppies and [...]

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