What this is all about -

You may ask why are we signed up and trained for such a race. For our team, RAAM is not just a Race Across AMerica, it is a race to better our community. Our charity is North Coast Community Service (NCCS), which teams with 11 nonprofit organizations in San Diego County to make a difference in people’s lives. In the past 12 months, 5,500 NCCS volunteers have completed over 450 unique service projects. There is a broad spectrum of support which include the following: feeding and providing shelter for the homeless, assistance to a drug and alcohol recovery program, a home for people disabled by HIV/AIDS, support of military families by providing: financial support, home improvements, baby supplies, childcare, and counseling, outreach to nursing home residences, help to pregnant teenagers and adult women, help for homeless kids, and non-profit resale for foster children. This is just a short summary of the help provided by the organization we are raising money to support. If you feel compelled to join us on our journey and support making a difference in this world, you can make a tax-deductible contribution to our team. Please follow this link Support NCCS RAAM 2008.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Weekend Update

So Saturday turned into a disaster. Pete, aka Captain Punishment, will not let us use Speedplay pedals during the race. I have to trust the guy since between the two Penseyres brothers, they have done RAAM 13 or so times. The word is that they will fill with mud when we are transitioning along side the road. Don't mind the fact the top team, Team Type 1 (Team Type 1), is sponsored by Speedplay and will ride them in RAAM. So, I put a pair of Time RXS Carbon pedals on my bike and let Karla try them out for a day. She hated them. So some of the other riders use the Crank Brothers Quattro pedal. Both pedals get the OK from Pete. Friday night I swapped Karla's pedals off her bike and changed her cleats to the Quattros. Saturday morning came and at 6:15 am we were pushing out of the house. She could not get into her pedals. We could not figure it out. So back to the house and put the Speedplays on. Then I proceed to strip the screw out of the cleat - argh! So after a mad scramble and a date with a Easy-Out, she was back in business. At the end of the day, I managed to get my 3x30 intervals in but Karla cut the day short. Total for the day 40.8 miles in 1:45. Some solid efforts.

On Sunday we decided to try and make up some mileage for the short day on Saturday. I talked Karla in heading out east and doing a modified version of the infamous Henshaw Loop (Henshaw Loop and Map of the Route). We started a little bit later in the day - 10 am. It was nice to get away from the marine layer hanging over the coast and see some sun. So our route took us from Escondido to Ramona and then to Santa Ysabel via the Old Julian Hwy. Traffic was minimal. The weather was great and Karla probably rode the strongest I have ever seen her. For a girl that just really started riding in the past 12 months, she rocked on this 77 mile ride with over 5700 ft of climbing. Here are a couple of photos that I hijacked from another site -









Climbing - something you better be good at on this route.








A great view of Lake Henshaw











Totals for the week -

Bike - 240M/12.5 hrs
Run - 24M/3hrs
Swim - 6750 yds/2.5 hrs

Total - 18 hours

That's all for now - off to the 2nd run for today. Tomorrow is more interval fun after commuting. It is starting to look a little bit like Christmas too around the team thanks to Profile Design, Clif, and Spiz. More to follow on that later.

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