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Oct

Team 5 Wont Back Down….

Posted by Crystal  Published in The "Lighter Side" of the Ride

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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21

Oct

Team 5 – More Cowbell….

Posted by Crystal  Published in The "Lighter Side" of the Ride

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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20

Oct

Team 5- First Ride Recap

Posted by Crystal  Published in The "Lighter Side" of the Ride

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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19

Oct

Team 5 Update: Guess where we are now?

Posted by Crystal  Published in The "Lighter Side" of the Ride

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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18

Oct

C4 – Crystal’s Challenge to Conquer Cancer

Posted by Crystal  Published in Rider Bios

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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20

Jul

Ditto “Thank You” to Sag Support

Posted by Crystal  Published in The "Lighter Side" of the Ride

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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