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

[maillotpois]

Way to go! Good luck and have fun!

[Duck on Wheels]

Arright, riders! You gals really rock! I've been watching UK prepare for this, getting stronger and faster by the week. I am so impressed! Now she's trying to talk her Dad and me into doing it with her in '09 Well, we'll see what I can work myself up to this summer when I get home to my repaired bike. Then we'll see how much form I can maintain by spinning a couple times a week through the winter, and what I can work up to again next summer, and theeeeeen I can make a dee-cide. The pledge drive should be a cinch for me that year, tho. I'd just let folks know that pledges are what I want for my 60th birthday (double eek! ) that summer.

Meanwhile, come on over and see me at the reg. desk after 1230 tomorrow. Before then I may be running to and fro as a go-fer, once UK and I have seen the safety video at 830. Trek knows what we all look like, so she can get us together for the group photo op before the DH picks med up at the end of Day 0 and we leave you rider gals to it. (BTW Trek, Mr. Duck can caravan with you back to your place and give you a ride back when you've left your car there, and do we wanna do dinner together somewhere before he and I drive back up to Sonoma?)

Mr. Duck and I and the mutual Mom (Trek's and mine) will be driving down to LA to watch all you riders ride in. We hope to find a couple vantage points where our paths will cross along the way and we can cheer you on. Prob'ly once as you head back to the coast after King City? Maybe near Pismo Beach and again at Ventura? We'll see what we can manage to coordinate, while keeping our car out of the way of your route.

[Xrayted]

WOOHOO LADIES!!!

I'm so proud of all of you. Thank you for supporting such a good cause. I will be tuning in to see it on the webcast. Good luck and tailwinds to ya.

[Trek420]

OK, I'll try to get over to the top secret early 8:30 safety video that nobody knows about See you there!

Here's the elevation of Day 1

http://zoza.com/~kniwt/alc6/day1maybe.jpg

[KnottedYet]

Just heard from Trek that she is getting into a taxi and on her way to the hotel room she's sharing with UKEliphant tonight so they can get up and get to the ride start by 5:00 a.m.

Go Amici Veloci!!

Edit: now they are tucked into bed and getting a good night's sleep so they will be ready to rumble tomorrow!

[Duck on Wheels]

Left UK and Trek at their hotel room settling in for an early night. Mr. Duck commented on our way back to the car that "0400 -- there we have the main reason he hasn't considered doing the ride". 0400 hours in the morning, that is; getting up that early. UK and Trek seemed not overly daunted, tho. And as we left there were several groups of riders headed out for dinner. We'd already eaten and called it a day, but some of these folks had on blue or purple (staff or roadie team captain) T-shirts, so I guess they hadn't been able to take off before the absolute final hurra out there at the Cow Palace.

Now I'd better get to bed too. It's been a long day at the reg. desk, and I wanna see the news in the morning, hoping for coverage of the ride out from the Cow Palace.

[KnottedYet]

Heard from Trek at the ride start and opening ceremonies. She said it was too early in the morning and no coffee! So I'm drinking a nice French Press cup of freshly ground coffee for her... yup, I'm so supportiive!

They are doing 89 miles today to Santa Cruz.

[Duck on Wheels]

I got the same message. At like 5am! Hey WE didn't have to wake up that early to no coffee! But then, I could have turned off my cell phone and got the message when I woke up and switched it on again, so that was my own fault.

Haven't heard anything since. Guess they're on their way and doing fine. I don't expect to hear anything more until they're in camp at Santa Cruz.

[carolp]

I was rider 6009 on a tandem with my husband. What a fantastic ride. My longest ever, and we rode every mile. We've already signed up for next year.
Can't wait!

[Duck on Wheels]

I was rider 6009 on a tandem with my husband. What a fantastic ride. My longest ever, and we rode every mile. We've already signed up for next year.
Can't wait!

I saw you guys !! Well, I don't know exactly who I saw when, but I saw two or three couples on tandems, so you must'a been one'a those couples. If you saw three people (bearded guy, woman in volunteer shirt, and her mom sitting on a little stepladder or bus stop bench) waving just before Pismo Beach, that was us. I may even have a picture of you, but if so it's on my cell phone and not on the computer yet. I'll be loading all the pics up on the net when I get home, prob'ly on Flick'r since there're lots of pics there already, searchable with tags like ALC6 or AIDS ride, or such like.