Death Ride!!

[melissam]

Well, as you can see from my new signature, I'm officially in!!!

[snapdragen]

Well, as you can see from my new signature, I'm officially in!!!

You and jo are killin' me.......

[melissam]

You and jo are killin' me.......

Funny you should mention that. We were just talking about recruiting you for our Death Ride team. Whaddaya say? Come on -- it'll be fun!!!

- Melissa

[maillotpois]

Very cool! We're so excited to have you!

We had a coaches' meeting last night and we really have a great support crew working with us this season. I am really looking forward to this! We'll have some great rides this year and it is fun to be working with some new assistant coaches as well. (Wow coordinating the full N CA team is WAY more work than just doing our regional team - I think I spent all morning on this!)

Snap, you did such a great job at W2W that I would definitely encourage you to come out and do a SAG stop and generally heckle your friends. If you are interested, I can give you the contact info for the SAG captains and a general idea of what rides might be good for this, so email me if you like.

If anyone else is interested or wants more info feel free to PM me. (I think we have 3 TE folks signed up now...! Yay! Go team!)

[jobob]

Well, as you can see from my new signature, I'm officially in!!!

'bout freakin' time

er, I mean, YAY!

[Veronica]

You know, I was wondering why she wasn't signed up yet.

Hey MP, do coaches need sponsorship $ too?

Veronica

[maillotpois]

Hey MP, do coaches need sponsorship $ too?

Coaches are encouraged to fundraise - Grand Pois did last year. (He typically has more success than I do at raising $). I don't think we will fundraise this year. Too much other stuff to deal with and I want these guys to be as successful as possible (in other words, give your $ to them...!)

[Veronica]

Okie dokie. I was poking around at the TNT site the other day and couldn't find you.

When is the fund raising deadline?

Veronica

[maillotpois]

When is the fund raising deadline?

There is a "formal" deadline, but if you get in by end of May you should be find.

[jobob]

Coaches are encouraged to fundraise

Well, considering the amount of time you guys put into organizing & coaching, I'd say you're pulling your weight & then some.

[maillotpois]

Well, considering the amount of time you guys put into organizing & coaching, I'd say you're pulling your weight & then some.

Thanks - it's just honestly so much fun to see people really push themselves to do something beyond what they might have thought they could do. We've been coaching for TNT since 2001, and this will be my fourth year for DR. I really haven't had many better times on a bike than last year (after missing 2 months training because of the busted shoulder and barely hanging on in the training rides, mind you) getting one of my guys to the fifth pass. He'd cramped too bad and made 4 the year before and it just killed all of us. He was in a "faster" ride group, but I ended up bringing him in the last 2 passes. That was good. So good. For almost every year I have coached, I have a story like that. It's so worth it.

[jobob]

Well, here's hoping I wind up one of your success stories.
Cheers!