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		<title>I should be sleeping&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To say I&#8217;m exhausted doesn&#8217;t even begin to explain how I feel.  I should be sleeping but instead my mind is racing and my heart is bouncing between full and heavy. I&#8217;ve struggled all day to concentrate on tasks for work and yet now my mind is racing back over the last week.  There are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/i-should-be-sleeping/</link>
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		<title>Top 20 reasons why i do the challenge&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Top 20 reasons why I will always participate in the Challenge 20. I get smarter: I learn new words like Cartilager Crossword puzzles actually can be solved in 8 hours What not to do on the Trace – Mark H. What happens when you run your wheel through animal poo How many bottled waters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/top-20-reasons-why-i-do-the-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Blogging on a cellphone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I probably let everybody down if they were expecting to read my blogs. It&#8217;s tricky to do on a cellphone from the rumbleseat of a moving vehicle over bumpy roads when reading gives you motionsickness and the most comfortable seating arrangement involves propping one foot at a time on the ceiling. Seriously, the most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/blogging-on-a-cellphone/</link>
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		<title>Peloton revised</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What that last blog was supposed to say was that I had to look up &#8220;peloton&#8221; in Dictionary.com back in May when I did the Stars and Stripes Challenge. Now, I&#8217;m seeing pelotons all over the place. I saw a huge peloton of bats leaving from under the bridge over the Colorado River. Not a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/peloton-revised/</link>
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		<title>Livestrong Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I did the &#8220;Livestrong Challenge&#8221; ride in Austin on Sunday. I finished 5 or 10 minutes ahead of Lance, and he had a head start. Never mind that I only did the 45 mile route, and he did the 65 or 90&#8230;possibly more than one lap&#8230; The hardest part was clearing enough cow dung out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/livestrong-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Done and dusted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Somehow the week has flown by and driving, sleeping, and eating took top priority over blogging. I wish I had been more diligent- there is always next year!  I keep going over two visual images in my head as I think back over the week. On Tuesday, team dots rode the noon to six shift [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/done-and-dusted/</link>
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		<title>Peloton</title>
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		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/i-remember-back-in-may-when-i-signed-up-for-p3-i-had-to-check-dictionary-com-to-see-what-a-peloton-was-now-they-are-everywhere-i-just-saw-a-peloton-of-bats/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are cow statues everywhere here in Austin, kind of like the mice on main, only bigger, and not mice. They all appear to be cows, no bulls. Hmmm.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we were walking down 6th street looking for ice cream when I saw a penny lying on the sidewalk. I didn&#8217;t pick it up. I wonder what all of these mysterious splash marks are?&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/1300/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last, I found some chocolate milk! Now to find a section of wall with no starlings directly above.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/1299/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I tried to blog on my cellphone, but even sitting still, it is quite a challenge! So, I saved it as a draft to complete when I have access to a real keyboard. This program is&#8230;frustrating, to put it politely.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/1298/</link>
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		<title>My story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My story.   Many of the C3 group know Jeni very well.  But you may not know my story as well or how I got into cycling and running.  I will attempt to  tell that story, ( sorry if it&#8217;s a little long) I have never been a real fitness fanatic, hard to believe being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/my-story/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[O my goodness gravy&#8230;. so when you have to ride in a wicked uncomfortable van for 10.3 hours you come up with some pretty creative ways to take your mind off of your ADD and wanting to bolt through the van door and just run to the stupid hotel&#8230;. A BLOG from Sandman- Jeff to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/1295/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Not Dead Yet&#8221; &#8211;BW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 7:53 am on Texas Hwy 7 when I started this post. The moon is hanging heavy and silvery in the sky ahead, and behind the sun is crawling out of it&#8217;s foggy covers and into a pink sky. The trees look like dusty skeletons. The Dream Team pace line is skimming the shoulder, expertly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/not-dead-yet-brian/</link>
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		<title>Team Polka Dot rolls into Texas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For our final shift, we had the honor of bringing the team into Texas. For obvious reasons, this is a big milestone for the team. We are finishing the final legs of the ride today and we’ll reassemble at the hotel on the outskirts of Austin. When Team Livelong rolls in later this evening, everyone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/team-polka-dot-rolls-into-texas/</link>
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		<title>Life&#8217;s Journey!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life&#8217;s journey is not to arrive at the Grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting &#8221; Holy &#8212;&#8211;&#8230; What a ride!&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/1282/</link>
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		<title>Wow. We&#8217;re done.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s ten minutes til midnight, and we are racing to the Texas state line, our transition site with the Lemon Bonkers. Three minutes til midnight one, there&#8217;s the bridge! Whoops now replace groans, and adrenaline kicks in, replacing sore thighs. Midnight now&#8230;. Dadgum, this bridge is 3.5 miles long! Well&#8230; There is the Texas sign&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/wow-were-done/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday Morning Rain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Livelong had a great evening in Columbia, TN highlighted by Applebee&#8217;s, shopping at the Columbia (dis)Mall, Applebee&#8217;s, and DAVE BENHAM&#8217;S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!  A good night&#8217;s sleep for all, with the team having relegated the snorers to a separate room.  (Odd that a 3:45 wake up call seems like a good night sleep&#8230; Unless you&#8217;re Jeff, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/tuesday-morning-rain/</link>
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		<title>Thanks for making this ride possible!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My posts thus far have been team posts from Livelong.  This one is just from me.  I&#8217;m sure that each and every person on this journey has said or will say THANK YOU to the many people that made this ride possible.  This post, however, is a special thank you to my wife.  Without her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/thanks-for-making-this-ride-possible/</link>
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		<title>Emotional ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early morning ride today. Normal  shift was from 6AM-Noon.  But Justina and were extended an invitation from the Dream Team to join them the last hour of their leg for their Memorial/Honorary ride, so we were on the bikes at 4:30am.   We began the ride under a beautiful  moonlite night with a heavy fog in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/emotional-ride/</link>
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		<title>New Friends along the way.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, Team Livelong added magnets and friends.  In Natchez, we met Cindy and Paula, both of whom are cancer survivors.  We had a great time chatting with them and learning about their experience, and I think they enjoyed finding out about the C3 and its efforts.  After a restful morning, We hooked up with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/new-friends-along-the-way/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;happiness is knowing your massage therapist is going to be there&#8221; -Dave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back from commercial break&#8230; We meet all sorts of people on this trip, some more random than others. In a not so random incident on the way to the noon transition, we met a Mississippi state trooper. He lost his sister and father to cancer. We added two more magnets to our van: Ginny Jones [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/happiness-is-knowing-your-massage-therapist-is-going-to-be-there-dave/</link>
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		<title>Where did it go??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazing how a year can seemingly go by so slowly at times and yet now I ask myself “where did it go?”  This is my second year to do the Ride to Austin, and I was determined to enjoy every moment to its fullest. The sendoff was quite emotional as I listened to Ron speak [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/where-did-it-go/</link>
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		<title>New Year, New Time Slot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the weeks prior to departure we (need to) install a revolving door. Lots of activity at the Jerina house. Riders and team managers come by to drop off donations or pick up maps or tires or magnets. It is so great to see how excited they are for our journey. We cleaned off our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/new-year-new-time-slot/</link>
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		<title>From a newbie&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not a blogger but I feel the need to express some thoughts and observations. I am relatively new to cycling, this being my first season.  I was introduced to the P3 team through a mutual friend, little did I know how life changing this chance introduction was to become. I had begun biking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/from-a-newbie/</link>
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		<title>Can it get any better&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tried to blog on Monday and lost it which is so frustrating and Mike blogged about our first 2 rides. This is my fourth year on this amazing ride and I love to sit back and watch it unfold. We spend a lot of time together on training rides, fundraisers and just hanging out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/can-it-get-any-better/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[“WHY I RIDE” by Ed Hernando For all the hours, weeks and months of training and riding, Future families and friends are saved from suffering. For every sprocket spin and gears a-clicken, The months are extended for the stricken. Miles ridden through sun, sleet and rain, Goes towards numbing the pain. Riding through the night [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/1251/</link>
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		<title>Are we dancers? Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The proverbial baton is handed off at midnight to the Dream Team. So are lots of hugs and kisses. And a full moon. We have already arranged to share a hotel with the Lemon Bonkers post-transition. So we head off after them. (spoiler alert: we will later learn they have not joined the Church of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/are-we-dancers-part-2/</link>
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		<title>The next day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A decent night&#8217;s rest often brings renewal and a fresh perspective. That is my outlook today. After being in the &#8216;pain cave&#8217; during yesterday&#8217;s ride, team polka dot was able to recover with a nice(!?) dinner and much needed rest. Our dinner at Penn&#8217;s Restaurant was fun, despite the mostly fried nature of almost all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/the-next-day/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;we&#8217;re only human. Or are we dancers?&#8221; -Jerry P</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, it&#8217;s 10:30 am, Wednesday. We&#8217;re flying, minivan style, across the Mississippi landscape. There are the occasional exciting moments as we go airborne over bumps and skim rumble strips. Ah Mississippi, land of fried food and no-tell motels. In other words, BFE. But I am getting ahead of myself. We were back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/were-only-human-or-are-we-dancers-jerry-p/</link>
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		<title>Why God Why?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I should not question God but after our 12am to 6am shift this morning I cannot help doing it. As I mentioned in an earlier post this shift is my favorite shift but it is my hardest shift. The terrian is easy, sleep is not an issue even though we have had very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/why-god-why/</link>
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		<title>The Pain Cave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So. Day 3 already. Third shift done. There is a bicycling expression that relates to riding so hard that you are in the &#8216;pain cave.&#8217; it is usually reserved for times in which your legs hurt so much, you can&#8217;t go on. Well, today was the first time on the bike ( after 11 years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/the-pain-cave/</link>
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		<title>Day(or two) in purple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, Tom from the purple team with a quick check in. Last 36-48 hours has been very excited and LONG. Started Monday with a quick visit to Nashville after our first 3 HR ride. Traveled to transition area late in evening to catch a quick nap (45 min) then onto Natchez trace to transition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/dayor-two-in-purple/</link>
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		<title>The dots go back to the future!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s that re ally mean? well, it goes back to how far ahead of our planned schedule that the C3 team has become. With so many strong cyclists in the group, we tend to ride more miles than expected. As we were sitting at IHOP this morning, and Flat stanley was about to knock down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/the-dots-go-back-to-the-future/</link>
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		<title>A beautiful ride through the hills of Tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick note, this was written on Monday but I did not get a chance to post it, so take that into account when you read it. After last night’s dinner at one of the last restaurants on Hwy 76 in SC, the Dots decided to travel to Cleveland Tn for some rest. We arrived [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/a-beautiful-ride-through-the-hills-of-tennessee/</link>
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		<title>Dave&#8217;s Birthday!/Another Moon over the Tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Livelong had a great evening in Columbia, TN highlighted by Applebee&#8217;s, shopping at the Columbia (dis)Mall, Applebee&#8217;s again, and DAVE BENHAM&#8217;S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!  A good night&#8217;s sleep for all, with the team having relegated the snorers to a separate room.  (Odd that a 3:45 wake up call seems like a good night sleep&#8230; Unless you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/1231/</link>
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		<title>Wham bam, thank you ma&#8217;am</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After missing the Purple People transition on the Trace itself, we re-route to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Again, the tidal pull aligning menstrual cycles and changing radio dials shifts the musical theme upon crossing the line. This time it&#8217;s hip hop. All I&#8217;m sayin&#8217; is is better than country. Has anyone read the Alabama state map? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/wham-bam-thank-you-maam/</link>
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		<title>Ridin&#8217; third shift with the Purple Power Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daughter, Mimms, and I have the extreme pleasure of doin&#8217; support this year for the Purple Power Team.  Mimms (23) is a C3 rookie.  I did support on the inaugural C3 ride in &#8217;08 for Team Five, the all ladies team, with young Joe Julian. Mimms and I are Georgians from Atlanta.  I came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/ridin-third-shift-with-the-purple-power-team/</link>
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		<title>Wowza!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We stopped several times and met locals who were interested in the reason we do ride. All of my team are inspring souls who live to help others. This is the springboard to raise my drive to a new level. I was having one of the most surreal experiences in my life &#8230; last night [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/wowza/</link>
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		<title>Back to the future&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good morning from Tupelo,MS! Team dots arrived last night and we enjoyed a great team dinner and a visit to the laundromat before a good night&#8217;s sleep. I should probably back up and fill you in on my thoughts on our first two shifts and our travels through SC, GA, NC, TN, AL, and now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/back-ton-the-future/</link>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t ask for more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[oWith this being my forth year doing this ride I feel like I have seen it all and know what to expect. We all raise our Monet and train very hard to be prepared for riding 6 hours a day with little sleep. But even being a veteran every day I am experiencing new things. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/i-cant-ask-for-more/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;which way is North? Depends on which way you hold the map.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: what&#8217;s worse than eating Mexican food on a road trip? A: eating Mexican food twice in one day on a road trip. We would sincerely like to thank the Lemon Bonkers for a fabulous dinner last night, but if anyone else asks us to eat mexi with them, we will politely say, &#8220;No way, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/which-way-is-north-depends-on-which-way-you-hold-the-map/</link>
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		<title>Spontaneous Implotion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so tired I can’t even think straight. My body is all wiggidy wacked. Not that I sleep a lot normally and the almost full moon (not milts &#8211; or Taylors) isn’t helping except lighting the Trace for us at night. I am amazed by the amount of food I can consume in one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/spontaneous-implotion/</link>
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		<title>Ketchup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my ketchup post. I haven&#8217;t been able to log on and let y&#8217;all know what&#8217;s been happening. Lemon Bonkers first night, as you&#8217;ve read I&#8217;m sure, was adventure filled to say the least. We were very excited to get started on our first leg. My dad happens to live just a mile or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/ketchup/</link>
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		<title>Mexican food on a road trip is never a good idea&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Post transition, we have a lovely lunch with the Dots and Dream Team, albeit at a Mexican eatery in Tennessee. Mexican in Tennessee. Ok, I did already say that. I have noticed in life that most bad decisions are a result of sleep deprivation (or hunger, or both). We are all both tired and hungry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/mexican-food-on-a-road-trip-is-never-a-good-idea/</link>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Reflections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is somehow humbling to read the blogs of the people that are on this trip. Their experiences and their feelings make it so hard to blog, because I want to be as funny, or as descriptive, and hopefully as emotional as they are. Well, I am just me, and although a 3 year veteran [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/todays-reflections/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s left?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of my team mates have blogged, so I am a bit bogged in my blog. We finally got on our bikes last night at 3:00am, far ahead of our planned transition due to the enthusiasm of the teams that went before us. We were all eager to take our turn after so many hours [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/whats-left/</link>
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		<title>New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to say what we did &#8220;today&#8221; because today started sooooo long ago! We discovered that the team that we were to take over from was ahead of where we thought we would transition. Had to wake up everyone quickly and get them moving so we could leave earlier that we had planned. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/new-year/</link>
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		<title>Not Columbia, SC&#8211;Columbia, TN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from the great state of Tennessee, home of the Volunteers!!!  I know that because we went shopping today and I saw all the cute UT clothing!!!  We had a wonderful ride at 3am this morning near Cleveland, NC&#8211;not Cleveland, Ohio!!  We had a beautiful ride until 6am with great team members and support.  We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/not-columbia-sc-columbia-tn/</link>
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		<title>I love this journey. . . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this journey. . . . the people, the scenery, the challenges. But mainly I love it because I feel like I&#8217;m doing something. It&#8217;s not much but it&#8217;s something. I have to thank my donors &#8211; I wouldn&#8217;t be here without you. I especially have to thank my cousin, Jack Payne, for his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/i-love-this-journey/</link>
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		<title>My creative juices are not flowing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot more food than stomacaf=egWIEG GHP EWOQ EW]TIHPONJRGT HPOI]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/my-creative-juices-are-not-flowing/</link>
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		<title>The morning after&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning finds the Purple Power team in Columbia, TN after our first leg from GA to one mile away from the TN border. We had a perfect ride and paced ourselves well on the hills. Although nothing like the Lemon Bonkers or Polka Dots, we did have a few long and steady 2 mile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/the-morning-after/</link>
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		<title>we got dotted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well our shift last night was amazing. The weather was cooperative and the support we have rock!! We rolled out of GHS without any problems. One thing I noticed is that this year we only had 2 riders that were leading out of GHS that have had cancer. Me and Siddens. Wierd feeling. Emotions were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/we-got-dotted/</link>
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		<title>Because you can&#8217;t ever escape Top 40 Radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So we&#8217;ve named our team &#8220;Party Rockers,&#8221; since a certain song keeps hijacking our radio, and well, because we keep playing it loudly. When your van comes equipped with neon green mood lighting, you really have no choice. It is frightening tho, to not be able to connect to the Internet or my finicky &#8220;cellular [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/because-you-cant-ever-escape-top-40-radio/</link>
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		<title>Up and Ready</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dream Team, up and ready we had an awe inspiring ride into Tennessee and down by the Ocoee River Before meeting up with Team Livestrong. Everyone is pedaling strong so much that the riders opted to pedal another 5-7 mile to our flophouse at The Jameson Inn in Cleveland, Tennessee where the people were most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/up-and-ready/</link>
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		<title>Stolen Climb!!!/Moon over the Tennessee River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monday morning started early for Team Livelong. Dave and Sally (the best Support ever, btw!) got us rousted and rolling ahead of schedule with some exciting news. Our friends on Purple Power blew the doors off over night and put us almost 30 miles ahead of our scheduled rendezvous. (Go Purple!!!) Instead of the metropolis [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/stolen-climbmoon-over-the-tennessee-river/</link>
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		<title>Sleep? Who needs it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After our shift, we rolled into Cleveland, Tennessee about 11 pm. We searched for hotels that would be kind enough to help out with our cause&#8230; We found a WONDERFUL night manager for Jamison Hotels that gave our team a great rate. But, as is the way of divine providence, Jackie&#8217; mother and uncle passed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/sleep-who-needs-it/</link>
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		<title>Purple power complete</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Purple power completed our first shift and transitioned with Dream Team at Midnight. Beautiful moonlight night for a ride with perfect temps on upper 50&#8242;s. Couple climbs, not bad. Thought Alot about my aunt Barb who lost her battle with Breast Cancer 2 yrs. Ago. Believe she was with me on a couple of those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/1171/</link>
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		<title>Team polka dot picks up a stow-away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re off! Today the Challenge to Conquer Cancer team assembled to make our departure from the Cancer Center at Greenville Hospital system’s Memorial Campus. The departure is always a very emotional time. Many friends and family stopped by to see us off. There were so many cameras! People were snapping photos left and right. Of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/team-polka-dot-picks-up-a-stow-away/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a go!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the 2011 Version of the Challenge to Conquer Cancer is now on !!!! Team Polka Dot has now finished stage 1. We left the Greenville Hospital System Cancer Center promptly at 3 pm, and rode to just this side of Long Creek, South Carolina.. Which is west of Westminster: 56 miles, 2:55, with an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/its-a-go/</link>
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		<title>Team Undecided</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And we&#8217;re off! Thanks to the lovely crowd that gathered at the Cancer Center to cheer as we rode away. Just coming up on the first transition in a few moments. Already we&#8217;ve bonded in ways we can&#8217;t print. At issue is our team name. Last year my van was the Beach Ball team, after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/team-undecided-2/</link>
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		<title>Team Undecided</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And we&#8217;re off! Thanks to the lovely crowd that gathered at the Cancer Center to cheer as we rode away. Just coming up on the first transition in a few moments. Already we&#8217;ve bonded in ways we can&#8217;t print. At issue is our team name. Last year my van was the Beach Ball team, after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/team-undecided/</link>
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		<title>finishing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am having trouble writing this first post. Putting my thoughts into words in some sort of clear, understandable way is proving to be much more difficult than I thought it would be. You see, my reasons for participating in the Challenge to Conquer Cancer this year focus on the title of this post. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/finishing/</link>
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		<title>How Could I NOT go?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This will be my third year. I had hoped to “ride” this year…but life gets in the way alot of times. So I will go as a Team manager&#8212;Team &#8220;Mom&#8221; again. I have been going at SUCH a frenzied pace since June. I really don’t know if I have been at home for more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/how-could-i-not-go-2/</link>
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		<title>How Could I NOT go?</title>
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		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/how-could-i-not-go/</link>
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		<title>JD&#8217;s Challenge to Conquer Cancer 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, I wasn&#8217;t aware of the affects Cancer has on so many people. Since I did the C3 in 2009, my eyes have really been opened. There are so many people who have suffered the effects of cancer it just astounds me. As I prepare to make the departure later today, I think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/jds-challenge-to-conquer-cancer-2011/</link>
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		<title>Newbie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I do not know how to explain the excitement I am feeling. It has been great to meet all the people involved.(Although if you know me I am terrible with names), I will surely know all these individuals by name at the end of our journey. It has been insipring to me to have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/newbie/</link>
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		<title>A New Year &#8211; Same Challenge?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is year 4.  My husband and I, along with a small band of folks, sat around a table and planned this ride we call &#8220;Challenge to Conquer Cancer&#8221; back in 2007.  I wasn&#8217;t so sure we could recruit enough people to take 6 days off of work and raise $5000 to ride on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/a-new-year-same-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Challenge to Conquer Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miss you Dad.  This rides for you.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/challenge-to-conquer-cancer/</link>
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		<title>ready for round 2!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting ready for my second round with this amazing group brings back memories of where I was in my life last year at this time. It&#8217;s amazing to be able to change so much in one year, yet see the things that are important to your heart remain. I am stronger this year, yet I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/ready-for-round-2/</link>
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		<title>Why I ride&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year I answered this question with a simple answer; “For Scott Shuey”. This year I ride for all the people who have battled cancer, fought hard, and always seemed to battle in dignity respectful of why God gave them this challenge to overcome . I also ride for those who have fallen in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/why-i-ride-2/</link>
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		<title>Why?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That is a loaded question. Just how much do you really want to know, after all? Life hurts. Sometimes it hurts more than we think we can bear. I have found that sweat seems to be a much more effective cathartic than tears. For one thing, it&#8217;s generally associated with quite a lot less mucus, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/why-2/</link>
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		<title>Friday.  Friday?  FRIDAY???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FRIDAY!!!??? yikes! Where has the time gone? We leave in 2 days. wow. I am not ready. I have been so busy this week with my new job that I have put the bike on the back burner. Well, as of this afternoon (except for the emergency surgery I have to do tomorrow morning) I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/friday-friday-friday/</link>
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		<title>WBE LiveLong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To all of our &#8220;Warriors&#8221; out there &#8211; those who are currently battling this cruel disease called cancer, for those in remission, for the surviors and those who fought the fight we are riding to Austin, Texas for you. Although our journey&#8217;s in life are all so very different one fact remains the same &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/wbe-livelong/</link>
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		<title>3 days and counting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re down to 3 days before our departure. It&#8217;s an incredible feeling to be so close to such a grand adventure. Bonding with the people associated with this Challenge to Conquer Cancer has been a big highlight of the last several years. It is amazing to meet such a group of selfless individuals. Many of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/3-days-and-counting/</link>
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		<title>Thank you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A HUGE thank you to everyone who has worked so diligently on this ride as well as those who are still working to make sure everyone has their funds. What an honor it is to be part of such a wonderful group and cause. I have learned so much and am so grateful to have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/thank-you/</link>
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		<title>Why I ride!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a post from Kenya Taylor, the mother of Davis and daughter of Ken Holsombeck who are two of our warriors. &#8220;About a year ago, I went to Fall for Greenville with friends. I was introduced to a woman there in the middle of the street. I remembered her as nice and friendly. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/10/why-i-ride/</link>
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		<title>Fundraising Events You CANNOT MISS!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cyclists and support crew are all hustling to get our last funds raised for this trek. Be sure to let all your friends and families know about our events and come out, enjoy yourself and support our mission: Wednesday October 5th 6:30-11pm &#8211; 3rd Annual Jazz Jam to Conquer Cancer at The Brown Street Club [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/09/events-to-attend/</link>
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		<title>Test Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, they told us to blog, so here goes. I seriously messed up on hydration last Wednesday, and my muscles have been twitching and spasming ever since then. Yesterday&#8217;s ride with JD and John Siddens was absolutely gorgeous, but I had to ride very cautiously to avoid disabling spasms. My hamstrings and abdominal muscles spasmed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/09/test-blog/</link>
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		<title>A New Year, A New Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 4 of the Challenge to Conquer Cancer is upon us. While not a 4 year veteran ( I missed 2009 for personal reasons), this is my 3rd year riding to Austin. Why? Why put myself through what will be a very challenging ride? Easy answer: Cancer sucks. My mom and dad had it, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/09/a-new-year-a-new-ride/</link>
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		<title>Cheers, Kudos, and Well-wishes for the team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leave us an uplifting message. Tell us how we&#8217;ve touched your heart. Let us know who we should include in our prayers as we pedal to Austin. Leave your reply below&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/09/cheers-kudos-and-well-wishes-for-the-team/</link>
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		<title>RockOut4 Cancer!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well Beth Rusch and I have joined forces and are attempting to make history with our fundraiser.  We have had a HUGE and I mean HUGE turnout for the silent auction.  I think we hit almost every small business there is in Greenville.  PostCards from Paris, GreenCo Beverage, Paws and Claws, Petals Boutique, and Pedal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/06/rockout4-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Stay Tuned&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to have many changes in the coming year for our Challenge To Conquer Cancer ride. This year there will be two starting locations and teams will meet up to arrive together as one powerful presence in Austin TX. We will be posting more information and updating the blog soon, so stay tuned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2011/03/stay-tuned/</link>
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		<title>What Now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(I started writing this last week, but just couldn’t seem to get around to finishing it). So&#8230;we’ve been home nearly 36 hours and I am already having some serious P3C3 withdrawal. Now I am thrilled to be home in my house with my sweet girls, mind you. However, it’s REALLY REALLY hard to come back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/what-now/</link>
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		<title>I am ready&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tried really hard to get rid of my lonely feelings of missing my team&#8230;. So I hopped in to the backseat thinking this would help. No it did not. Learning to feel again, Learning to breath again, Learning to own Cancer and not letting Cancer own you. These are a few of my favorite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/i-am-ready/</link>
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		<title>Here it is in its entirety&#8230;..my recount of Team Yellow&#8217;s Ride to Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here at home the Ride to Austin completed, my heart swells with so many emotions.  On Sunday the 17th, we met at the Cancer Center to begin our journey&#8230;our fight&#8230;our Challenge to Conquer Cancer.  Our bags and gear were loaded into our homes away from home&#8230;Sienna minivans for all except one team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/here-it-is-in-its-entirety/</link>
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		<title>Things I know to be true..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You learn an awful lot when you spend 8 days with 50 people covering 1600 miles through 8 states.  Here is a list of things I now know to be true:  It is always hot in Greenville, South Carolina  Overtired liberal New England Democrats should limit their exposure to overtired Conservative Southern Republicans.  In more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/things-i-know-to-be-true/</link>
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		<title>This Changed My Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four years ago when I attended my first LiveStrong Challenge my life was changed for the better.   I saw how all the participants celebrated life rather than be mad because cancer had ripped away some you love too early in life, seeing the surviors embrace the second chance they were given and seeing the fight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/this-changed-my-life/</link>
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		<title>Being Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing this from the office on Tuesday, 10/26, just after lunch. We are 24 hours back in Greenville, and I&#8217;ve been through dozens of e-mails this AM. I&#8217;m fighting to figure out all the meetings that the automated schedulers think I should attend. But I did manage to pull a few photos off my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/being-back/</link>
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		<title>The Bike. The Cause. The Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was writing this on Saturday night/ Sunday morning &#38; couldn&#8217;t contain my thoughts.  After a couple of days, I think I&#8217;m ready to finish it. Good morning.  I should be in bed asleep recharging to do the Ride for the Roses this morning, but I can&#8217;t sleep.  There is a lot that is on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-bike-the-cause-the-family/</link>
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		<title>The Journey Revisited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today as a C3 team we participated in the Annual Austin 5Kwalk/run. As was the case in the past two years it was a very emotional experinece. Two years ago,in this same event, we took turns pushing Kim Chrane in her wheelchair. Unfortunately, after she battled brain cancer for 17 years. she lost the battle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-journey-revisited/</link>
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		<title>Beach Ball Catching Up: Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Austin: Land of Lance, flushy toilets, real food and boys that say “wow” Apparently, I have fallen asleep in a face plant on the bus bench. We are closing in on Austin, and things are starting to look more civilized. Not that that’s necessarily better. Nothing inspirational about highways and strip malls. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/beach-ball-catching-up-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Beach Ball Catching Up: Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Beach Ball: 3-1+1=3 (4, if you count Felix) WiFi, and chances to get to it, are fewer and farther between, mostly cause it’s the boonies out here (or as Sally called it: Bum F&#8212;) and partly cause as things get weirder and weirder, time to sit and type is hard/impossible to find. But so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/beach-ball-catching-up-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Finished</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the second time, I have completed the Challenge to Conquer Cancer. This year I knew what to expect from the physical portion of the event, but the emotional side is still overwhelming.  I did not expect this reaction form me since I had done this ride before. The response from the people that we meet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/finished/</link>
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		<title>Hard Part Done, Time to Celebrate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are here in Austin after another great adventure.  As you have with anything like this, there are bumps in the road but we all overcame them and we are here with only a few skinned knees and tired eyes.  Team ScottStrong brought the ride home last night arriving around 11:00. The hard work of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/hard-part-done-time-to-celebrate/</link>
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		<title>Finally here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t blogged much this year leaving it all for the newbes to tell the story.  There were so many good times on the bike and in the van.  We had 2 wonderful support people this year.  Kevin and Justina worked magnificant in finding the correct palces to spend the night without having to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/finally-here/</link>
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		<title>The Conquistadors Conquer the Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we are in Austin for the third year.  Our last 6-hour ride covered about 80 miles took us from Huntsville to Caldwell, TX. Congratulations to my entire team. It was a pleasure. My personal satisfaction was meeting our cancer warrior, Jerry Scroggins. I have been communicating with Jerry for a year now and finnal;y [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-conquistadors-conquer-the-challenge/</link>
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		<title>A few words from the mechanic.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have accomplished my primary goal this week of riding part of the trip with each of the five teams. I also accomplished my secondary goal of riding 300 miles in the 4 day trip. Each team has there own unique group of individuals each with there own level of strength and experience. But the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/a-few-words-from-the-mechanic/</link>
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		<title>Bittersweet Thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Team ScottSTRONG As Team ScottSTRONG is driving to our final transition in near Bryan, let me change that to Caldwell, TX we are feeling very bittersweet.  This week &#38; the journey we have taken have been an experience almost too much for words.  We have had a wonderful time bonding with each other and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/bittersweet-thoughts/</link>
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		<title>From the ITOR CRU Team of the 3rd floor GHS Cancer Center:  Yeah to all the riders for your unwavering dedication.  Your passion inspires us as we care for our patients daily! &#8211; Julie</title>
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		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/from-the-itor-cru-team-of-the-3rd-floor-ghs-cancer-center-yeah-to-all-the-riders-for-your-unwavering-dedication-your-passion-inspires-us-as-we-care-for-our-patients-daily-julie/</link>
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		<title>Life is Fluid &#8211; Part 2 &#8211; Gremlins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am now sitting comfortably in the Fairfield Inn &#38; Suites enjoying S P A C E, which has not existed for the past few days. I know I posted more or less a fairwell blog yesterday, but I feel compelled to add another. Our last scheduled ride was to be midnight to 6am today. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/life-is-fluid-part-2-gremlins/</link>
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		<title>Texas Here We Come&#8230;At Least That&#8217;s What We Thought</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a ride&#8230;this has been such an amazing experience&#8230;and so, so many stories, both funny and tear jerking. Family Polka Dot, you are amazing, I&#8217;m writing this almost with tears, knowing that last night was our last night as our team riding together, but our adventure isn&#8217;t over. It&#8217;s such an honor to ride with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/texas-here-we-come-at-least-thats-what-we-thought/</link>
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		<title>giving a shout to the Truckers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all when riding a tiny bike on tiny tires is hard enough&#8230;. add to that fraction, Tired, Sleep Deprived, Emotional, Tense and Rush Hour traffic and These Flippin HUGE TRUCKS HALLING BUTT down these roads with Logs on them bigger then my house! We call this Clenching experiences.  Not just your hands, teeth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/giving-a-shout-to-the-truckers/</link>
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		<title>The Beauty and the Beast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Beauty.  Wednesday moring as we left Jackson, MS, the day met us with dampness and clouds.  This gave way to gorgeous sun as we turned on the Natchez Trace Parkway near Natchez, MS.  After a quick u-turn to backtrack, there were the Conquistadors booking it along and looking strong.  So strong that it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-beauty-and-the-beast/</link>
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		<title>Day 3 on the road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Everyone and to all the patients, staff and family members on the 3rd floor of the GHS Cancer Center!!!  We hope the sun is shining in Greenville and you all are having a fabulous day!! Danielle and Jess here for a quick update of Day 3 on the road (we have to start getting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/974/</link>
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		<title>The Ride, The Challenge, The Emotion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the most senior of the riders I choose not to blog about the scenery, the road conditions, the inconveniences or the various incidents that generate so much laughter. I&#8217;ll leave that to the younger &#8220;electronic generation&#8221;. They do a great job. As we ride in our van for 6-8 hours a day, I constantly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-ride-the-challenge-the-emotion/</link>
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		<title>The Worst of Rides &amp; the Best of Rides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! What an amazing day and ride! It was a tale of two rides. The worst &#38; the best rides we’ve had all wrapped up in one. We started in Ferriday, LA at noon with a great transition from the Conquistadors. We rolled out right on time &#38; were ready for an awesome ride. Well, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-worst-of-rides-the-best-of-rides/</link>
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		<title>Year 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot believe that it has almost been 4 years since Ron and I were at the LiveStrong Challenge in Austin when we met the team, Cancervive.  We were at the 5K downtown and I saw a rather large group of people wearing the same shirts with the big word &#8220;Cancervive&#8221; on them.  I kept [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/year-3/</link>
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		<title>emotions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t realize that our 6 hour shift tonight will be our last shift on this adventure. So different from the ride 2 years ago, yet so much the same. There are such emotions that emerge when you spend such energy. It would be hard for me to conceive what emotions emerge from fighting cancer. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/emotions/</link>
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		<title>Makin&#8217; a Difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yellow, hand baskets, blow dryers, hockey injuries, backseat driving, waffle house, scones, candy, more candy, punchy drivers, nothing to see here, naked buffalos (?), backseat roller coasters, 3 way stop, 4 way stop, JUST STOP, he is ALL yours Robin, beach ball updates, car blogging, blog reading, tunes are too loud in the back, front [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/makin-a-difference/</link>
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		<title>The People You Meet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We finished up an emotional ride last night and are ready for our next adventure tonight from midnight to 6am- which is entirely past my bedtime! As I was preparing for this ride, I gathered all of the necessary gear (because heaven forbid that I get cold or hungry), spent numerous hours riding a bike [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-people-you-meet/</link>
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		<title>Tonight&#8230;Our last shift but not our last fight!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone on the 3rd floor of the GHS Cancer Center, this ride is for you!! It is a beautiful day in Misissippi and we are traveling along in the car to meet Polka Dotay tonight at midnight somewhere in Texas ( I just sit in the way back and get out and ride when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/tonight-our-last-shift-but-not-our-last-fight/</link>
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		<title>due a little break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we are in the van again, heading west to our midnight transition. We again had issues to overcome&#8230; another bike tray failed, and thax means the bike can fly off the roof rack when the van is at speed. SO we hunted a local bike shop go Jackson, miss. WE came up with Indian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/948/</link>
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		<title>Riding into the Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we literally bus the grove to catch the team that is TEARING IT UP- scottstrong is kickin some tail&#8230;. I am thinking about the ride we have ahead of us. I love reading the messages to the team. That keeps us going. We are all tired, stiff, sore and somewhat raw&#8230;. I am looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/riding-into-the-night/</link>
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		<title>Happy to be here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HELLO TO THIRD FLOOR at the CANCER CENTER!!!!  We are doing this ride for so many people&#8230;.and YOU are included!!!  I have been in the treatment center like you are and look where I am now!  So I hope you get to &#8220;ring that bell&#8221; very soon! I was a support driver for this ride [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/happy-to-be-here/</link>
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		<title>Cheese and Nachez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So yesterday we got to ride the beautiful Nachez Trace. We met Team ScottStrong on the side of the Trace just before noon. The weather was absoutely beautiful and warm.  We started out strong and continued. It was a day of several firsts.  I had had my first PB&#38;J.  ( no I wasn&#8217;t a deprived [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/cheese-and-nachez/</link>
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		<title>Hardest Ride of My Life, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who followed the blog last year you may remember my post “Hardest Ride of My Life.” Well, this morning’s ride was part two of that blog. As I said last year, it wasn’t my legs or the pace we were doing or hills we had to climb because our ride was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/hardest-ride-of-my-life-part-2-3/</link>
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		<title>Oh my god did you hear what happened to Dustin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we pulled into transition with the Dots last night everyone came up to me to make sure I was ok. Then when we got off of the bikes with the yellow team they asked the same thing. So here is what really happened yesterday. I was short of breath on the am ride Monday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/oh-my-god-did-you-hear-what-happened-to-dustin/</link>
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		<title>Part 3 “Welcome to the Ham Basket” – Donna &amp; Laurens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 3 At this point in the trip, it would be easy to be, shall we say, cranky. If we were toddlers, somebody would probably be insisting that we nap right about now. After 2.5 hours sleep, Janelle and I rise from our Army-issue style cots (no kidding, we actually slept in a $30 room [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/part-3-%e2%80%9cwelcome-to-the-ham-basket%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-donna-laurens/</link>
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		<title>Part 2 “It’s like a Comedy of Errors” – Heather B.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 Did I mention I just drank a giant highly caffeinated beverage? I should tell I never drink caffeine. Or rarely do I do this. So right away, I have to go. Have you ever noticed that knowing you have no place to go makes you need to? Also, I should tell you—or confess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/part-2-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-like-a-comedy-of-errors%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-heather-b/</link>
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		<title>“If you’re gonna dance, we’ve got to find a different driver. . .so I can watch”  -buddy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Beach Ball back in action. Our apologies for being MIA. Here’s what happened. (I should preface this by saying, we’re running on 2 hours of sleep from last night, we’re currently uncaffienatied, and we’re writing using notes from last night which were scribbled under cell phone light.) Part 1 Rewind back to 4 pm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/%e2%80%9cif-you%e2%80%99re-gonna-dance-we%e2%80%99ve-got-to-find-a-different-driver-so-i-can-watch%e2%80%9d-buddy/</link>
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		<title>A new day&#8230; uhhh   what day is it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so here it is about 10 hours since we gave up the pavement to Team Yellow, and I heard they did great! Way to go.. hope your bare butts are holding up! LOL. Team Blue Agave has a nice break today, as we pick up the quest again tonight at midnight&#8230;&#8230;. another shift in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/a-new-day-uhhh-what-day-is-it/</link>
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		<title>What day is it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Conquistadors are up and on the road headed for Transition to relieve Team ScottStrong. It has just started to sprinkle and I sit here praying ScottStrong is having an uneventful ride &#8211; especially after reading of Blue Agave&#8217;s last rotation (Siddens hope you are ok!). I have no idea what day it is. You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/what-day-is-it-2/</link>
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		<title>Some days you should not get out of bed &#8211; not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose one could say that riding a bike is a lot like algebra. You don&#8217;t know how hard it is until you get into it! Well, perhaps today was a day that Team Blue Agave shoulda stayed in bed! We began by having a health issue with Dustin, and had to take him to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/some-days-you-should-not-get-out-of-bed-not/</link>
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		<title>Polka Dot Ride Update, Day 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three days into the adventure and we started the day thinking we&#8217;d have an easy ride on the Natchez Trace&#8230; we thought this because this stretch of road is virtually flat&#8230; First off, it must be shared that our team actually has 8 riders because we had Perry Lyles riding with us&#8230;  Ironically, true to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/polka-dot-ride-update-day-3/</link>
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		<title>Team ScottStrong continues journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team ScottStrong had a beautiful ride today. As I watched the team working together, pacelining, protecting, I really wished I was out there riding with them. But I have an important role in this operation, and that is logistics and safety. I honorably accept that role. This team has had a great adventure. We&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/team-scottstrong-continues-journey/</link>
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		<title>What can I say</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been no moon on the Natches trace that I know of.  the ride has been awsome.  We did a suprising 80 miles last night on the bikes and I don&#8217;t know how many in the van today.  we are now in Jackson Miss. getting some much needed rest prepairing for our journey tomorrow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/what-can-i-say/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Wow, What a Ride!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello Everyone!! Day 2 from Danielle &#38; Jess.  &#8220;Wow, What a Ride!&#8221; As Team Conquistadors headed down the road at midnight to begin our epic 80 mile journey, the first thing we saw in front of us was a beautiful shooting star and immediately thought of Jeni from all of our training rides as she reminded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/wow-what-a-ride/</link>
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		<title>Just a Piddlin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here we are in Tupelo, MS. Janelle and Kelly reporting in with less sleep than yesterday after making all the transitions through the night! We took on an honorary Beach Ball team member for a bit, Buddy, as he had not slept in 2 days manning the bus and we had to deliver him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/just-a-piddlin/</link>
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		<title>Full Circle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who know me, I never seem to have trouble finding words to express myself&#8230;until now.  I’ve know since we left Greenville, SC that I needed to blog, but I have been unable to find the correct words. Ron wrote earlier about what a difference a year makes.  I couldn’t have said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/full-circle/</link>
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		<title>Polka Dot Life, Day 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hats off to the Conquistadors and Scottstrong for allowing us to get such a great night sleep and sleep in this morning  .. (love you guys).  After an awesome huge breakfast we packed up and we&#8217;re driving to our transition point.  We will have perfect weather and flat roads so we hope to throw it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/polka-dot-life-day-3/</link>
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		<title>Leaving Music City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, everyone! Only have a few minutes before we head out of Nashville and down the Natchez Trace. We have the midnight to 6am shift, which was the highlight of our trip last year. I&#8217;ll try to blog later, but wanted to say hello! It&#8217;s very hard to blog when you&#8217;re driving ALL of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/leaving-music-city/</link>
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		<title>Awake and refreshed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WOW!!! What a little sleep does for you. I gotta try this at home. We arrived at our hotel (Harrah&#8217;s Casino Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi &#8211; really!!!) about 1 am. I was just getting minivan claustrophobia when we saw the lights in the distance. We all instantly felt like the horse seeing the barn! think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/awake-and-refreshed/</link>
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		<title>The &#8220;McLegs&#8221; and the infamous &#8220;LOOP&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, since I have not blogged as much as I would like&#8230;now seemed like the perfect time.  There are no swaying vans or fighting with the 3G network to deal with. Anyways&#8230;some quick things about yesterday&#8230; We had a great second shift last night.  It began at 6pm and we enjoyed some much need warmth and sushine for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/896/</link>
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		<title>TP is in the air&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to personally thank the group of people who found it enriching and self gratifying to decorate our vehicle with this fabulous color of White streamers that flowed around our vehicle. It was a treat to wake up too and frankly hysterical. Bless you for the laugh&#8230;. and when we catch the TP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/tp-is-in-the-air/</link>
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		<title>Shooting Stars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saw about 10 of them on the Natchez Trace this morning. So 2/3 of Team Beach Ball and the Conquistadors got to start the day with ten wishes. That&#8217;s a great start to any day! The weather was beautiful this morning for the transition. No one had to get their rubdown in the freezing cold, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/shooting-stars/</link>
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		<title>Best ride ever!!!!!!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fresh off the bikes (well, maybe the better word is ripe), we are now in the van for likely the duration of the night. Wait! I mean morning! But that is ok because I am feeling great! We knocked off 80 miles when our fearless leader thought we would do well to get 50. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/best-ride-ever/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Nothing&#8217;s Computing&#8221; -Ron J.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Yellow Team rolled into Franklin around 1 a.m., full of McDonalds but missing Donna&#8217;s front wheel. Half of my hair was sticking out to the side when I woke up from my 1/2 night&#8217;s sleep to go work their kinks out. There was a seizing hamstring and lots of shoulder tension going around (among [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/nothings-computing-ron-j/</link>
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		<title>I thought about NASCAR today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not a Nascar fan at all, as a matter of fact I have yet to pull of a conversation with anybody about Nascar that did not make me hate the sport even more. I guess it was the lack of oxygen I was getting to my head or maybe its just something about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/i-thought-about-nascar-today/</link>
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		<title>Good ol rocky top tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Day one is in the books. When I started the C3 training I was not as atttached to this ride like I was last year. I don&#8217;t know what the reason was but it just wasn&#8217;t there for me. But that all changed as I stood infront of the cancer center and introduced my oncologist [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/good-ol-rocky-top-tennessee/</link>
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		<title>have I mentioned how much I wish I was riding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Man this is tough.  I want to be out there on the road with everyone.  I want my legs to be as tired as my head.  This week is always an emotional one for me and this year is no different.  I am really  missing Kim today and at times I have been overwhlemed by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-wish-i-was-riding/</link>
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		<title>Going &#8216;Barely South&#8217; &#8230; like &#8216;kinda pregnant&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all. Kelly here, the 3rd piece of Team Beach Ball. A reminder, our team name comes from the rotating beach ball icon on our borrowed Garmin. Who, by the way, was Aussie Lee today&#8212;British Daniel being not quite British enough for our tastes. Aussie Lee was no kinder than Daniel to us, as far [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/going-barely-south-like-kinda-pregnant/</link>
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		<title>Epic Journey on all sides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi All, this isn&#8217;t Kerrie&#8217; it&#8217;s Sheila. My first time doing an event like this and all I can say is&#8230;.WOW! I felt as though I have spent the last several months preparing, and I did for the ride part of things. I wasn&#8217;t prepared for all the other great things I was going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/epic-journey-on-all-sides/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Team Blue Agave is now done with day 2. We had a really good ride despite some minor setbacks. Renee and Dustin needed a bit of time off the bike&#8230;.. but both were able to get back on and finish. We also had a 20 min delay because of a really bad car crash blocking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/876/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riding along in the car gives you lots of time to contemplate why you’ve decided to participate in a relay bike ride from Greenville, SC to Austin, TX. For me, Danielle and Donna brought up the idea to me last year during the MS Ride. My first thought was something along the lines of “yea, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/874/</link>
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		<title>WT there&#8217;s a spider on my&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh the sweet sound of slap happy worn out cyclists! Quick update from 1/3 of Team Beach Ball here. We are transitioning in Caney Springs TN in a church parking lot, making God proud Blue Agave finally came through on that tequila tip, again making God proud The cows around here are awfully talkative. Perhaps [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/wt-theres-a-spider-on-my/</link>
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		<title>Florence, Alabama-your greenville peeps are here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our first ride down, 3a-6am, from Ducktown, TN to Dayton(not Ohio), TN.  Weather was about 15 degrees warmer than last year. Lots of fun with all my new teammates, except Jeff Berkshire.  He and I are the only remaining riders from the pink team of 2009. It&#8217;s a bittersweet thing not having my peeps from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/florence-alabama-your-greenville-peeps-are-here/</link>
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		<title>Mtns of tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well our day started out with a great restful night of 2 1/2 hours of sleep @ a holiday inn express in Dayton tn. But to be quite honest, I felt prettY rested. We packed all of our stuff the night before just trying to predict just how cold it was going to be. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/mtns-of-tennessee/</link>
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		<title>First shift jitters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Team ScottSTRONG is at our destination for the day &#38; most of the night, we are chillin&#8217; &#38; having fun getting to know each other. Our first shift was a 3 hour shift that had us meeting Team Yellow around Ducktown, TN. Most of us got at most 2-3 hours of sleep last night [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/first-shift-jitters/</link>
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		<title>TeamSCOTTSTRONG  1st day of riding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow after a nice ride to TN. last night with the team and a quick 90 min nap we were off at 1am to find Team Yellow, never thought this day would come and now we need to ride&#8230;so off we went for a brisk(cold and fast to stay warm) ride thru some mountain area for our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/teamscottstrong-1st-day-of-riding/</link>
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		<title>The Heart of an Angel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a send off.  One of the best gifts was having my Dad, Debbie, and the sweet young Elizabeth there to share in our beginning of another years journey from Greenville to Austin. Dad &#8211; the trip without you and Melanie this year joining us this year in Austin will be so different.  I will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-heart-of-an-angel/</link>
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		<title>Unexpected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my first year so I realy had no idea what to expect. On the drive out to Cleveland, TN last night we enjoyed the scenery, the moon, and the chatter among us.  A quick dash into the hotel and a 90&#8242; nap, then back in the van to meet Team Yellow. We were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/unexpected/</link>
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		<title>Polka Dot Ride Update, Day 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[after getting in bed at 1:30 last night, 4 am came very quicky and with a vengence!  After a quick continental breakfast at the hotel we hit the road in the dark at 6 am .. temp was 42 degrees.  After a short warm up, we proceeded to climb 3 mountains.. with the second being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/polka-dot-ride-update-day-2/</link>
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		<title>Polka Dot and the Mountains of Tennesse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Never thought&#8230; never thought that it would be this beautiful. Last year when the team climbed in the appalacians it was soooo freakin cold that I was pulled from the ride. So this year&#8230; this year I was determined to beat the mountains and stick with the team. Well&#8230;. it was more like the team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/polka-dot-and-the-mountains-of-tennesse/</link>
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		<title>Highway 30 Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a beautiful day for a bike ride in East TN. Everyone survived that scary hairpin turn on the descent, whoop! It was wicked just driving it. We traded in our navigator, British Daniel, for Lee the Aussie. He is much more fun to listen to, now we just have to figure out how to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/highway-30-ride/</link>
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		<title>Dang, this is hard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is Chasse hi-jacking the blog) Dang, this is harder than I expected – reading the blog, following on Facebook, watching the map and NOT being with you guys this year riding to Austin!!!!  This is made harder by the fact that a local breast cancer survivor is going to hospice today leaving me as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/dang-this-is-hard/</link>
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		<title>Another Opening Another Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One sift completed with three more to go.  The first shift of the Conquistadors began last night promptly at 9PM on Highway 76, just outside of Clayton Georgia. From here we rode to Hiawassee, GA, Hayesville and then finsihed in Murphy, NC.  Fortunately the weather was much more pleasant than the 28 degree temperatures I remember from last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/another-opening-another-show-2/</link>
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		<title>Life is fluid&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[my, oh, my&#8230;. how life is fluid&#8230;. one thing about the Ride to Austin that is constant: things change&#8230; our transition point will be much closer than we thought. Our teams are a bit behind, but hopefully we can adapt and ride strong today and maybe be part of catching up&#8230;.. but this is NOT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/life-is-fluid/</link>
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		<title>Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Everyone! Danielle and Jess here from Team Conquistadors!  So I&#8217;m sure you are wondering what what the heck the title of our post means&#8230;well 3 hours on the bike heading into the middle of the night we can tend to get a little delerious so Disney movies pop into our heads and of course [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/just-keep-swimming-just-keep-swimming/</link>
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		<title>Finally!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. So, here I am, finally blogging again after a late ride and some good sleep. I’m so very thankful to all of my friends and family for the wonderful support I’ve gotten. Jay, I love you and appreciate all that you are doing so I can take part in this journey. Jason and Scott, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/finally-2/</link>
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		<title>team scottstrong ..riding strong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team scottstrong had a great first shift. We rode under moonlight skies in the brisk cool night air &#8230;. we transitioned with the mellow yellows..they were looking good as we located them on the winding road into tn. We located a transition spot the best we could but releived them just a tad too early. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/team-scottstrong-riding-strong/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Team Blue Agave is up and on the road ready for day two! After a challenging ride in the dark over a couple of hills, we unwound in the van and laughed most of the way to Knoxville, TN. It is so hard to believe that after all of the adventures over the summer that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/826/</link>
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		<title>What a difference a year makes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is still can&#8217;t believe we are here again.  I have been so busy leading up to the ride that I wasn&#8217;t able to enjoy the reason we do this ride.  I was trying to make sure everything was perfectly planned so the ride would go off without a hitch and I kind of lost sight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/what-a-difference-a-year-makes/</link>
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		<title>Gotta love east Tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Dayton TN! British Daniel took us on a back road adventure on our hunt for the Holiday Inn (It definitely took me back to my college days spent in good ole Bristol TN). The counter lady was more than hospitable, giving us her family rate. Now for our ponderment of the day&#8230; how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/gotta-love-east-tennessee/</link>
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		<title>hot legs, cold night and the back roads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am having a hard time watching everyone hop on their bikes.  I really wish i was riding.  I know it is best that I am not but man is it hard to watch everyone pedal off.  Yesterday&#8217;s send off was amazing.  I decided to stay on the bus for the Polka dots first shift.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/hot-legs-cold-night-and-the-back-roads/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to Tennessee, Y&#8217;all</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So our rolling beach ball Garmin icon (thanks to Brian Hill for lending it to us!) has now meandered through South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and now into Tennessee. But oh, the back roads that got us here. And oh, how we trust technology. The Garmin tells us to turn onto an unlined, unlit back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/welcome-to-tennessee-yall/</link>
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		<title>today is now yesterday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[12:33 am. Still not quite to our hotel. My right hamstring is cramping.. ouch! 8 of us stuffed go a Toyota minivan&#8230; but I put it but go perspective. Sore and tired, but I am cancer free&#8230; when I suffer, and hurt, I remember why: to fight this awful disease. Renee and Dustin are living [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/today-is-now-yesterday/</link>
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		<title>Day 1  3 Hours on the Bike  um&#8230;.  uphill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Blue Agave just completed our first shift, 3 hours ( 6 pm to 9 pm).  Meet Team Blue Agave:  Dustin Retherford, Beth Rusch, Renee McCurdy, Jimmy and Heather Brehm, and myself, John Siddens.  We travelled from west Seneca to about 10 miles west of Clayton, Georgia.  42 miles basically uphill.  Did I mention uphill? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/day-1-3-hours-on-the-bike-um-uphill/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we got our first day on the bike out of the way. What an awesome day. Perfect sunny weather! We didn&#8217;t manage to make it the full way to where we where supposed to meet Team 2 to do our transition. But it worked out. Now we are on our way in the van [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/812/</link>
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		<title>Transition Dos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brrrrr! Team Beach Ball reporting from just outside Clayton, Georgia. Kelly is massaging Team Blue Agave (we are hoping for a tequila tip&#8230;) on the side of the road right outside Blackbearcreek Antiques. Hearing some &#8216;honk if you hate cancer&#8217; going on as people drive by, which of course always helps with morale! Probably going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/transition-dos/</link>
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		<title>Ride Report, Day 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s just after 8 pm and we&#8217;re in the van heading to some town in TN  to find a place to catch a little shut eye before we have to get back on the bike at 6 am.  Tomorrow will supposedly be our hardest leg with starting out in the dark and a log of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/ride-report-day-1/</link>
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		<title>team scottstrong begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The send off event was awesome. More than a hundred.spectators gathered to see us off. I was Bentley reminded about the importance of what I was doing more than once during the event. The team is learning about each other learning each others story and connection to the cause. We are all here with open [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/team-scottstrong-begins/</link>
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		<title>Here we go!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow!  October 17th got here a lot faster than I had anticipated! What an emotional send off &#8211; lots of laughs and lots of tears.  What a tremendous honor it is to ride for the Cancer Warriors and Survivors!  The body can do more than the mind thinks it can do&#8230;this statement will echo louder and louder the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/here-we-go/</link>
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		<title>1 transition down, how many more to go?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Beach Ball Team&#8221; checking in. Everybody else has a team name, so why not us, right? This is Kelly and Janelle, and we&#8217;re being guided by British Daniel on the Garmin. Our icon is apparently a Rolling Beach Ball. Who picks these? Found a tractor supply for some much needed noise makers, cow bells! We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/1-transition-down-how-many-more-to-go/</link>
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		<title>A question asked and now it&#8217;s answered&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Christmas time last year a conversation started about C3P3 and how awsome it was to see all the riders leave and work as a team to Couquer Cancer. A question was asked why I didn&#8217;t do it? I replied &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a bike&#8221;&#8230;.a simple answer couldn&#8217;t have changed my life anymore. Kim Shuey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/a-question-asked-and-now-its-answered/</link>
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		<title>Somethings don&#8217;t fit in the bags!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have extra socks, warm clothes for the late nights, summer clothes for Austin and even my favorite comfy sweatpants for the long drives.  It seems like we are ready.  It seems like everything is in place but I know there are a few things missing.  I wish Kim was here to see this.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/somethings-dont-fit-in-the-bags/</link>
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		<title>Ready to roll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polka Dots van is ready, The food is in the van&#8230; and the kids are getting excited. I am not talkin about the kids at home&#8230; I realized last night that it is finally here. I could not sleep. Almost like the first day of school. Hmmmm. Anxiety over the cold and the ride for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/ready-to-roll/</link>
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		<title>Why?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So the day has come and we will shortly embark on a journey to Austin Tx.  Surely, we will all be tested along the way ..  We will have obstacles and challenges to overcome.  &#8220;Why are we doing this&#8221;, you ask?  Simple answer:  Cancer sucks!  We are all committed to trying to do what we can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/why/</link>
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		<title>3rd time&#8217;s a charm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I ready myself for my 3rd journey to Austin I am reminded of the first time we ventured on this ride.  We really had no clue or understanding of what would take place.  When we loaded the vans on that chilly Sunday morning in October, 2008, I was told I packed way too much!!! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/3rd-times-a-charm/</link>
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		<title>The Austin Family!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am very sad that I can not join this team this year as I had planned but I am extremely grateful for this family. Last year my Dad, Barry, met Kim the support manager aka Team Manager and they have since fallen in love and are married as of Friday October 15th 2010. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/the-austin-family/</link>
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		<title>Ready or not, Austin&#8230;here we come!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s here! The P3C3 Ride to Austin begins tomorrow! Well, the actual RIDE begins tomorrow. The preparations have been going on for months. Our team has been riding A LOT. We have all been fundraising, which honestly was harder this year than last. We have been thinking about what to pack and how we&#8217;d get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/ready-or-not-austin-here-we-come/</link>
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		<title>pre trip prep and pep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Packed and repacked twice. Honed down stuff, but dang is my bag full&#8230; guess being,um.. large.. has its downfall! Helped outfit the vans yesterday.. just not sure how 8 people are gonna fit in a Toyota Sienna minivan.. wow&#8230; departure time now 26 hours&#8230; finally getting fired up&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/pre-trip-prep-and-pep/</link>
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		<title>Bridges and Roads without Guardrails</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As my 2009 team knows, I am not a fan of driving/riding on bridges.  This summer, while vacationing in Yellowstone, I was reminded that I am not a fan of being on curvy mountain roads without guardrails.  Can&#8217;t really explain why.  I do know it is getting worse as I &#8230;hmm&#8230;get older.  I can handle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/bridges-and-roads-without-guardrails/</link>
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		<title>HOPEFUL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cancer has a way of spreading fear that can fill the deepest parts of our souls.   How can one person stop this from happening?  I am realizing that it is a simple act of love.  This C3 family that I belong to has more love and shown more love to me that it has proven [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/hopeful/</link>
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		<title>Journey Begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, just days before we head out to Austin. I&#8217;m just now thinking of how to keep everyone posted, as we make this incredible journey.  Oh, and tell them all about the ride too! It&#8217;s been amazing just how much this ride has changed my outlook on life and allowed me to see in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/journey-begins/</link>
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		<title>One Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In just a few days we will all gather on the lawn in front of the hospital.  We will pack the vans, hug our families and smile for the cameras.  There will be about 50 of us heading out to Austin.  When we stand on that lawn we will still be 50 individuals.  Each with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/one-team/</link>
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		<title>5 Days!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a week and half, it will be year that I decided to participate in this incredible journey I am about to begin. The 2009 riders and support had just returned home and I was up late reading through the entire blog. I couldn&#8217;t stop reading or crying or smiling. I was fairly new to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/748/</link>
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		<title>Austin Bound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 5 days I leave on the P3C3 Trip. I am nervous and excited all at the same time. For the 2010 C3 trip, I have volunteered to be what is now called a Team Manager. Team Managers are a required element of making this a successful event. The Team Manager is in charge of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/austin-bound/</link>
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		<title>Wheels up in 60 hours!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I suppose I better get packing.  I leave New Hampshire in 60 hours.  This year&#8217;s journey is going to be different for me.  Last year I rode.  I didn&#8217;t ride fast and I didn&#8217;t ride as far but I was on my bike.  This year things are a bit different.  My body isn&#8217;t cooperating.  Guess I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/wheels-up-in-60-hours/</link>
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		<title>Wow!  A week to go &amp; we are on the way to Austin.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I am writing this, I am almost finished with my commitment of raising over $5,000 to go to ongoing cancer research &#38; treatment programs of GHS University Medical Center, Cancer Association of Anderson &#38; the Lance Armstrong Foundation.  Little did I know that even with several months, this would be such a challenge.  Yes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/wow-a-week-to-go-we-are-on-the-way-to-austin/</link>
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		<title>Has it been a year already?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot believe it has been almost a year since we got off our bikes in Austin after completing another successful Challenge to Conquer Cancer.  Like last year I expect the ride this year to not only be physically challenging but mentally and emotionally challenging.   It is hard not to think about my dad or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/has-it-been-a-year-already/</link>
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		<title>SO HERE I AM AGAIN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, here I am again.  My second Challenge to Conquer Cancer ride&#8230;  why am I here?  Why would I spend my only vacation of 2010 riding a bicycle 2000 miles?  Well, just ask my mom.  Or my dad. Or Carmon Powell.  If you could.  They are just three of the people in my world who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/so-here-i-am-again/</link>
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		<title>If anyone wants to know why we are doing this?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just received this from my son-in-law,  a very gifted musician who plays with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC.  I will be riding for Ken. &#8220;The bass I just bought was owned by Ken, former Assistant Principal Bassist of the ******* Symphony and one of my teachers. He fought melanoma for a year and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/10/if-anyone-wants-to-know-why-we-are-doing-this/</link>
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		<title>Words of wisdom from the man of many moons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So all of you know I have dyslix figers and the spelling is not the greatest.  Oct 17th is getting close.  Will I be ready?  I think so.  for those that are new to this ride you are in for a thrill.  It endedIt ended up last year as not just another bike ride for me.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/09/so-all-of-you-know-i-have-dyslix-figers-and-the-spelling-is-not-the-greatest-oct-17th-is-getting-close-will-i-be-ready-think-so-for-those-that-are-new-to-this-ride-you-are-in-for-a-thrill-it/</link>
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		<title>Countdown&#8230;20&#8230;19&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[18 days left! I can&#8217;t believe all this training over the last several months is slowly coming to an end&#8230;at least for this ride to Austin anyways. There will be many other events, along with several more friends and people we meet along the way. But this is special to me. A &#8220;soon to be&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/09/countdown-20-19/</link>
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		<title>I ride for Scott Shuey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost a year ago I lost a dear friend to cancer, Scott Shuey was a great friend, father, husband and athlete. A year later I have been fortunate enough to be asked by his wife Kim to ride his bike in his honor to Austin, a great honor at that.  I ride for Team SCOTTSTRONG [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/09/i-ride-for-scott-shuey/</link>
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		<title>Getting Ready</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I registered for the ride in March, 2010, I thought how far away it was.  Now with three weeks to go, and the wonderful support of family, friends and professional colleagues, I am ready to start packing.  One more night training ride, and then we are good to go &#8212; I hope.  Forty five [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/09/getting-ready-3/</link>
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		<title>Riding for Bobby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we begin our final preparations and the last of our training rides, I am constantly thinking about family members and friends we ride for – those who are with us and for those who watch us from above. But there seems to be one person I seem to think a lot about lately. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/09/wish-i-could-have-met-you/</link>
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		<title>Thanks friends and family for a great fundraiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Harper and Les Domestiques put on a great fundraiser tonight for myself, Danielle, and Donna. Thanks to all of our friends and family that came out to support us and donate toward the right against Cancer.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/09/thanks-friends-and-family-for-a-great-fundraiser/</link>
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		<title>Getting ready for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The P3C3 team is hustling to raise funds for the ride this year. Last year the trek from Greenville SC to Austin TX was a great success, and all of us on the homefront stayed glued to this blog from sunrise til sunset (and many hours in between) tracking their progress and reading their heartfelt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/09/getting-ready-for-2010/</link>
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		<title>Let the 2010 team hear from you!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Post your messages, wishes, and online love to our riders and support teams. It&#8217;s a long ride, reading your thoughts can make it a little easier for us all! Simply Leave a Reply below for the riders and crew to check everyday.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2010/09/let-the-2010-team-hear-from-you/</link>
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		<title>Thank you to the P3C3 Supporters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 edition of the Challenge to Conquer Cancer is finished.  We completed our journey safely from Greenville, SC to Austin, Texas.  It was an incredible journey that I put into two separate parts.  One part was the riding, the other part was the opportunity for personal growth. As a ride, what else can I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/11/thank-you-to-the-p3c3-supporters/</link>
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		<title>LIVESTRONG TO ME MEANS TO CHALLENGE MYSELF FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another C3 ride has been completed and we all continue to reminisce over the cheers and tears that made the experience so memorable. No one has been more moved by the experience than the group&#8217;s oldest rider, me. Last year, as a support driver, I made a personal commitment that at 70 years of age, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/livestrong-to-me-means-to-challenge-myself-for-the-benefit-of-others/</link>
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		<title>The wierdo in the pink cape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the reason for wearing the Pink SuperHero cape the whole week was because we ALL are Heroes for Hope as it says on the back&#8230;..but it took on many meanings during the trip! As I read Dustin&#8217;s statement that he is not only a cancer survivor but a CANCER FIGHTER I could not stop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/the-wierdo-in-the-pink-cape/</link>
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		<title>One last video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the regrets I have from last week is that I don't have video footage of every team. Ideally, what this project needs is a film production crew to follow it on its journey. Every team could then be involved in the telling of the story.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/one-last-video/</link>
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		<title>Home Sweet Home by Jeni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I slept for 12 hours on Monday to Tuesday morning I woke up only to think Nooooo I really have to get up? I never felt like that on the trip. (well, except the day of the run/walk ewwww) I don&#8217;t sleep much and when I do I sleep hard. During the trip yup [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/home-sweet-home-by-jeni/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Why I Ride&#8221; by Ed Hernando</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For all the hours, weeks and months of training and riding, Future families and friends are saved from suffering. For every sprocket spin and gears a-clicken, The months are extended for the stricken. Miles ridden through sun, sleet and rain, Goes towards numbing the pain. Riding through the night as the pain is rushing through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/why-i-ride-by-ed-hernando/</link>
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		<title>this was only a test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[well, I&#8217;m at the airport waiting to board up and head home. Today was the day I needed. Jerry and I were destroying the pack (3,800 riders) when at the 7 mile point my foot came loose I went to unclip my pedal and the entire pedal fell off! I tried to fix it by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/this-was-only-a-test/</link>
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		<title>Loving it all</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked, "Did you enjoy this year more than last?" Many times this was concerning the route. In answer to that specific question I answer, "Yes!"  The route this year was much more varied and enjoyable.  Sure, the climbing was a little tough in the beginning, but - at least for me - it wasn't any worse than last year. This year, more teams got to experience the joy of climbing!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/loving-it-all/</link>
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		<title>Lars&#8217; Last Comments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi. It&#8217;s Lars, the Towel Boy again (inside joke) having returned to Greenville earlier today. Big Joe, Joey, Jeff and I shared 20 hours worth of driving duties in bringing the bus, bikes and LOTS of luggage back from Austin. I never realized I could contort my body into a 2-wide bus seat in so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/lars-last-comments/</link>
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		<title>Home from Ron Jerina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have not posted since our midnight to six shift and a lot has happened since that amazing night honoring and celebrating the lives of the names of friends and family we were riding for. Our next shift was the 6AM to noon shift on Thursday and we were all very excited that  were finally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/home-from-ron-jerina/</link>
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		<title>Reverse Culture Shock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Nikki and I have been home since Saturday afternoon. Most of that time has been spent resting and trying to top the tanks off to re-enter the normal world. I can&#8217;t believe that the ride has come and gone, and now I&#8217;m watching Facebook and Twitter posts from everybody as they make their way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/reverse-culture-shock/</link>
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		<title>Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big Joe, myself, Jeff and Dennis all arrived home this morning from driving the bus back from Austin. 20 hour&#8217;s straight but it worked out great with all of the extra drivers (it made life a lot easier than last year). I got in some sleep and took the wheel at 3am until about 6:15 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/home/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a beautiful thing&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The midnight to 6 AM shift was challenging in numerous ways…the first of course being that midnight-6 am is meant for sleeping, and the second being that Tropical Storm Rick was threatening rain.  We’d driven through some of it, and Polka Dot had cycled through some of it, but we were under the impression that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/its-a-beautiful-thing/</link>
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		<title>emotional by Jeni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I did not expect todays ride to be this challening. the ride for Roses was today. I had originally signed up for the 90 but my legs left me at mile 4. My awesome team mates JD (my angel), Perry, and Ed pulled off with me at the 65 mile route. It was emtional. Why, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/emotional/</link>
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		<title>Pink Pedal Pushers FinishStrong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we all headed out from the hotel at 5 this morning (no sleeping in late on this trip) to participate in the Livestrong Challenge Ride.  There were about 3500+ cyclists riding various routes from 10, 20, 45, and 65 or 90-mile courses on beautiful but windy day.  The coolest part was getting to ride [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pink-pedal-pushers-finishstrong/</link>
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		<title>I did all of this in a day?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  I thought the ride would be the hard part but come to find out that was the easiest part of the week so far.  I am just coming in from the Lance Armstrong survivor reception (and yes i have great pics).  And I am mentally exhausted and it has nothing to do with the long [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/i-did-all-of-this-in-a-day/</link>
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		<title>Sitting pretty in Pink</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting here in hotel room in Austin staring at Scott Shuey’s bike and trying to process the multitude of emotions from last several days.  Surprisingly one of the reoccurring emotions is one of gratitude.  Even though cancer carries with it the sting of death and suffering, I have experienced and witnessed the personal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/sitting-pretty-in-pink/</link>
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		<title>Finally!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We finished the ride yesterday.  It was awesome to see the survivors and warriors lead us into downtown Austin. This morning we all participated in the 5k walk/run. It was a great walk and awesome to see all of the P3 folks in the bright yellow shirts. RunIn provided those shirts and boy did we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/finally/</link>
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		<title>A Ride To Remember</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay I have dyslexic fingers and spelling is not the best. Just read the lines and not the words and it will all come to you if something is spelled wrong. Sometime earlier this year Megggan sent me an email asking if I would be interested in joining a ride that she new about. She [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/a-ride-to-remember/</link>
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		<title>Last Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning at 10am the 2009 C3 team started for its last ride as the group to accomplish their goal to Austin. We had spent the night about 20 miles outisde Austin in the &#8216;burbs and this was our final leg of the right. First we gather for the group photos, individual team photos, hugs, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/last-ride/</link>
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		<title>The newest member of Team Green &#8211; Rick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our final leg before arriving in Austin adequately fulfilled the definition "epic" - very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary.  Certainly any six hour ride that begins at midnight has the potential of such a description.  However, throw in a tropical storm and you've got reality!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/the-newest-member-of-team-green-rick/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve Felt&#8230;I&#8217;ve Learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a different person today than I was a week ago, a better person. I felt lonely, anxious, curious,  frazzled, frightened, disoriented. These are feelings that cancer warriors, survivors, caretakers feel often. By the 2nd day, I  became part of this &#8220;bicycle family&#8221;. We  cycle not only for fun, exercise, comraderie, to achieve personal goals.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/ive-felt-ive-learned/</link>
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		<title>this ride turned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you in SC have been waiting for me to post about the ride. So I&#8217;m a little slow and I could not remeber the web address for posting. Only this morning Denis told me the short cut. Also excuse the spelling as my fingers are dyslic. If you are reading the posts I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/this-ride-turned/</link>
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		<title>One more day till Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We rode into Austin late this morning. It&#8217;s funny how a just few minutes of a ride can take away all of the negatives of the earlier part of the day. We started in the parking lot of a gas station in the blowing cold rain. It was not fun. I think we all had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/one-more-day-till-austin/</link>
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		<title>Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Polka Dot rolled into Austin last night after rocking another century to pass the baton to Team Green. We got really lucky with the weather last night. As we neared the transition with Team Awesome, we ran into a torrent. The lucky part is it lasted less than 10 miles. Team Green was not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/challenges/</link>
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		<title>Why I did the ride&#8230; Making Sense Out of Nonsense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lots of folks have asked me why I am doing this trip.  My answers have run the gambit from positive to negative from when I initially was asked to do support.  I was a reluctant participant.  I recall an early morning run with my running buddy, Julie, where I was completely convinced and concerned that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/why-i-did-the-ride-making-sense-out-of-nonsense/</link>
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		<title>A Birthday to Remember</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows I love my birthday. Always have. When Chasse was trying to talk me into signing up as support for the Ride to Austin this year, I had all sorts of excuses as to why I couldn&#8217;t do it. One was that it was my birthday week and how could I give up all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/a-birthday-to-remember/</link>
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		<title>Riding Is Easier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lars, the Towel Boy here&#8230;logged on as Renee. This is my first chance to post &#8217;cause it&#8217;s my first opportunity to gather my thoughts in front of a computer. Having been one of the riders last year, I knew what an awesome experience it was to spend so much time on one of those little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/riding-is-easier/</link>
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		<title>Tears in the Rain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can I sum up this experience? All week we have slept very little, drove hours to transitions points, and then geared up for our six hour shifts. Funny how the hours of being upside down were filled with so much laughter, hugs, and memories I will carry with me long after I get home. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/tears-in-the-rain/</link>
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		<title>Everyone can&#8230;Few do!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So it seems like for the most part everyone else has handled the play by play of the last 24 hours.  A quick recap&#8230;.peddle&#8230;praise Renee&#8230;.eat&#8230;stuff yourself in a a van&#8230;.cry like a baby.    I am beat but feel great.  It has been an amazing week.  This P3C3 team is amazing.  Sure we have all gotten [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/everyone-can-few-do/</link>
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		<title>Tickled Pink in Texas!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well everyone has arrived by God’s guidance and grace!!!!!  What a sight to see Laurens leading the Yellow team into the arms of the waiting teams. Tears and pent up emotions flowed and are still flowing……… First thing, word up everyone one for Kim Stancil&#8217;s birthday today &#8211; everyone send her a message! (I think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/tickled-pink-in-texas/</link>
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		<title>Almost there by Jeni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am crying my eyes out. The yellow team just pulled into the parking lot at the Hotel just outside of Austin. Laurens was finally able to ride this morning. She is honestly an angel. She rode in first with her head down I could tell it was very emotional for her. Hell we were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/almost-there-by-jeni/</link>
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		<title>Tropical Storm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a &#8220;tropical storm&#8221; that blew into &#8216;Texas last night&#8230;called Team Awesome.  Our night shift from midnight to 6am started in Huntsville, TX in a light wind and rain, and it would only intensify.  By 3am the rain was blowing in stinging sheets and the wind made holding a straight paceline very difficult.  This was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/tropical-storm/</link>
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		<title>Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a Saturday morning when I was awakened by crying next to me. We were in Austin, TX. We were on a trip that my husband had won for being one of the top P3 Fundraisers. It was in October of 2007. It was a foreign sound [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/family/</link>
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		<title>pink&#8230;.it does more than you think</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ what a ride today.  it started by reading the post by the yellow team that were very cool to see what they had done the night before. then we loaded up to start our transition and god almighty if you could bitch about something our team found a way to do it.The first hour was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pink-it-does-more-than-you-think/</link>
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		<title>The view from the darkside&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we have ridden in the dark&#8230;Every ride&#8230;that tends to skew one&#8217;s perspective just a bit&#8230;so put on you soft, plush eye covers and ride in the dark with me, the Slayer, 69, Big Ron, Rachel, Scotch Tape, Joey the Goatman and my wife&#8230; and see what the darkness has brought to us&#8230;.. Night [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/the-view-from-the-darkside/</link>
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		<title>Give thanks and praises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Family, Friends, and Followers, A quick hello from the &#8220;quiet&#8221; Jerry.  Raining in Huntsville, TX just hours before our next leg.  Had a great meal of Italian and sitting in a crowded Starbucks sipping coffee and blogging away. Almost lost my bike today with a bad skewer connection on the Team Awesome van&#8217;s rack.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/give-thanks-and-praises/</link>
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		<title>Getting close to Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Yellow is within a day of Austin! Last night&#8217;s slog through the LA countryside was actually one of the nicest rides I can remember in years. I dreaded the 12 midnight to 6am shift last year and basically thought it would be the same this year. Not so! The temperature was decent and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/getting-close-to-austin/</link>
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		<title>Better Late Than Never&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m a few days late writing an entry, but I&#8217;ve had a hard time writing since I spend most of my time behind the wheel of our team car! I figure my teammates appreciate the fact that I&#8217;m not typing &#38; driving!  Here I sit in the Hampton Inn &#38; Suite, College Station, TX [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/better-late-than-never/</link>
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		<title>Milt is putting M in teaM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To start I need to let you all know I am beat. That being said please pay no attention to the spelling errors and the emotional rambling. Over the past 24 hours we have had really high highs and some really low lows. We didn&#8217;t get much sleep after our midnight to 6am shift and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/milt-is-putting-m-in-team/</link>
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		<title>In the middle of the night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As one of the medics on this trek down to Texas, my focus has been on the health and safety of the cyclists and working the logistical challenges that accompanies this adventure. Yes, yes; we’re riding on this trip to raise money for cancer research, but I have never had a close family member deal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/in-the-middle-of-the-night/</link>
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		<title>The Green Team &#8211; My view from the bike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Green Team is on the way to College Station, TX. Last night was a great experience. The other rides have been fun, but in the darkness we truly began to gel as a team. We are ready for our last opportunity to ride together this evening. I&#8217;ll be honest, I knew we had a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/the-green-team-my-view-from-the-bike/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not quite sure what day it is or where I am, but I am finally sure about why I am on this adventure. I didn&#8217;t start out the day with a great deal of purpose. It had been a long night. After driving for hours we were so looking forward to some decent sleep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/thoughts/</link>
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		<title>polka dottay prays to keep the rain away&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good Morningfrom Monroe, LA. What   a great nite of rest. Jeni even said I snored last nite when we finally went to sleep. For the first time in my life, I actually had dark circles under my eyes yesterday am and I have never experienced before. I work a lot of strange hours and can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/polka-dottay-prays-to-keep-the-rain-away/</link>
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		<title>The Pink Cape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The pink superhero cape has been in 7 states since Sunday&#8230;.today reaching Austin will make 8. I think people have misunderstood the reason I am wearing the cape. It is not to draw attention to myself as a survivor, it in part is to raise awareness for breast cancer BUT it MAINLY is because of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/the-pink-cape/</link>
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		<title>chomping at the bit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good morning from Alexandria, La! After a great ride on the Natchez Trace in Mississippi, a 7 hour ride to La. and my favorite meal from McDonalds-2 double cheeseburgers, 2 fries and a diet coke, and a good night&#8217;s sleep I am ready to go!  We have had so much fun. Our support team, Kim [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/chomping-at-the-bit/</link>
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		<title>Hardest ride of my life from Ron Jerina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This mornings ride from midnight to 6AM was the hardest ride I have ever done.  It wasn&#8217;t because of the amount of miles we rode because miles were not important.  It wasn&#8217;t because I should have been sleeping at the time of our ride because I was wide wake.  It wasn&#8217;t because of sore, tired [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/hardest-ride-of-my-life-from-ron-jerina/</link>
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		<title>SUNSHINE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our second ride started out again in the early morning hours. Temperatures were warmer than our first session, but it sure felt cold out on the road. It&#8217;s interesting how things progress. On the road you feel for yourself , cold and damp. Then, like a beacon, you look ahead and see Scott&#8217;s bike up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/sunshine/</link>
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		<title>A little help from our friends&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: This is a long one&#8230; but I had to share both parts with you&#8230; Part 1: Hooray for awesome hotel staff! Our first night (Sunday) due to the good heart of the general manager at the Doubletree in Chattanooga, TN we were offered rooms at the employee rate of $29/night.  It may not seem [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/helpfromfriends/</link>
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		<title>Things we learned from the Natchez Trace Pkwy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Green Team&#8217;s 6 pm &#8211; midnight shift&#8230; -Polka Dot WILL meet and exceed expectations&#8230;even if they have a run-in with the law. -Just when you think nothing else can possibly go wrong with Jerry&#8217;s bike&#8230;it does. -Natchez Trace farmers again remind me WHY I&#8217;m doing this&#8230;(see earlier post) -It&#8217;s awfully lonely in the dark [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/things-we-learned-from-the-natchez-trace-pkwy/</link>
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		<title>Green Gobblin Miles &#8211; Lessons Learned Tuesday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1.  The KIA bites&#8230; Either that or it is trying to eat Bo and Jerry. 2. The theme from &#8220;The Natural&#8221; is very dramatic and inspiring when you crank it in the middle of the bayou at mile 70&#8230; in fact&#8230; right now&#8230; somewhere just outside of Natchez, MS some deer is busy carving a bat out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/green-gobblin-miles-lessons-learned-tuesday/</link>
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		<title>Holla from the outlaws Polka Dotta. By Jeni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well if you haven&#8217;t read the blog Wanted&#8230; then you must. JD said it very well. No need repeating the wonder Officer &#8220;Dork&#8221; Maningo who decided to COP and Attitude with the CAUSE. Dude?!! Seriously. I felt my Daddy today. It was a very emotional day for me. I miss him so much. He was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/holla-from-the-outlaws-polka-dotta-by-jeni/</link>
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		<title>WANTED:  The Polka Dot Outlaws!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a beautiful day on the Natchez Trace today.  Team Polka Dot started their shift with a great transition from the Pink team who rocked the trace with a super strong ride.  The weather for today’s ride was perfect and we had help from both Arthur early in the ride and Bob later in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/wanted-the-polka-dot-outlaws/</link>
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		<title>Milestones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bo again impersonating Nikki. We&#8217;re coming to you live from the Sappy Lounge of Team Awesome Mobile Headquarters here in lovely scenic Natchez, MS. Nikki, Meggan and I just completed our first ever Century. We hit mile 100 as we crossed the Mississippi River into Louisiana. For me personally, it&#8217;s a goal I tried to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/milestones/</link>
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		<title>Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I ride in front of my team of riders it makes me cry. I witness ALOT in the rear view mirror as I watch to make sure I am just ahead of them to keep them safe from cars that are passing. A few thoughts&#8230;&#8230; As we passed thru the dark, wet, fog in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/team/</link>
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		<title>Pink Pedal Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barry has logged in finally! It is so awesome to read the blogs of each team and how their rides have gone. I am really honored to be a part of this Pink Team. We have bonded in some serious and funny challenges. The kind of people you can risk your life to help and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pink-pedal-power/</link>
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		<title>Into the dark (again) with my &#8220;Angels&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone I am finally blogging with so much to tell and so little time to give you minute by minute coverage. You have heard from everyone that we rode midnight to 3:00am on the first night and it was the coldest ride I have ever done and I kept praying to baby Jesus whom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/into-the-dark-again-with-my-angels/</link>
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		<title>Warriors, this is for you&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have 8 warriors this year.  This ride is all about you and the people we meet along the way who are waging a war with cancer.  To Susan, Chris, Whitney, Beth, Angie and Murray,  we think about you all everytime we get on the bike.  To Dale McDaris and Scott Shuey, we feel you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/warriors-this-is-for-you/</link>
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		<title>Gettin&#8217; by with a Little Help from My Friends&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boy how things change.  I was supposed to be riding this year. September 2, 2009 marked five years since I was diagnosed with cancer.  On September 5, 2009, the clock was reset.  I have cancer AGAIN.  I hate cancer for making it so I couldn&#8217;t ride with my team when it was SO cold. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/gettin-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/</link>
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		<title>I think today is tuesday&#8230;.ish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ what a ride today!  I went in hoping for 75 miles on the nachez trace trail and  the pink team finished up with 90 and would have gone more.  We transitioned with the white team at 6:00 this morning and we were once again freezing and bundled up (think of the Christmas story kid just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/i-think-today-is-tuesday-ish/</link>
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		<title>Pink Bottoms from the natchez trace trail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pink Team checking in with Pink bottoms from 90 miles on the Natchez Trace baby!!!!!!  What a team with a wicked trim paceline burning up the road!  After our transition with White team (who did fantastic job) during our early 2 hr portion of the shift in the dark, we all noticed that somehow the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pink-bottoms-from-the-natchez-trace-trail/</link>
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		<title>Another first</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I had another first&#8230; I dropped my shorts and peed on the side of the roadm. Not in the woods&#8230;6inches off the roadm. I forgot to mention it earlier and I knew my folks would be proud]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/another-first/</link>
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		<title>High Sally and your frist grade class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can track our Challenge to Conquer Cancer ride at &#8220;www.ridetoaustin.com&#8221;. You can read our blogs at this site. To see our progress, which is updated every few minutes, click on &#8220;route&#8221;. After this click on &#8220;see them live&#8221;. Our team is in Tupelo, MS this morning and we are heading to Winnfield, LA where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/high-sally-and-your-frist-grade-class/</link>
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		<title>YOU CAN DO IT&#8230;..I DID IT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To all of my relatives and friends who supported my eforts this year and particularly to those I honor and memorialize. I DID IT.  Obviously at 70 years old I must admit I was a little apprehensive about having to ride 6-hours, midnight to 6AM.  Riding through the night down the Natchez Trace Parkway, along [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/you-can-do-it-i-did-it/</link>
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		<title>Oh Starry Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! What a night. It was a rough (but good) one for the white team. Jennifer tried to prepare me for the lack of sleep, but I didn&#8217;t believe her! We slept a few hours after our 9-midnight shift, and then we were on the road again. We stopped at the Trek Bike shop in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/oh-starry-night/</link>
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		<title>Roxanne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night temps were much better with a sweet 45 degrees. We will take that. Lots of entertainment along the way from our support vehicles (thanks Jen and Joey for the music mixes) but Ron stole the show with his version of Roxanne. Never saw another form of wildlife from that point on. Now we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/roxanne/</link>
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		<title>moonless night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the previous blog by Kathy was from me. I didn&#8217;t realize I was loged on under her name. Too early in the morning?? for me to think. Again I neither deny nor confirm any actions or acts perpertrated to be by me on the Natchez trail]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/moonless-night-2/</link>
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		<title>moonless night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I neither deny nor confirm any statments about me and some act that was supposedly performed by me. 3 skunks, 2 possums, 5 deer, one bobcat howl, 3 shooting stars, and 60 miles later we are thru the Natchez Trace.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/moonless-night/</link>
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		<title>Video from the Green Team &#8211; Days One and Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for not putting any blog posts up here on <a href="http://ridetoaustin.com" target="_self">RideToAustin.com</a>.  Things can get pretty hectic on the road and I'm doing good to get <a href="http://lowcadence.com" target="_blank">LowCadence.com</a> updated.  However, in order to kill two armadillos with one bicycle tire, I am pointing to yesterday's <a href="http://lowcadence.com" target="_blank">LowCadence.com</a> entry that includes two videos from our first two days on the road.  Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/video-from-the-green-team-days-one-and-two/</link>
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		<title>Maps, Buffets and a full moon!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well what is a girl to say&#8230; White team started out yesterday morning in Chattanooga TN.  We stopped by a bike shop to get something to keep our heads warm.  If you are in Chattanooga check out the new Trek shop.  Ask for Kim&#8230; she will take great care of you&#8230;.  we spent a lot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/maps-buffets-and-a-full-moon/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday 9AM from the scout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good night&#8217;s sleep, hot shower made me a happy camper.  I was reticent the first 24-36 hours until I bonded with the AWESOME Green Team. Thanks  to Jimmy GIBSON (Coach extraordinaire) and Karen Gibson who welcomed me to my first cycling family. I may prefer doing challenging local rides to this.  I&#8217;d like to train [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/tuesday-9am-from-the-scout/</link>
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		<title>Pink Eyes in Tupelo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not red eyes but  &#8221;pink&#8221;, not from infection or alcohol (sigh) but from lack of sleep and overexposure to moon and van light.  Well Kim woke us up at 2:30 after returning from her 1:30 pre-driving work-out. Now we are fumbling and packing and starving but ready to ride! Pink out early!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pink-eyes-in-tupelo/</link>
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		<title>Fighting the pain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I crashed&#8230; and it was only 10 miles into our ride&#8230; it was painful, I was royally pissed (not very awesome of me) and wasn&#8217;t sure if I&#8217;d be able to ride today.  I woke up this morning in a place that is like home to me&#8230; raised my arm and shouted to Bo, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/fightingthepain/</link>
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		<title>Its not easy being Green&#8230; lessons learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lessons learned today: 1. You can lock the wheels up on a 10,000 lb bus&#8230; and it won&#8217;t produce excrement in Jerry&#8217;s shorts. 2.  Broken speedometers have friends&#8230; broken odometers, missing road signs, and roads that don&#8217;t exist on GPS. 3. Missing bikes create coaching opportunites for team members that wouldn&#8217;t have been possible otherwise. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/its-not-easy-being-green-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<title>Doin&#8217; it for Dad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometime after October of last year, an early morning run conversation with Ron, Kerrie &#38; Lisa revolved around the Challenge to Conquer Cancer 2009.  I expressed that I didn’t know if I could commit to it because it was such a huge time commitment…and Ron’s words to me were… &#8220;if you wait for the perfect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/doin-it-for-dad/</link>
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		<title>Team Awesome Hits Our Stride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bo here posting as Nikki in the hopes that some of you will actually read this if you don&#8217;t know it&#8217;s me. Team Awesome is holed up in Tupelo, MS for the night, trying to stay up late so we can be on a good schedule for tomorrow&#8217;s 6-midnight shift. Today could not have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/team-awesome-hits-our-stride/</link>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a Bad Moon on the Rise by Ron Jerina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ron and team yellow here.  We just came off our 6pm – 12am shift.  Weather was much better than last night but it was still cold.  We transitioned with Team Green in Columbia, TN after they turbo’ed it on their shift.  It was sunny and 64 when we left and within an hour the temperature [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/theres-a-bad-moon-on-the-rise-by-ron-jerina/</link>
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		<title>we are staying strong by Jeni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the polka dot team is resting tonight. It has been a long cold day but we are ready for a warm great ride tomorrow. Looks like it will be close to 70 when the polka dot team rides out. I cant tell you how much I love doing this ride. This is such an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/we-are-staying-strong-by-jeni/</link>
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		<title>Pokla Dot Team Climbs Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was a tough day with the cold weather and the climbing that we had to do. It was 30 degrees when we began. At the top of the first climb it was 27 degrees with a four mile decent. Tough as it was today&#8230;I am told it is a cake walk compared to one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pokla-dot-team-climbs-today/</link>
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		<title>Team Polka Dot earns their Dots!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team Polka dot rode the first 6 hour shift of the Challenge to Conquer cancer today.  We transitioned from the Pink Team who had done a great job in some very cold conditions.  They looked relieved to be able to get into some warmth.  We (as a group) are slightly behind the planned itinerary, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/team-polka-dot-earns-their-dots/</link>
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		<title>Off we go&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it is almost time to get ready for our midnight to six ride. I was really mentally struggling with this when I realized I&#8217;m only facing six hours of fear and uncertainty. How do our warriors, and all others with the dreaded diagnosis face each day? How do Jessica and Christi not obsess on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/off-we-go-2/</link>
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		<title>where&#8217;s the caboose?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is milt from the white team. we are in Collinwood Tenn. it&#8217;s a samll community off the Natchez Trace. The white team is trying to get some rest in the car and in the store where we are camped out. Don&#8217;t think the temp will be as cold tonight as last night. Not really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/wheres-the-caboose/</link>
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		<title>Support Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While we are ones on the road and in view of everyone who passes us by, this would not be possible without two people &#8211; Kim &#38; Jessica our Team Pink support people. These two ladies spent the past 18 hours or so in our team van. While we are sleeping, they are taking care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/support-team/</link>
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		<title>Family Touring Re-visited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, this is my first blog after being pestered to do this for weeks now!  Here we are in Tupelo, MS &#8211; ANOTHER Stancil family story to tell since so far, my sister lived in Chattanooga and my brother lived near Tupelo and I&#8217;ve been pretty familiar with parts of our route.  Everyone on Team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/family-touring-re-visited/</link>
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		<title>hi from Kerrie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the delay in posting!  On the road since 830pm Sunday night.  Met Chasse and Kim in Anderson for breakfast before we hit the road to somewhere in Murphy, NC for our 3am-6am bike ride.  We drove until 215am to find a good transition spot for the yellow team.  We kept noticing the temperature [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/hi-from-kerrie/</link>
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		<title>First night out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As some of you know, I have had major woes with my bike. Kept dropping chains, wouldn&#8217;t shift, you name it, it would do it and not correctly. Well, we found there was a problem with the manufacture of the frame. With only 2 weeks to go, Cannondale was notified of the problem. I let [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/first-night-out/</link>
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		<title>Pink Ice on Bikes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pink Team finally checking in after 36+ hrs without sleep, 18 hrs riding in van, 3 hrs of bike riding, now with full bellies and checked into a hotel in Tupelo, Mississippi.  Our bodies have finally thawed out but now our minds are frozen shut.  Our ride began in somewhere in a TN park, ask [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pink-ice-on-bikes/</link>
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		<title>6 people one computer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So this morning I logged in as Mike. Imagine his family&#8217;s confusion when he started quoting country songs! Oops. Sorry Mike. The White Team is on the road to the TN AL line. We are hoping that everyone has a safe day on the bikes. So far there have been a few scares but everyone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/6-people-one-computer/</link>
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		<title>A night of Willie Nelson Songs!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a beautiful morning in Chattanooga TN. I fell like I am l living a country album.    I had Georgia on my mind as we got back on the Road again&#8230;..  Then I watched as the TN mountainside kept rolling by.   Today we should be heading down to Mississippi (oh we are up to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/a-night-of-willie-nelson-songs/</link>
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		<title>Another opening another show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the hills of northern Georgia where the Appalachian Trail crosses Highwayn 76, the White team )Joe, Milt, KAthy and Judy began their first leg of the Challengte to Conquer Cancer. We were all bundled up to brave the 30 degree temperature. Of we went into the darkness of night in honor of and in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/another-opening-another-show/</link>
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		<title>My feet grew in the cold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ron here from Team Yellow.  After the amazing send off from the Cancer Center we made our way down the road to our first transition spot.  We stopped at Mellow Mushroom in Clemson to fuel up and was joined by Kevin, Lisa, Renee and Dennis.  We had a great time then packed back in our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/my-feet-grew-in-the-cold/</link>
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		<title>Front Loading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is team Awesome coming to you live from Sunny Chattanooga where I got us &#8220;da Phat&#8221; hook-up with da-Doubletree (where I lived for nearly 10 months in the past 2 years).  Eating a nomalicious breakfast and getting ready to take on a new day.  Looking forward to it&#8230; Yesterday however was a whole different [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/front-loading/</link>
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		<title>done and safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are safe and getting warm! We will write more about team yellow tomorrow. We need some sleep!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/done-and-safe/</link>
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		<title>Getting Some Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday night Monday morning. Well my team finished their first ride today at midnight. I am so proud of their effort. I think it was everyone&#8217;s first real night ride and to boot it was 32. So far I think I am most moved by Scott&#8217;s bike. He was one of our Warriors, even had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/getting-some-experience/</link>
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		<title>Off We Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! What an amazing send-off. Standing in front of the Cancer Center surrounded by family and friends, it was hard not to be totally overcome with emotions. I could&#8217;t hug my children enough. I could see the pride in their eyes. That alone makes all the struggles worth it! My diva girls were right there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/off-we-go/</link>
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		<title>Let the Journey begin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those emotions I was talking about… somehow, I was able to keep control of them as we departed from GHS Cancer Center this afternoon.  I was deeply honored by many of my friends who came to see us off this afternoon.  As the riders lined up with the warriors in the front, followed by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/let-the-journey-begin/</link>
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		<title>Anticipation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 10:30 and we are in Murphy,NC- at the McDonalds. We tried to sleep in front of a pharmacy with a Pilsbury Dough Boy in the window, but it didn&#8217;t take long before everyone was giggling. Our team has the midnight to 3am shift. It is COLD- 33 degrees. Joey brought lots of warm jackets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/anticipation/</link>
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		<title>Pink Team checking in!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we are currently sitting in the IHOP in Anderson,SC.  Carbo and caffeine loading!  Jumbo hot chocolates abound! Will squish,trust me, it is only word appropriate to descibe how we all fit in our van! Once squished, will drive up the mountain to near Murphy, NC &#8211; where we think we will transition to start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pink-team-checking-in/</link>
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		<title>Blog, Blog, Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the yellow team here- We are in Seneca headed for our transition point. We are well fueled after our dinner at Mellow Mushroom. We tried to have a Fat Tire Beer, but Anderson doesn&#8217;t serve alcohol on Sunday. Our team has 8 members this year. Ron Jerina, Beth Rusch, Tedd Garner, Joey Sullivan, Robin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/blog-blog-blog/</link>
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		<title>And they&#8217;re off!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was the send-off for the riders on the trip. Great sunny brisk day, and lots of family, friends, and love at the send-off. Long live P3C3, and may the donations and efforts of everyone involved find it&#8217;s way into the lives of thousands of cancer warriors and inspire all! You can keep track of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/and-theyre-off/</link>
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		<title>It seems like i have something to do today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[T minus 2 hours until we meet at the Cancer Center for the big send off.  I know I should have gotten way more sleep last night but I feel like an eight year old kid on Christmas eve.  What a difference a year makes.  Who would have thought last October I would be a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/it-seems-like-i-have-something-to-do-today/</link>
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		<title>The journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we are, just hours away from our departure.  Like others, my bags are packed, the bike is ready (almost &#8211; have to mount my new tires), the bills are paid, the neighbor is going to keep an eye on my cats and my house.  There isn&#8217;t much left for me to do before I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/the-journey/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s show time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe a year has passed since we left on the inagural Ride to Austin.  New faces, old face, miles of training, pain, laughing, crying, fundraising, loss of friends, remission have all beeen a part of this year.  We have a great group of folks participating again this year and I am looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/its-show-time/</link>
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		<title>Getting Ready</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well we are finally in the final steps of getting packed and ready. The van sure seems small for the six of us for four hardish days, but I am going to have to get myself away from my comfort zone of always wanting things to be the way I want them and deal with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/getting-ready-2/</link>
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		<title>Are we ready?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was a pretty fun day. I took the day off from work to help with the van shuttle. Seven of us went down to Atlanta to pick up the vans this morning and many people showed up to help out with final prep of the vans. It was a long day, but very fun. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/are-we-ready/</link>
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		<title>Who Rocks the party??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Look out Autin&#8230;P3C3 is ready to ride!   I am so happy to finally know what face goes with what name.  Spending the day with my some of the other riders was just awesome.   The vans are all here in Greenville, the racks are in place, the decals are on and the beer is on the bus&#8230;. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/who-rocks-the-party/</link>
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		<title>Here I Go&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m Judy, better known as Ron’s sister, and I’m on the white team. I don’t know many of the folks on the P3C3 team. I didn’t do many of the training rides. I’m significantly slower than most of them, and frankly just can’t keep up! But here I am. Almost ready to go, and now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/here-i-go/</link>
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		<title>From our 2008 Warrior</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the departure date approaches I know the excitement is building and last minute preparations are being made as I have been following all the emails from the beginning and will follow your blogs along the way.  I can’t wait to read all the new experiences. I just wanted to say for those of you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/from-our-2008-warrior/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why am I doing this crazy ride again this year?  Well, I am not a great cyclist or athlete, I can’t stand to ride when it is less than 50 degrees, I have tons of other commitments between work, husband and three kids.  I had felt trained until 2 weeks ago when I got a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/330/</link>
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		<title>To the survivors and warriors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MAY YOU ALWAYS FEEL LOVED May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand. May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with optimism and courage. Always know that there are those whose love [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/to-the-survivors-and-warriors/</link>
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		<title>Words of encouragement &#8211; this cause is a grand one&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear P3C3 Team, I wanted to take a few minutes to plant a few thoughts with each of you before the upcoming journey to Austin. First, I want to thank each of you for amazing experience I have had while just entering the world of road cycling. You are an amazing group of people who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/words-of-encouragement-this-cause-is-a-grand-one/</link>
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		<title>Can It Really Be Time?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot believe it&#8217;s almost time to begin our incredible journey from Greenville, SC to Austin, TX.  Yet, here we are&#8230;fundraisers done, $7500+ raised, plans for our 2 girls for the 8 days we&#8217;ll be gone, and pure excitement in our bones.  The past few months have already been&#8230;EPIC &#8211; to steal a word from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/can-it-really-be-time/</link>
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		<title>From our Warrior &#8211; Angie Suttles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just Two Words As I was searching my heart for just the right words to say to you guys for this incredible commitment and display of strength, I just kept coming back to two simple words. Nothing extravagant or powerful, nothing glamorous or well-rehearsed, not a well-written quote with great punctuation, not a poem with a beautiful rhyme or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/from-our-warrior-angie-suttles/</link>
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		<title>The Caboose on this Train</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8221;S here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost time to go!!! I haven&#8217;t washed or packed. maybe I have all my stuff. What do I need?? Did my dog chew up my last pair of gloves?? Been working on the lights an batteries. I have been riding on my own lately with an 80 mile ride and a 40 mile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/the-caboose-on-this-train/</link>
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		<title>2009 Ride to Austin is growing near</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I can honestly say that I am not in the best shape. I have a nagging back injury. The cold rainy weather has my joints hurting and to top things off I really do not like to climb (unlike some of the other members of this ride to Austin)&#62; I must ask one question [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/2009-ride-to-austin-is-growing-near/</link>
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		<title>Words from the &#8216;senior citizen ambassador&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can’t believe that in only five (5) days we’ll be off on the second annual Challenge to Conquer Cancer Bicycle Relay to Austin Texas. As the senior citizen ambassador of the riders (for those I haven’t told…I’m 70) I dedicated this past year to getting in both mental and physical condition to be a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/words-from-the-senior-citizen-ambassador/</link>
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		<title>Pink Yellow White Green Polka Dot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t matter what team you are on.  What color you are.  The Challenge is just a few days away.  I am sooooo excited to be surrounded with the best type of people.  People who want to make a difference.  Making a change in this world for those who are fighting or praying for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pink-yellow-white-green-polka-dot/</link>
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		<title>A Brand New Journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had lunch with Anne Garner my fellow support driver for YELLOW today. We were kind of going over things: logistics, things to pack, how we will stay in contact and who wants to drive the bus. (Thankfully we&#8217;ve got help there.) Strangely, I am the ONLY returning driver this year. Some people are looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/a-brand-new-journey/</link>
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		<title>I think I&#8217;m in denial&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have spent many years avoiding serious emotional expression.  I have insulated myself against almost anything.  Almost any event that happens, I have found a way to shield myself from the real emotional effects of it.  Nothing really gets to me&#8230;.at least until I got involved with the Challenge to Conquer cancer. When I began, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/i-think-im-in-denial/</link>
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		<title>The List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow… That’s all I can say. A few weeks ago Bo and I had not raised $5000 of our $10000 goal.  We were trying to figure out which one of us would stay home.  We made this commitment to honor the memory of our friend David and it was absolutely killing us to think that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/thelist/</link>
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		<title>My bags are packed.  I&#8217;m ready to go&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow I leave NH in less than 40 hours.  I am beyond excited.  This has already been an amazing journey and I haven’t even left home yet.  It was 4 years ago yesterday (10/12) that I lost my left lung.  I needed help walking up a flight of stairs after that never mind riding my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/my-bags-are-packed-im-ready-to-go/</link>
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		<title>Her Face Lit Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I went to visit with my Aunt Mary Ann at the hospital.  She has been given the harsh news that no person should be given.  She tells me that she has a “mean cancer” that would take a miracle to cure.  She believes in miracles.  I believe in miracles.  We talk about fond [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/her-face-lit-up/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t wait!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was showing my son my teams maps this morning.  I told him that on Fri we would all officially ride into down town Austin and I all of the sudden got choked up!?  I asked that he keep up with us on the blogs/maps and send me messages.  I don&#8217;t think he can realize [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/cant-wait/</link>
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		<title>Less than  week to go!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, who would have believed how quickly the last few months would pass. It was less than 3 months ago I promised to become a fundraiser and rider for the Challenge to Conquer Cancer. At the time, I was quite terrified of the prospect of raising $5000 in support of the Palmetto Peloton Project. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/less-than-week-to-go/</link>
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		<title>11 days Wow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am the lucky one.  The healthy one.  The one with a family. The one with friendships that last a life time.  Why?  Why is that I can be so lucky?  Why am I given more chances then others?  What is it that drives my heart into the ground everytime I find out someone has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/11-days-wow/</link>
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		<title>Pull me Scott!  From Chasse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend, Scott Shuey, just died less than 12 hours ago, today October 5, 2009 after his courageous fight with lymphoma.  Scott was only 45 years old.  Scott was a Christ follower, devoted husband, devoted father and one heck of a cyclist and runner.  I rode in his honor last year and he had planned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/10/pull-me-scott-from-chasse/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to 2009!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The riders and support team are gearing up for the trip this year, and everyone is busy raising money! Do your part to help us out here » This site is being updated right now with more current information. Please be patient with us! Sponsors and archived posts from last year are in the area [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2009/09/welcome-to-2009/</link>
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		<title>Hi everyone!  Just wanted to say one more thank you&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those medics David P., Reuben H., and Keith H., what troopers you were.  You guys spent more time on your shifts than you were supposed to.  Arthur (I don&#8217;t know your last name), our bike mechanic from Great Escape, I think stayed on the bus the whole time&#8230;..you are the bomb!  Ric Shepard who was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/hi-everyone-just-wanted-to-say-one-more-thank-you/</link>
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		<title>Keith H. and I rode with Lance on Sunday&#8230;&#8230;..or did we?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My last post and then back to the business of my clients at Greenville Therapeutic &#38; Prenatal Massage in Greenville. Hi Austin gang and all the followers who cheered us on as we made our way through to Austin. First and foremost, I want to thank each rider whom I had the privilege to work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/keith-h-and-i-rode-with-lance-on-sundayor-did-we/</link>
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		<title>P3C3 Week in Review Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re back! &#8230; but there are lots of memories. Perhaps this little collection of clips will help keep those memories alive until the next ride. Right now, I just want to enjoy my family!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/p3c3-week-in-review-video/</link>
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		<title>Riding with Lance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can also read about my experience during the ride here.  What a great week!  Now we&#8217;re all headed out tot he airport to fly home.  I&#8217;ll miss you guys!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/riding-with-lance/</link>
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		<title>The Finale in Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, well.  What a week.  I am sure you will hear lots of that from my fellow P3C3 members!  Yesterday, I cheered for the runners in the 5k..  but today I took up the challenge and rode the LiveStrong Challenge, despite my sore legs and sore butt and sore neck and sore back and sore [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/the-finale-in-austin/</link>
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		<title>LiveStrong Challenge 5K Run</title>
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		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/livestrong-challenge-5k-run/</link>
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		<title>Sore Tale Finished in Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     We participated in the LiveStrong Challenge bike ride this morning, what a great way to end an incredible surreal week.  We had options of riding 10, 45, 65 or 90 miles today – I had signed up to ride the 65 mile loop but my cramping calves said otherwise, so I rode the 45 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/sore-tale-finished-in-austin/</link>
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		<title>Austin and LiveStrong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arrival into Austin was satisfying if not elating..  Austin is a very nice city thus far.  I enjoyed our short trip from our arrival hotel to our host hotel (Embassy Suites). We rode two by two (as you can see by Jon&#8217;s video) and were led by two reps of the LAF.  We even had a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/austin-and-livestrong/</link>
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		<title>P3C3 arrives in Austin</title>
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		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/p3c3-arrives-in-austin/</link>
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		<title>I Think I&#8217;m in Austin Toto?&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the time has come that I think I am coherent enough to write.  So here goes.  If I start to ramble and babble, I have been doing that for 6 days now so please forgive.   I am still missing so many hours of sleep that I am a little loopy.  Massage therapy is something that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/i-think-i-in-austin-toto/</link>
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		<title>Is too much love a bad thing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had so much love flowing through this site we broke it. I had to administer CPR, and we got er back online. Keep the love coming, too much LOVE is no longer a problem (online that is). Sorry for the inconvenience!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/is-too-much-love-a-bad-thing/</link>
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		<title>I am not ready to stop riding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team 3&#8242;s final shift is here.  The 12 midnight to 6am shift that has been dreaded by all.  I love to ride my bike but I was not looking forward to this ride.  It was cold, very windy and a chance of rain.  As we got out of the van and I put all the clothes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/i-am-not-ready-to-stop-riding/</link>
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		<title>Researcher meets Recipient&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Keith called to tell me that he made it Austin with the cyclists and that they were just as jazzed (if not more) after the ride as they were starting out on the ride, I opened my email and found an incredible surprise awaiting me. This is one of those moments that as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/researcher-meets-recipient/</link>
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		<title>Dance in the Rain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life is not waiting for the storm to pass…  It is learning to dance in the rain!   This has become one of my favorite inspirations because to me it not only depicts the way I have come to view life, but it is also the way I have chosen to deal with cancer. These [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/dance-in-the-rain/</link>
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		<title>Hello Austin &#8211; We Have Arrived</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my first post since the ride started 5 days ago but will not be the last because there are so many amazing emotions and stories to share. First of all, I want to say thanks to all of the support people (drivers, medical, mechanics and especially the massage therapist (my wife)) who &#8220;rolled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/hello-austin-we-have-arrived/</link>
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		<title>Austin and a full tummy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#8217;m back.  My tummy is full, thanks to the Iron Cactus&#8230;. which was invaded by 25 &#8211; 30 hungry, thirsty cyclists and support personell.  And they came through in outstanding fashion.  Thanks to Amy, the lone bartender/waitress/go-getter.. she handled us with aplomb and efficiency.  THanks to the manager, who gave us 10% off our bills.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/austin-and-a-full-tummy/</link>
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		<title>More video from Team One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Joey for doing our blog entries for us (Team One). If you would like, you can see my blog entries at GreenvilleOnline.com.  You&#8217;ll find Joey&#8217;s are more interesting. :: Challenge to Conquer Cancer Ride &#8211; Team One Day Two :: Challenge to Conquer Cancer Ride &#8211; Team One Day Three]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/more-video-from-team-one/</link>
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		<title>Emotions on the ride to Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those that know me,  I don&#8217;t usually write or discuss my feelings.  But I feel this is a time it needs to be done.  We have just completed our trek to Austin.  Team 4 was fortunate enough to have the last leg into Austin. Throughout our ride we had a cancer survivor.  What a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/emotions-on-the-ride-to-austin/</link>
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		<title>Arrival DAY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We arrived today in time to see the team 4 make their way into the parking lot at the Fairfield inn.  All the teams were there and everyone seems excited. It has been a fantastic trip out here, luckily all went well and the things that did not got solved quicky. Team 1 just did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/arrival-day/</link>
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		<title>Van Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people are dazed and confused when we tell them we are riding from Greenville, SC to Austin,TX. We agreed that it took a second for us to get our arms around the concept. We ride 6 hours on our bikes(human powered bikes) and have a fair amount of time in the van after we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/van-life/</link>
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		<title>Sore tale ends in Austin!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, today was tough for me, it hurt physically.  Shed a lot of tears today and they were not all tears of joy or gratitude.  We started at 6 AM this morning and it was windy, dark , cold and HILLY.  Rene and Ron joined us from team 3 today which was great.  I guess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/sore-tale-ends-in-austin/</link>
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		<title>Austin will never be the same</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The challenge to conquer cancer has arrived.  I escorted teaam 4 to Austin, TX.  We arrived at the hotel at 12:30 EST.  WOW!!!!  It feels so good to have accomplished this!  We were greeted by the other teams that were already on location.  What an awesome feeling!  After everyone shared tears, hugs and congratulations, we took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/austin-will-never-be-the-same/</link>
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		<title>AUSTIN, TEXAS  TEAM 4 BRINGS IT IN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TEAM 4 HAS ARRIVED.  AUSTIN, TEXAS.  300 MILES UNDER OUR BELTS.  1500 MILES FROM GREENVILLE.  ARRIVING TO A WONDERFUL, CROWD OF CHEERING PEOPLE.  ALL THE EMOTIONS&#8230; THE FEELINGS&#8230;.. THE TEARS&#8230;.. THE SMILES&#8230;.  THE TIRED LEGS.  THE SORE BUTT.  BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.  WHAT A RUSH. I planned a nice long blog, but my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/austin-texas-team-4-brings-it-in/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not here to talk about bushes, roadkill, gravel roads or cold weather.  Let me say congratulations to everyone.  Welcome to Austin, Texas.  You are all truly an inspiration to your individual and collective causes. AMEN.  Talk to you later.  King Joe]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/welcome-to-austin/</link>
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		<title>Correspondence from a Texan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this email from someone you met, thought I&#8217;d post for all&#8230; I enjoyed visiting with p3ride group as they rode through Bastrop today Conne McMahan In Beautiful Cyclist Friendly Bastrop, TX She also took some pics for us, they&#8217;re posted with our other pictures on flickr.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/correspondence-from-a-texan/</link>
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		<title>serenity and madness!Team 1 again!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So before our ride Ronnie J calls to say we need to slow it down some, we are a bit ahead of schedule and we can take it easy. So as we link up with Team 5 we have the feeling it will be a nice easy day. Team 5 has pushed into TX and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/serenity-and-madnessteam-1-again/</link>
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		<title>No Fear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was the most memorable ride of my life, and I have my entire team (Kerrie, Laurens, Crystal, Joe, Tom, and Keith) to thank for it. After the mess of the last ride (the midnight-to-six ride in which I had to get in the bus for the last hour) I was really discouraged. I wondered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/no-fear/</link>
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		<title>Team 5 Wont Back Down&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;I wont back down, no I wont back down&#8230;.you can stand me up at the gates of hell, and I wont back down!&#8221;  We all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-5-wont-back-down/</link>
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		<title>Report from the Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[team 4 here.   We are in Brenham Tx.  We think this is very close to the next transition at 6 am in the morning. The team is looking forward to the FIRST day time ride since we started our journey.  We are also very excited because we get to represent the P3C3 group as we enter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/report-from-the-road/</link>
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		<title>More sore tales from the road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wahoooo, I just soaked in the hot tub (no spa available), used some energizing shampoo in the shower and I am ready to go!!!!!!!!!!!  Go eat that is and maybe drink a much over due beer.  Not bad for having been awake for over 28+ hours.  Riding 6 hours every other day is one thing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/more-sore-tales-from-the-road/</link>
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		<title>Voices of Support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We rode today from Oberlin, LA to right outside Bon Weir, TEXAS! We were scheduled to ride 60 miles and end in Merryville, LA. We all felt so great and had such a great pace we started thinking how close we were to Texas. In racing, I often see riders with radios so they can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/voices-of-support/</link>
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		<title>Hello from Kerrie!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you use the entire 24 hours in a day for activity, you tend to forget what the actual day is.  That is what is happening to me.  We rode Sunday 9 PM-12AM and Mon (actually Tues morn) midnight to 6am.  I called my husband after the last shift and he had to convince me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/hello-from-kerrie/</link>
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		<title>Team 4 glides through the still of the night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hmmmmmmm&#8230;  no sleep for 28 hours seems a lot, but, as I am (or was!) relatively used to it being a doctor and all&#8230;  things seemed to have fallen in place quite nicely.  Our shift of Midnight to 6 am was a shift that I dreaded.  My butt hurt, my back ached, and I wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-4-glides-through-the-still-of-the-night/</link>
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		<title>The Long Stretch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It felt like the old days&#8230;staying on top of details, going without sleep for more than 18 hours&#8230;now I remember why I can’t do that anymore! I was on the bus serving as navigator from somewhere east of Mobile to the west of Baton Rouge&#8230;and looked forward to flopping in a hotel for rest! Hey&#8230;a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/the-long-stretch/</link>
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		<title>Support Team, Represent!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A little &#8220;whoop, whoop&#8221; to my fellow brothers and sisters for being there with me on this journey.  If I knew how stressful this would be, I&#8217;m not sure I could say I would be here right now!  It really has been amazing though.   You know, writing a check for $5K to a great cause [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/support-team-represent/</link>
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		<title>Rough roads + no Waffle House = Grumpy Ron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The day started out beautiful.  I woke up in Pensacola, Fl next to my beautiful bride, had a great free breakfast, stuck a toe in the ocean even though I hate the beach (sorry boys, I did not get any shells)  and packed the car to Nowhere, LA.  Our journey to Nowhere, LA for our 6pm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/rough-roads-no-waffle-house-grumpy-ron/</link>
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		<title>Team 2 &#8211; Schlitz and Giggles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the life of team 2 Yes, we were late again to transistion &#8211; but who needs six hours anyway?  I pulled the whole team the whole way &#8211; go me, go me&#8230;&#8230;..  (OK Dana is typing this and made it up) Got going somewhere in LA, and kept going somewhere else in LA.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-2-schlitz-and-giggles/</link>
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		<title>Videos of the ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Pait has uploaded this for all to enjoy: I&#8217;m sure there will be more to come. Thanks Jonathan!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/videos-of-the-ride/</link>
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		<title>Team #1 dinner update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I called my friend who grew up in Lafayette LA. She suggested a fantastic restaurant called the Riverside inn. Local cuisine (cajun) at its best. We had some great seafood and got to sample some awesome gumbo. Thanks Rene, great suggestion! We are all looking forward to getting some sleep tonight and will be meeting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-1-dinner-update/</link>
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		<title>Booyahh! Team 1 rolls again!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why yes it was a good day! Team one had the mojo on big time today. I think it had to do with Mark Harris giving us a great dinner last night and some great conversation and positive uplifting thoughts. We just had it going today and that is all I can say: We started [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/booyahh-team-1-rolls-again/</link>
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		<title>Team 4 update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team 4 update from the road.   Team 4 is making their way to the next transition point.  We think it will be near Morganza, LA.  We are on I-10 now, Big Joe is driving.    Last night’s trip from Pensacola to Mobile was a good one.  Thanks to my well developed navigation skills (thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-4-update/</link>
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		<title>Team 5 &#8211; More Cowbell&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-5-more-cowbell/</link>
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		<title>YOU had cancer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You had cancer? It is probably the question I have heard the most in the last four years. This month, four years ago, I was beginning to lose my hair. I had just begun my 8 rounds of chemo. It still seems surreal. Will (my husband of 17 months) and I went to France in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/you-had-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Waffle House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know you all thought we left from Greenville on Sunday to cycle to Texas, but really we are traveling around trying out Waffle Houses. Today is Tuesday (I think) and we have eaten at a Waffle House twice and plan to eat there many more times. I am a creature of habit and always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/waffle-house/</link>
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		<title>Still moving!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi there, it is Lisa . .. On paper the 24 hour rest period may seem like you will have a lot of time to blog, and rest by the pool, and run and on and on.  Not so.  By the time you catch up on your sleep, eat find a laundry mat for washing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/still-moving/</link>
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		<title>Team 4 receives a nice rest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s been almost 12 hours since I blogged a quick, tired blog.  I have now slept, eaten, had one Mountain Dew (anticipating a second VERY soon), and am getting ready to pack to leave for Louisiana.  Our journey last night began just east of Pensacola.  We met Team 3, who did a GREAT job [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-4-receives-a-nice-rest/</link>
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		<title>Team 4 Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team 4-the most &#8220;senior&#8221; or better &#8220;experienced&#8221; team ( 1-60&#8242;s,2-50&#8242;s,2-40&#8242;s) had a great ride on Monday (6pm to midnight) from Pensacola to Mobile. 90+ miles, very steady pace ( behind Big John and Ray) and great rhythm. Great roads, a police escort in Daphne, Al and super support from Lisa, Michael, Robert and Arthur( who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-4-monday/</link>
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		<title>Sore Tales from the Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow what a night, my boys on Team 4 were feeling frisky &#8211; we covered about 91 miles with 17-18 mph average, best and longest ride I have ever done! I thought riding at night was tedious but it is no comparison for riding into Pensacola, Fl at 5 PM in rush hour traffic over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/sore-tales-from-the-road/</link>
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		<title>T3- Beach Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep- My favorite place to be- on the beach. Pensacola is so pretty. We had a couple hours to hang out this morning and enjoyed a quick walk on the beach. I found out that Ron hates the beach and deprives his children from playing in the sand! But for the team, he got his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/t3-beach-day/</link>
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		<title>Team 4 grinds it out tonight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok.. first of all, it&#8217;s 2:15 am Eastern time, 1:15 AM local time, and I&#8217;m tired and ready to go to bed&#8230;.  so until tomorrow, here is a nice synopsis of tonight&#8217;s ride&#8230;  went to find Team 3, had to go back 10 mile or so to find them.  Great start, averaged 18 or 19 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-4-grinds-it-out-tonight/</link>
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		<title>Tales from a (don&#8217;t) wanna be bus driver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all. Jennifer J with Team 3 here. I have just finished reading all of the teams posts and wanted to add my thoughts to the mix. As you all know, countless hours have gone into planning this little trek out to the big state of TX. Sunday, the 19th finally arrived. I was more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/tales-from-a-dont-wanna-be-bus-driver/</link>
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		<title>Team 2 is # 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may have noticed, team 2 has not posted a word on the blog yet.  Know why?  We&#8217;ve been looking for team 4&#8230;..are they even here?  Who&#8217;s on team 4 anyway? And is team 3 short a rider, because they can&#8217;t find Dennis. We finally made it to a hotel where we will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-2-is-1/</link>
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		<title>Team 3&#8230;Howdy Yall!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Day one was a blurred blast! Lot’s of road time. We all got massaged by Renee after our three hour shift. We had a great lunch in Athen. The owner was a breast cancer survivor and gave us ½ off our meal. Go Bull Dawgs! Day two and TEAM 3 is well rested. (sort of) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-3howdy-yall/</link>
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		<title>SNAKE!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got your attention, didn&#8217;t I?  Team 5 is also obsessed with road kill.  The only road lkill so far was a giant black snake.  Thankfully, we all avoided it.  It is around eight in the evening on Monday and we are staged in Mobile, Alabama.  We have used today to sleep, (I get the power sleeper [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/snake/</link>
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		<title>Team 1, dinner and our first night of sleep (hopefully).</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been awake for about 40 hours right now. We are all tired and ready to finally get some sleep. We got into a hotel this afternoon and they have been totally cool to us. The micro-tel in Mobile AL gave us a discounted rate and even did our laundry for us. Yes, our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-1-dinner-and-our-first-night-of-sleep-hopefully/</link>
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		<title>Team 5- First Ride Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-5-first-ride-recap/</link>
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		<title>I Love My TEAM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just want everyone to know how awesome (sorry for the overused word, but it fits!) Team 5 is! As the &#8220;pace setter&#8221; for the group (we are not allowed to say SLOWEST) I am constantly encouraged by these 3 amazing women and 2 great guys! Whenever it was cold on our 9:00-to-midnight shift, whenever [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/i-love-my-team/</link>
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		<title>What day is it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Mobile,AL! Just waking up Mon Oct 20 @ 1249 pm EST. We arrived here early this am after drivng all night from Woodland, Ga. Let me start from the sendoff @ GHS Sunday morning. It was so wonderful to see so many friends and family members to see us off on our journey! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/what-day-is-it/</link>
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		<title>Team 1, 3 miles to go!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We just completed our first 24 hours of riding. We had the 9am start from Gvegas and the first midnight to 6am shift. We rode about 150 miles in the first 24 and that&#8217;s a killer but we survived and are still moving. The details: The midnight shift started a little frantic, we were able [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-1-3-miles-to-go/</link>
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		<title>RealTime? whatchootalkinbout willis?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tracking device has been conquered! you can see them again. Mike the webdude here: We&#8217;re supposed to be able to see where the guys are in real-time (at least every 10 minutes anyway) but we have to reset the tracking device successfully every 24 hours and we&#8217;re still figuring that part out. The last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/realtime-whatchootalkinbout-willis/</link>
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		<title>team 4 night riders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team 4 here.. Chasse, Kevin, Joe, John, and Ray&#8230;  we began our first shift, 3 hours, at 6:30 ish in a little church parking lot outside Monticello, Georgia.  The Enon Baptist Church congregation was so nice in allowing us to Transition in their parking lot.  And they actually came out to view Team 3 coming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-4-night-riders/</link>
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		<title>Tracking the team in real-time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been anxious all day wondering how things have been going for the riders, where they are, if they&#8217;re ahead or behind and if they&#8217;ve run into any troubles. Thanks to a friend of the P3 family, Paul &#8216;Yak&#8217; Angell with Team Checkpoint Zero Adventure Racing, we have real-time GPS tracking of the riders [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/tracking-the-team-in-real-time/</link>
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		<title>Team 1 in progress!Tired!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a nice ride this morning, only 3 hours but actually rode a little harder than I thought we would, our average was close to 20 mph. We finished the ride, got some grub at the local Pizza Hut in Hartwell GA and hit the road for middle GA. We are now in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-1-in-progresstired/</link>
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		<title>Team 5 Update: Guess where we are now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;supposed&#8221; to do, so we are playing pranks and being silly. Surprisingly, we have wireless internet out here at the rest stop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/team-5-update-guess-where-we-are-now/</link>
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		<title>Why Cycling? Why not Run?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know I am a marathon runner. Why cycling? First of all, pressure from friends who transitioned over to cycling. Next&#8211;injury from running that forced me to delete running and cross train. Did I like the bike? Not really. Too intimidated, too technical, and way too much time! Enter Ron Jerina. A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/why-cycling-why-not-run/</link>
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		<title>The Journey Begins!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am happy to report the challenge to conquer cancer is under way. We left this morning from the cancer center with more than 100 spectators. What an incredible sight as twenty three cyclists pedaled out of the cancer center while spectators, supporters and families were cheering and waving.  The cyclists pulled out at 9 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/the-journey-begins/</link>
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		<title>The Riders Hit The Road/Lightspeed Sienna Bike Raffle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a great sendoff the riders and teams had this morning. The Greenville Memorial Hopsital parking lot was buzzing with riders in their garb, support crews hustling and bustling to get every last detail ready for the road, family members and friends snapping pictures like a red carpet event. Channel 4 WYFF had the cameras [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/the-riders-hit-the-roadlightspeed-sienna-bike-raffle/</link>
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		<title>Getting Ready!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the past 2 days have been a bit crazy due to the loading of the vehicles, the bus, the trailer, and all of the other things we have to do for this trip.  Friday, we had a great turnout for setting up the vehicles and the bus. I don&#8217;t know who all helped out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/getting-ready/</link>
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		<title>C4 &#8211; Crystal&#8217;s Challenge to Conquer Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/c4-crystals-challenge-to-conquer-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Conquering Cancer on a Bike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, October 19, I will wake up early in Greenville, South Carolina and prepare to embark on a journey to Austin, Texas as a crew member for a 4 person women&#8217;s team riding their bicycles on a cross country relay ride called the Challenge to Conquer Cancer. Five teams of either 4 or 5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/conquering-cancer-on-a-bike/</link>
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		<title>What team is on the road?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to post the teams and their schedules for folks that are checking on them (You can also see this info on the 2008 Riders page and The Route page): Team 1:  Riders:  Joey Sullivan, Matt Tebbetts, Parker Carlisle, Johnathan Pait and Rob Dempsey Drivers: John Colacioppo and Thomas Heaney Team 2:  Riders: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/what-team-is-on-the-road/</link>
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		<title>My Turn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Why are YOU doing this?&#8221;  It&#8217;s a question I have heard many times, and even asked myself.  I have never had cancer.  I have never been through chemo, never lost my hair, never &#8220;walked through the valley.&#8221;  My parents and children are all, thank God, cancer free.  I am not a truly avid cyclist (more, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/my-turn/</link>
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		<title>My reasons for the ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am John Siddens, and I have many reasons for the ride: 1) my dad died as a result of colon cancer     2) my mom nearly died from vaginal cancer     3) I have had 2 different types of skin cancers myself     4) I have been blessed by the stories from several donors who entrusted me with their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/my-reasons-for-the-ride/</link>
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		<title>Why I am riding?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my first posting but better late than never. I am Joey Sullivan. I, like a lot of people involved with this ride, have a personal reason for doing the ride and mine revolves around 2 people (and there are many more but for the ride&#8217;s purpose, 2 people). The first person is Susan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/why-i-am-riding/</link>
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		<title>What all this means&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, as a Support crew member for the Teams, why I am participating.  I am Renee&#8217; Killian-Zeiger, massage therapist for the &#8220;gang&#8221;, Dennis my husband is on TEAM 3 (a.k.a. Where&#8217;s Dennis?) and I do this for many reasons.  I guess the largest reason..I lost my father to cancer 14 years ago.  James D. Killian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/what-all-this-means/</link>
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		<title>Out of the mouths of babes&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently held a LiveSTRONG Day at our boys&#8217; elementary school.  We sent home flyers explaining the ride and the cause.  We explained if they sent in their $1 donation they would receive a wristband.  The kids were encouraged to WEAR YELLOW on that Friday to school.   We set up a table with stickers and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes/</link>
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		<title>For Dad, Pop, Jake, Dick, Ruthie&#8230;the list is too long</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I lost my dad to cancer in 2005.  That was the last straw!  At that point I decided I needed to do something other than watching people I loved die or suffer from the horrible disease we call cancer.  At that point I decided I was going to something.  I started running and riding a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/for-dad-pop-jake-dick-ruthiethe-list-is-too-long/</link>
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		<title>I ride for Mike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend would be 27 years old this year &#8211; a husband and a father of his little angel. Early on June 16, 2007, Mike finished his fight with cancer. It didn&#8217;t win, he simply became perfect as he went to be with his God. My first participation in the Palmetto Peloton Project was in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/i-ride-for-mike/</link>
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		<title>Bald to Buff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Bald to Buff” – is now my life motto after having been diagnosed with breast cancer at age 39 and subsequently undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal therapy.  After the experience of being too weak to walk to the bathroom or too tired to even think during treatment, I wanted to move as far to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/bald-to-buff/</link>
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		<title>Keith Houston- 6 yr. brain tumor survivor; 13 yr. testicular cancer survivor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1996-It all started when I was doing my usual Dad thing, changing my son&#8217;s diaper and he kicked me&#8230;and 4 days later, it still hurt. Friday I was getting my gear ready to start my full time job on Monday, but at 4:15 pm, I was diagnosed with aggressive testicular cancer. Thanks to my doctor, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/10/keith-houston-6-yr-brain-tumor-survivor-13-yr-testicular-cancer-survivor/</link>
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		<title>Why Am I Riding To Austin?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I ask myself that question occasionally (usually while going up a long hill). And the answer is always the same. I am riding because I have been blessed with good health and the energy to stay active. But cancer steals that from its victims. So I am riding to honor those who have fought, are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/why-am-i-riding-to-austin/</link>
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		<title>The Reasons I Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons people help raise money for cancer research. Just like me, I am sure everyone has been touched by cancer in some aspect. I have listed some of the reasons I am doing this ride. I ride to remember the friends, family members and colleagues I have lost to cancer. I lost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/the-reasons-i-ride/</link>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Dennis?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We may not know where Dennis is at all times but I sure found his pedal  and shoe on Friday night.  It was a beautiful night to ride&#8230;cool, windy, the rain had just stopped so the roads were good and wet, so someone decided we should go out and do loops around Donaldson in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/wheres-dennis/</link>
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		<title>Rain, tracks and crash OH MY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Glad you all are okay!!!  You all play hard core. Bet that was a little scary.  Glad to know though that everyone got their fill of First Aid at the Pizza shop!!!  That is really important. You crack me up.  Hope the srapes and scratches heal quickly.  Blessings, Jeni]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/rain-tracks-and-crash-oh-my/</link>
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		<title>Nights Riders&#8230;.did the bike scooting boogy and got the asphalt rash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi gang&#8230;.Renee&#8217; Killian-Zeiger here again. Whew&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;short ride tonight&#8230;..Ron Jerina will I am sure be commenting about the ride, I just have to comment from the SAG view. It started from the parking lot at Donaldson again tonight, everyone&#8230;(all 5 of the brave souls&#8230;.bless their little hearts) were ready to ride!!! Soooooooo, with everyone doning rain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/nights-ridersdid-the-bike-scooting-boogy-and-got-the-asphalt-rash/</link>
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		<title>Fears, Tears, and all the NOTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was an unforgettable week.  Running into a lot of unanswered test results which will cause more confusion down the road&#8230;, and probably one of the most memorable sports weeks of my life next to Playing exhibition for the Women&#8217;s USA Polo Tournament. On our night ride I pondered over something in a conversation, that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/fears-tears-and-all-the-nots/</link>
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		<title>2008 Jazz Jam to Conquer Cancer &amp; Silent Auction: September 23rd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t Forget!! Tomorrow Night!! Be there and bring friends! The Palmetto Peloton Project Challenge to Conquer Cancer (P3C3) relay team welcomes you to join us for the 2008 Jazz Jam to Conquer Cancer &#38; Silent Auction Where: Brown Street Jazz Club When: Tuesday, September 23rd from 6pm-Midnight With a Silent Auction closing at 9pm Admission [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/conquer-cancer-jazz-jam-silent-auction-september-23rd/</link>
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		<title>The &#8220;Night Riders&#8221; (no Hasselhoff here&#8230;.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi Group&#8230;..Renee Killian-Zeiger here (where&#8217;s Dennis)&#8230;..not on the night ride.  Dennis left for Vegas on Thursday and will not return until Wed. night. Okay, really he is out there working, he is NOT a gambler (thank goodness).  This is the 3rd time this year for him to go to Vegas to work, (I think he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/the-night-riders-no-hasselhoff-here/</link>
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		<title>Ride to Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to thank all involved for putting this ride together.  It&#8217;s been great meeting so many of you that have the interest in riding, the perserverence to have conquered your illness and the passion you have for this worthwhile cause.  Most of you are young enough to be my son or daughter. Nevertheless, I always look forward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/ride-to-austin/</link>
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		<title>Fundraising Idea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone &#8212; Jennifer Jerina and I have been working on a fundraising idea that we would like to share.  It could work for everyone who has children, grandchildren, nieces/nephews, etc in local (upstate) schools. Our children go to school together, and there are four families at the school involved with the P3C3.  With approval [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/fundraising-idea/</link>
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		<title>Life is a bowl of blue berries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it has been a rough week.  I am seriously considering writing a book.  I think my life this week has been a bowl of blueberries.  I use Blue berries as a way of expressing my antioxidants.  Ha Ha.  Lots of Dr. visits.  Challenging to say the least.  Stress test ( could have done that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/life-is-a-bowl-of-blue-berries/</link>
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		<title>Spinners Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We need a good showing at the Spinners meeting on Monday, Sept. 8 at 6:30.  It will be held at The Coffe Underground at the corner of Coffee and Main.  Big Joe Sullivan is going to ask the Spinners to buy a trailer for the P3 that we can take to Austin.  Please come in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/spinners-meeting/</link>
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		<title>US Cycling Pro Championships &amp; The Big P3 Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a great day! The P3 ride Sunday morning was very enjoyable. So many cyclists at different levels coming out for such a meaningful cause. This was my second time over Paris Mountain. It was much easier with so many other riders. I think the entire team enjoyed their time volunteering in the various beer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/09/us-cycling-pro-championships-the-big-p3-ride/</link>
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		<title>Need more volunteers for the Pro Championship beer sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please contact Susannah Hogan to volunteer to help with beer and soda sales at the Pro Championships on August 31.  You can sign up for shifts or work all day. We will have the booths from 10:30 &#8211; 6:30 and we will keep all  the tips and $0.25 per braclets. shogan35@aol.com.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/08/need-more-volunteers-for-the-pro-championship-beer-sales/</link>
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		<title>P3 Night at the Greenville Drive Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be a P3 night at the Greenville Drive game on August 25. George Hincapie will throw out the first pitch. We will have a table to sell LiveStrong bracelets and magnets. You can apply a portion of the money from the magnet sale to your fundraising goal. Please plan on attending. I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/08/p3-night-at-the-greenville-drive-game/</link>
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		<title>Yesterday&#8217;s Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I met up with Ed Hernando, one of our Austin riders from Hendersonville, at Lake Robinson and we took off on what ended up to be a good 47-mile ride through the northern part of the county and a little bit into Spartanburg county. Ed is a great guy (and a very good rider) who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/08/yesterdays-ride/</link>
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		<title>9 weeks until austin: This weeks training plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday August 16th Denise will be leading the group. They are leaving from the parking lot at Lake Robinson at 7:00 SHARP. Renee will provide SAG support. We&#8217;ll go somewhere around 50 or 60 miles and there will be some climbing involved (almost no way around it in that part of the county). How much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/08/9-weeks-until-austin-this-weeks-training-rides/</link>
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		<title>Important Dates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 11 &#8211; Bike maintenance class at The Great Escape on Laurens Road from 7 &#8211; 9. Bring your bike. August 17 &#8211; Mandatory meeting for all participants (riders and volunteers) at 4:00. Location to be determined.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/08/importand-dates/</link>
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		<title>August 2nd Training Ride @ Mauldin Middle School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ride Saturday will be our Mauldin Middle School route starting at 6:00 am sharp.  You can ride as long as you would like.  It is a 42 mile loop but you are more than welcome to do more or less.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/august-2nd-training-ride-mauldin-middle-school/</link>
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		<title>Follow-up Livestrong Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have had any recent doubts on a long training ride, about why you have committed to raising money and riding to Austin, Texas &#8211; let me tell you about stories from the LAF Summit.  Check out this site for pictures and info http://livestrongblog.org/  I heard and spoke to so many amazing people, from parents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/follow-up-livestrong-summit/</link>
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		<title>LiveStrong Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello fellow Austin Riders (the majority I have not met yet),  I will not be riding this weekend because I&#8217;m attending a meeting with &#8220;The Man&#8221;.  Yes, I&#8217;m going to see Lance Armstrong this weekend!  I&#8217;ll be attending the Livestrong summit: &#8220;This weekend we are excited to bring 1,000 current and potential leaders to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/livestrong-summit/</link>
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		<title>Falling&#8230;3x in one week!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep, I fell on my bike three times this past week. Wednesday night I rode with three gentlemen (for the first time)and as we were leaving the parking lot I fell over. Standing with my right foot clipped in, I lost my balance and went “right” over. I’m sure they were thinking “this ride should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/falling3x-in-one-week/</link>
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		<title>Ditto &#8220;Thank You&#8221; to Sag Support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I also wanted to thank the Sag Support. Toby was great with our group and he was already hard at work putting Amber&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/ditto-thank-you-to-sag-support/</link>
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		<title>Thank goodness for sag support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today could have been a very long day if sag support was not with us. At mile 35, as far out as we could possibly be, I broke a spoke. For any of you who have never broken a spoke, it basically warps your tire and it locks up on you. Renee was behind me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/thank-goodness-for-sag-support/</link>
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		<title>Sunday, July 20 ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If anyone is interested in riding Sunday morning, Matt and I do 27 miles that includes Paris Mtn. We meet at 6:15AM it takes about 1:45. We meet in the North Main area. If you would like to join us please let me know and I will give you the exact location we meet or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/sunday-july-20-ride/</link>
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		<title>Ride July19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reminder we will be leaving Mauldin Middle at 6AM SHARP.   We will have sag support.  Something we are going to start doing is taking a collection before each ride for gas money for the sag vehicles.  Please bring a few dollars to throw in the hat.  Bring plenty of fluids and fuel for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/ride-july19/</link>
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		<title>Saturday, July 19 ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We will be leaving from Mauldin Middle School at 6AM sharp. We will do 70+ miles. We have 2 sag vehicles and there will be stops at mile 20 and 45. Bring extra fluids and food to put in the sag vehicles.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/saturday-july-19-ride/</link>
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		<title>Tour de France viewing at Wild Wings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be a Tour viewing party at Wild Wings on Tuesday, July 22 from 6-11.  The P3 will receive 10% off all proceeds that night.  Please plan on attending.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/tour-de-france-viewing-at-wild-wings/</link>
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		<title>Fundraiser at North Hampton Wines was a success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt did a wonderful job organizing the fundraiser at North Hampton Wines. It was enjoyed by all. There were approximately 110 people who attend and enjoyed the wine, food and company. A lot of money was raised by several of the riders. Thank you to all who attended and supported our cause. Jennifer and Joey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/fundraiser-at-north-hampton-wines-was-a-success/</link>
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		<title>P3C3 Fundraiser at North Hampton Wines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget about the fundraiser tonight(June 14) from 6-9 at North Hampton Wines on Broad Street. There will be a silent action, chinese auction, food and wine. Hope to see you there! Download the C3 Jersey Design (pdf)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/p3c3-fundraiser-at-north-hampton-wines/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to our new Blog!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the official blog for the Challenge to Conquer Cancer ride from Greenville, SC to Austin, TX. This year we have several dedicated riders and volunteers, and we are proud to bring our experience to the world via the internet. Please read the chronicles of our training and about our cause and feel free [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mc2construction.com/p3c3blog/blog/2008/07/hello-world/</link>
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