Quick update

I haven't posted anything in weeks. I wanted to let you know I've still been training and the fund raising has been going well. I'm raffling off a bbq, stainless steel tool set, charcoal and a lighter donated by Home Depot in North Fontana. A dollar a peice or 6 for $5.00. Let me know if you want some. The drawing is on November 10th. Also, KFRG donated some gift certificates from Total Time, a watch shop. They're worth $100.00, I'm taking bids on them, make me an offer.

The training is getting better. I hit a stretch where I just didn't feel like I had any strength or stamina. I dropped down a couple gears and I feel much better. I'm going to see if I can slowly work back up over the next few days. 15 miles this sunday. Wish me luck.

Got the bike tuned up at Don's Bikes in Rialto, new front tire and a cable, lubed and adjusted, very smooth this morning. Can't wait for the time change so I'm not riding in the dark.

Thanks for reading!

See ya out on the road.

Doug

Have I been training?

That was the question I was asking myself out on the road this morning. I've been checking with my training mentors and they assure me everyone goes through it. I just didn't feel like I had any strength or wind today. Last week I felt like Superman.

I kept going though. I guess that's the important thing.

Looking forward to turning the corner and getting back on track. Thanks for listening to my whining. I'll stop now.

More donations are coming in. Thanks to Cindy at the Chino Kiwanis. Patti dropped a check in the mail. Ben with R.C. Kiwanis gave me a check as well. The donations are rolling in slowly and surely.

I have a BBQ set that was donated by The Home Depot in North Fontana (thanks Troy). We're doing a raffle to give it away. We'll do the drawing on November 10th. It's a dollar a ticket, 6 for $5.00.

Good luck...

See ya on the road!

Doug

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Doesn't take much to make me happy!

Oh my goodness! It was cold out today! Well, cold for riding with your bare face and hands exposed in the wind. I think it was about 50 degrees. How quick the weather changes. I think our highs today are supposed to be around 70, that's about what I was riding in at 6am about 4 or 5 days ago. Wow!.

So today after taking a couple warm up laps around the neighborhood I head out onto the big 4 lane street I ride up and down. It's a little over a mile from top to bottom. I just go up and down to get some miles in. Well today I turn the corner and there's the street sweeper. I was so excited. I'm sure about now you're thinking really? You're excited about the street sweeper? You have to understand the gutters are a filthy hazardous place to ride a bike. Let's see if I can remember a few things I've seen, and tried to dodge, as I ride up and down this hill. Trash, I guess that goes with out saying, (people throw a lot of trash out) a lot of vegetation from leaves to twigs to branches to little seeds that fall from the trees, accumulate and fly up in your face, there was even a log one day. Yep, a log. Batteries, nuts, bolts, pieces of metal, siding from a house, rocks, (of all sizes) broken glass ( a lot of broken glass) car parts (big and small) critters, (who didn't make it across the road) =(, wood, shoes, etc. It goes on and on.

That's why when I saw the street sweeper I knew that I would be riding in a clean gutter and wouldn't have to look for potential tire popping hazards. A nice smooth ride is what I got and it was beautiful.

Tomorrow it will be littered again, but today it was clean and sparkly.

See ya on the road.

Doug