Oh wow, check out my bracelet from Susan (Mrs Fat Cyclist) Nelsen!

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Hi Gang -

A couple of months ago Elden Nelson, aka Fat Cyclist, posted on his blog that his fabulous wife Susan was making lovely bracelets and those who donated X dollars to his Livestrong fundraiser might get in line to get one.

Well, being a big fan of Fatty & of Susan I was totally in on that! They are freakin' lovely bracelets, and my cheers and support go to Susan, as well as my good pal Cyndi, who I posted about on my blog couple of weeks back.

Now of course Susan could only make these when she was up to it, so I more-or-less got it out of my head, hoping that maybe I'd receive one by mid-July in time to wear on the Markleeville Death Ride, which I've been training for with TNT.

Well, as Alanis would say, Isn't it ironic? (dontcha think)

Much to my surprise, my own beautiful, wonderful bracelet arrived in the mail for me this week, while I was still in the hospital recuperating from my crash last Saturday. Yeah, the crash that's gonna keep me from riding the Death Ride after all. Dammit!

And Yay! Wow! The bracelet is beautiful, and means so much to me.





(hee hee, ignore the road rash, it'll go away soon enough..)

Waaay cooler than a yellow wristband, indeed! Win Susan! Win Cyndi!

I'm going to wear it all the time (within reason of course).

I'll wear it during my recuperation over the next few weeks, during my first tentative pedals back on the bike (probably on the trainer), and my baby steps back on the Road.

And I'll of course wear it on my first big event, possibly the Crater Lake Century in mid-August; hopefully I'll be back up to snuff by then.

And Susan and Fatty and Cyndi will be there every step of the way.

Thanks go to Susan & Fatty for motivating me a little bit more. Susan and Fatty totally rock!! And Cyndi too.

- Jo.