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Ok, I think that I’ve mentioned in the recent past that one of my favorite bloggers is Fatty. He lost his wife to breast cancer some time ago and has been on a tear ever since, raising money for Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong foundation. Well, one of Fatty’s events is the “100 miles to nowhere” bike ride. As described in this post on his blog, it’s essentially a 100 mile bike ride on a stationary bike or on a reasonably short course. In fact, it would seem that you need to find the shortest course available. Maddeningly short if possible. |
| Seriously. If you check the comments and the whole story, you’ll find that people did the whole 100 miles in their cul-de-sac.
For my part, I would likely go mad and cause significant collateral damage if I had to ride 100 miles on a stationary bike but I will do the ride around Delisle Park. |
| The Park is the part of this block with no houses – it is right down the street from Nelson park.. If I ride all around that triangle, it is .25 miles. So, I’ll need to lap the park 400 times to get 100 miles. Yes, it’s a shade crazy but I think it’ll be fun. Plus, if I get too stir crazy, I’ll pass the bike off to someone else.
Which, of course, brings me to the subject of this post: The ride is on May 8th and I could use some help. It’s about 400 laps and I estimate it will take 6 hours to do the whole thing. So stop by and help! I did pay the $95 contribution to Fatty’s cause and registration is sold out but if you come by and ride 50 laps, I will buy you a beautiful bottle of Powerade and be your friend! Failing that, you could stop by and cheer us on. Failing that, you could simply not heckle us…:) email andy@harrover.com or post if you’re interested! If enough people are interested, we’ll see if we can’t raise some extra money for Cancer research…. |
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April 9, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I’ll be there!
April 9, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Me too
April 9, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Well, I’m married to the mook so I’ll ride a couple!
April 9, 2010 at 4:49 pm
That is admirable…but nutty….
April 9, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I can hold out bottles of water as you all go by….
April 9, 2010 at 7:36 pm
I lost my best college friend to breast cancer when she was only 40. I will take 50 laps for you Andy! As long as its not uphill both ways and not pouring down rain with thunder and lighting…I know..Im a fair weather friend..
April 10, 2010 at 11:05 am
Andy, I note with poignancy that the park is
named for Walter Delisle who died of
of cancer on July 1, 2001 after a brave five
year stuggle. Walt was a special man.
Joint Resolution #65 passed by the
Virginia General Assembly after his death
correctly observed his name was
“synonymous with Old Town Manassas,
civic pride and active citizenship”.
(The antique store he opened with his wife,
Gloria, is at the corner of Battle and Center.)
April 12, 2010 at 2:59 pm
I will try to make it out there to support you! What time are you thinking about starting it?
Afterall it wouldn’t be the first time we have all see you going around in circles 😉
April 13, 2010 at 7:14 am
I’ll put another post up soon but I’m thinking around 8 in the morning…I don’t believe it will be a big crowd – probably just me – going around in circles..:)
April 14, 2010 at 10:18 am
test
April 14, 2010 at 10:26 am
I will come out and take 50 laps. Won’t even need a gatorade…:)
March 12, 2011 at 3:12 am
When I originally commented I clicked the “Notify me when new comments are added” checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get several e-mails with the same comment. Is there any way you can remove me from that service? Thanks!