anyone else thinking of doing bike Against the Odds?

[Trek420]

Hi,

I'm thinking of doing this ride in October. Good cause, supposed to be a good ride, plenty of time for folks to train and register. Anyone else here doing this one?

http://www.breastcancerfund.org/faf/...p?ievent=57653

[jobob]

Hey, that looks great.

Any other takers? How about you other Cinderella alumnae ?

It's my 45th birthday that weekend (that Friday actually, but I reserve the right to stretch it out) so you all can help me celebrate

- Jo.

[snapdragen]

Excellent! Count me in too, I'll bring the champagne Jobob

Hey, I notice you can start a team when you sign up..anyone interested in a TE team? (Do we need to check with TE about this?)

[Trek420]

"It's my 45th birthday that weekend (that Friday actually, but I reserve the right to stretch it out) so you all can help me celebrate

- Jo."

You can't have too many birthday celebrations! Can't see why TE would object to the advertising of having a team...but...should ask. Also should we bring this question out of the CA area? The ride is limited to something like 500 riders so we should jump on it.

[snapdragen]

Originally posted by Trek420
"You can't have too many birthday celebrations! Can't see why TE would object to the advertising of having a team...but...should ask. Also should we bring this question out of the CA area? The ride is limited to something like 500 riders so we should jump on it.

I posted a link to this thread on the Open Topic board.

[Adventure Girl]

I would LOVE to do it, but I'll be out of town that weekend. It would be great to get a TE team together. (I guess that's redundant since it would be Team Estrogen Team).

[Trek420]

Adventure Girl wrote: "It would be great to get a TE team together. (I guess that's redundant since it would be Team Estrogen Team). "

If not a TE Team there's always Velogirls

Last year, Velo Girls put together a team of 25 riders for The Breast Cancer Fund's inagural fundraising ride, Bike Against the Odds. Together, we became the top fund-raising team for the event by raising over $14,000. We've just formed our team for the 2004 event, to be held on October 24th, and would like to invite all of you to join us!

Bike Against the Odds is a fundraising ride held in Oakland. There are five riding options to choose from, ranging from 12 to 65 miles. There is no fundraising minimum for the event, however it's suggested that each rider raise at least $100.

To join the Velo Girls team, just go to http://tinyurl.com/4p6ne. Then sign up for our email group at http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/velogirlsODDS. We'll use this group to plan training and fundraising events.

We'll have a kick-off/informational meeting for anyone interested next Thursday, August 12th, at 7:00pm at Fanny & Alexander in Burlingame. Founder Lorri Lee L. has got two special training/coaching packages to introduce that evening, we'll get to know each other, and start planning how we'll conquer those hills and raise that money!

I hope you'll choose to join us in supporting this ride and The Breast Cancer Fund this season.

[Trek420]

oh, and one more thing. the ride is open to anyone. although you gotta be a girl to join the Velogirls bike club, anyone can ride with our team on the Bike Against the Odds.

So if their are any guys reading this or if you know guys who've been waiting for their one big chance to "ride Like a Velogirl" this is it!

Oh, almost forgot the metric century has over 6,000 feet of climbing.

[Trek420]

ooooops! ok, the ride is open to anyone. However....you gotta be a girl to join the Velo Girls bike club, AND/or our team on the Bike Against the Odds.

So if their are any guys reading this sorry, and sorry to all for the extra "e-mail noise" but we still wanna see ya'all on the ride

[jobob]

Hey Dita -

Looks very likely that I'll be going away that weekend so I won't be doing Bike Against the Odds - but I'll be glad to sponsor you !

- Jo

[Trek420]

thanks, that's nice of you, hey, isn't that your birthday weekend? have fun!

[Trek420]

Last night i had dinner with a friend who has breast cancer and it's heavy on my mind thinking about why we do charity rides...how it feels good yet somehow inadequate....

When I registered for BATO it was mostly because of the challenge and for training motivation. I care about the cause, Grandmother's a survivor so I posted a link to my donation site on my co.'s
internal employee volunteer page, it netted interest, I easily met my pledge goal but most important it put me back in touch with a long lost friend.

I've worked for the same co. for 8 years now, Jeri was the very first
person I knew there who became a friend. She's vibrant, so funny, brilliant, married a wonderful gal named Deb, you'd all love her. She left the
company, moved to southern Ca, we lost touch. I heard she
came back to work here but we had not talked. She saw the link
and from out of the blue there was an e-mail from Jeri!

She has breast cancer.

It was diagnosed at stage four. Several years ago she was up
here for the birth of her grandchild when she felt a twinge in her
breast. She made a mental note that if it kept up she'd have it
checked out. Hadn't had a mamogram in a while if at all. The
twinge repeated over the next two weeks so she went to the
doctor, who perfomed a breast exam and said "I don't feel
anything", Jeri insisted on a mamogram, time for one anyway. She had not had a mamogram in years due to a combo of her old doctor did not feel it was needed under 40, then she changed doctors ... so it had been a while.

She says when the lab tech wanted to take a second set x-rays,
she knew.

She's had chemo, some radiation, mastectomy and the cancer
went into remission. But now it's back, and metastesised to the
bone. She says it's gone into remission before, it could again, she's positive and upbeat and seems healthy but we just don't know. She asked me to share her story with others.

Everyone here *please* get a mamogram yearly.

So I'm changing the subject slightly, have you done rides for charity...why do you ride?

[slinkedog]

Wow... a ride I might actually be able to manage. Is there a course description anywhere or a map?

My husband's sister had breast cancer (diagnosed at stage 2 when she turned 34) and just celebrated her 5 years from diagnosis anniversary. We're praying the cancer doesn't return.

Thanks for any info you can give...

[Trek420]

slinkedog "Is there a course description anywhere or a map?"

there are routes varying from 12 or is it 15 miles to a metric century. The metric has 6,000 feet of climbing, I've signed up for that but may take the short cut, training's going well but we'll see how I do. Lemme check, I think I can find a link to the route map.

"My husband's sister had breast cancer (diagnosed at stage 2 when she turned 34) and just celebrated her 5 years from diagnosis anniversary. We're praying the cancer doesn't return."

wow, 5 years, that's a good milestone and cause for celebration. I'm glad your sister-in-law is doing well.

"Thanks for any info you can give..."

you can check velogirls.com for information on our team but stay tuned I'll find more.

[slinkedog]

Yeah, I guess I would probably do the 12 mile or 19.5 mile option. If you can find maps or route descriptions, I'd be eternally grateful!! Thanks for all your help!