Livestrong Challenge?

[slinkedog]

If it starts in downtown SJ they could just send us up to do Sierra Road!!!!

[jobob]

psst ... slinke ... you're not helping ...

[Fujichants]

Boo why is all this fun stuff up north??

[snapdragen]

The 40 miler has been bumped up to 50, the cue sheet is posted.

[slinkedog]

Looks like it will be challenging for many of us, but do-able. I'm not familiar with the roads past Silver Creek Valley, but that looks like a hard climb.

[jobob]

Let me know if you sign up, I'd love to do this ride with you!

- Jo.

Ed to add: And it's for a very good cause. I was re-reading Fat Cyclist's blog, and he & his wife had a lot of help from the LAF.

[ny biker]

I think they like to make "challenge" the operative word! My sister, b-i-l and I did the Philly ride last year and man it was hilly. My bil finished the century and said - "that was so not fun". My sister and I did the 40 which was actually 44 miles. Lance did that ride as well. It was a challenge, but so worth doing. I'm anxious to get training for this year (pending rehab for a shoulder issue), I'm hoping to do the 60 mile in Philly. I was actually toying with asking my bil if he wanted to go out with me and volunteer at the California one!

I'm doing the 70 miler (or is it 60-something miles) in Philadelphia again this year. I did 70 last year and 100 the year before which was a totally different route going into downtown Philadelphia. Both routes were really hard but I still had fun despite the pain (I am so not a good climber but have learned from riding on the eastern shore that I prefer hills to pancake-flat rides). The atmosphere at these rides is really great.

[TxDoc]

Is anyone doing this ride and or run?

http://www.livestrongchallenge.org/s...IoE/b.3935377/

I'm thinking about doing the 40 miler, but the course hasn't been posted yet. The century looks tough!

Would love to ride in the SJ Challenge, but I will be at work
Have fun y'all!

[Possegal]

The Philly ride this year has a 60 miler, I wonder how the route will change from the 70 miles last year, since it is definitely starting at the same place unlike the first and second years. I signed up for the 60, but the rest of my team is doing the 45 mile one and I'm nursing an inflammed shoulder and have been banned from my bike by my ortho. So I'm starting to think that I'll be with my team on the 45 mile. I agree, the atmosphere is wonderful! And the 40 mile last year was plenty challenging for me.

[melissam]

OK, I see a lot of TE'ers are planning to do the 50 mile route.

Is anyone thinking of doing the century?

- Melissa