Long Distance Girls....

[Veronica]

Thanks kjay.

I'm sure there will be more photos after next weekend if ES is half as beautiful as MP says it is.

V.

[Brandy]

I didn't realize that you would be at ESDC Veronica! I hope that I get a chance to meet you!

[Veronica]

I'll be wearing my Amici Veloci jersey. Although if it's cold in the morning you won't be able to see it.

Where are you guys staying? We're at the Holiday Inn Express.

V.

[Brandy]

I'll be wearing my Amici Veloci jersey. Although if it's cold in the morning you won't be able to see it.

Where are you guys staying? We're at the Holiday Inn Express.

V.

We're on the budget plan...aka...staying with friends in Mammoth! Hopefully I'll be wearing a new jersey (the same one the our riders will wear for RAAM) IF Champ-Sys gets our order to us as promised this week. It's primarily grey and orange.

[jobob]

veering just a leetle off topic ...

Hey Brandy, I was just looking at your RAAM blog - glad to see you have the crew all set. It should be an amazing experience!

[Brandy]

Thank you! It is such a relief to have that out of the way. It was the most challenging part of the planning for me (of course, I wasn't the money guy...lol) and I reached some serious moments of stress where I wondered if we would be able to pull it together! It's going to be an amazing adventure and the fact that we found 11 other people who were able/willing to join us, well...forever indebted, we will be!

Be sure to keep up with us when we're on the road. I promise, the blog will get much more exciting once pictures are being snapped and the trials and tribulations of the race begin!

[maillotpois]

Jo - I don't think RAAM is at all off topic. The title of this thread is "Long Distance" after all - and I can't imagine anything longer than RAAM!!

Brandy - very cool about the crew being set. I think crewing for something like RAAM is almost as tough an endurance event as riding it. I was intgiued to read that your team is a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society sponsor. Very cool! I've been involved with TNT for the LLSA since 1999. Great cause.

I'll be eager to read your blogs and our other RAAM bound friend's as well. At this point, it'll be almost as much fun as the Tour de France. Fewer doping scandals at least.