Team Amici Veloci (and other TE'ers) do ALC 6

[Trek420]

Thanks Zen. Hold that thought till I finish but it's good to just commit to do it of course and all about the cause.

I tell people from a cycling standpoint it's not the hardest event. We debate this on the ALC board, seems to depend on what GPS one is using but it's something around 26,000++ feet of climbing.

I think V does doubles, one day with that.

But it's the back to backness, ride a century, do it again, and again, and then in a red dress....

A funny thing happened last time I rode, I hope this is true for me again. If you make it through Day 3 after that you just...feel...stronger every day. Weird.

The webcast is not there yet on the link.

You'll start to see things posted Monday, maybe late Sunday. You can see pictures of previous rides though.

Northern CA gals day 1 will be harder this year. After the 2 mile climb up 92

pictured here riders and Taiko drumers at the top here

http://experience.aidslifecycle.org/...s/day1/g2.html

instead of the long well deserved downhill run we take a left turn and go up Skyline. I've heard we'll come down to Hwy 1 around the town of Pescadero. I've always wanted to ride that bit. Alrighty, guess I will.

Wonder if we'll stop by for artichoke bread?

Day 2 is a century, Santa Cruz to King City. It's relatively flat though. Just often has &*^% headwinds. One long hill coming into King City has some great views. To make up for the headwinds we have a couple of unofficial rest stops. Hopefully the Cookie Lady will be there. This gal bakes all year and sets up somewhere on the route with cookies, with or without nuts, with or without chocolate chips, I'll aks about GF options for all the riders. She's always in costume. Earlier that day we'll take over an artichoke stand (in a friendly way of course).

Highlight of Day 3 would be Quadbuster hill. We'll be rewarded if we get over the top of that there's a tiny town that puts on a BBQ for us. It's the main fundraiser for their school.