Still in shock...

I've written a few posts about Fatty. I'm too lazy to do a search through my archive (which isn't that extensive, which should tell you how lazy I'm feeling) to see just how many, but it's a lot. Most of them are about one or another of the give-aways that he runs for good causes, most of which I've donated to because they're, well, good causes. I don't expect to EVER win but then there's this...

A Note About the Grand Slam for Zambia: The Grand Slam for Zambia was a monstrous success — we wound up raising $153,936, enough to buy 1,125 bikes. That’s astounding.
And a huge congratulations to the winners, the top ten of which are listed here!

• Paul B of Vancouver: Africa Trip
• Jan H of Belgium: RadioShack Trek Madone
• Karen L of Vancouver: Tour de France Trip
• Michael D of California: SRAM Red Group
• Christoph S of Germany: HED Ardennes SL Wheels
• Tim O of Austria: Lance Armstrong’s podium-worn yellow jersey
• Joel P of California: Bike and an afternoon with Gary Fisher
• Jeanette D of North Carolina: Specialized BG S-Works Road Shoes with Boa Systems Closures
• Jeremy S of Florida: Ben King-signed jersey
• Johan M of Florida: 16Gb White iPhone

So, yeah, I get to spend part of the day tooling around San Francisco with GARY FISHER! And that was a prize I got to choose...When I finish geeking out enough to make the arrangements and take the ride I'll post something, at least some pics.

Like a kid the night before Christmas...

I just got done tuning the Trucker for biking to work in the morning. This will be my first time on my bike in...I have NO IDEA.

I honestly don't know if I'll be able to sleep - I'm that keyed up and excited by it. I don't know how or why I let this much time pass without riding but I can't wait to snap the fast and get miles under my wheels again.

First ride in a very long time

It has been a long time since I've been on my bike. Today I decided to get on the Raleigh, which is strapped to my trainer, and rip out some time. I have it rigged up with an older computer on the back wheel so that I can record mileage, but I couldn't find the actual computer so I decided to just go by time. It was a little refreshing to just ride, no HRM, no cadence. I had a stopwatch running but left it in a different room. All I wanted was a total time at the end of the ride and didn't want to get hung up on watching the clock.

I learned that it has been far too long since I've been on my bike. I rode for less than an hour and was barely able to walk for the twitchy legs after. Now I just need to make sure I stick to training regularly enough to get past this. Since I've signed up for the LiveStrong ride again and want to make the metric, if not the full century this time around I need to get the miles in.

Returning in 2011

So I've been away for far longer than I expected. Between work and family issues I haven't been riding, exercising, or blogging anywhere near as often as I wanted to be. I hope to be getting back in the saddle - both metaphorically with the blog and literally with the bike - in the coming weeks.

Thanks to anyone that has actually kept the blog in their feed through the silence. More to come.