Saturday, April 02, 2005
So Begins The Task....
I will be signing up for the 2005 Alyn Hospital Wheels of Love Bike Tour when registration opens tomorrow. The tour starts in the Golan Heights on November 6th and ends in Jerusalem on November 10th. Most of the tour will be in the Golan/Galil area.
They haven't come out with the exact route or overall mileage yet but have indicated that there will be some very brutal climbs this year, even more difficult than last year. They are also planning to have an easier course, presumably for those who don't want to do the nasty climbs. As far as I'm concerned, there can't be enough nasty climbs.
The weather this winter has been miserable and it hasn't gotten better in the last few weeks. I have not been on my bike in months. I've been doing some spinning but I am in miserable shape compared to last year. Luckily, there are still seven months to go.
I signed up for the Montauk Century (100 mile) ride that takes place on May 15th. I'm concerned that I've bitten off more than I can chew so early in the season. They also have a 65 mile option and I probably should have considered that. That would have been the sane thing to do but who says I'm sane? I just hope it stops raining every weekend so that I can get some miles under my belt before the ride. (And, I just remembered, two of the Sundays before the ride fall on Pesach!).
Whatever. I will show up and do the best I can and try to have some fun. That's the whole point.
They haven't come out with the exact route or overall mileage yet but have indicated that there will be some very brutal climbs this year, even more difficult than last year. They are also planning to have an easier course, presumably for those who don't want to do the nasty climbs. As far as I'm concerned, there can't be enough nasty climbs.
The weather this winter has been miserable and it hasn't gotten better in the last few weeks. I have not been on my bike in months. I've been doing some spinning but I am in miserable shape compared to last year. Luckily, there are still seven months to go.
I signed up for the Montauk Century (100 mile) ride that takes place on May 15th. I'm concerned that I've bitten off more than I can chew so early in the season. They also have a 65 mile option and I probably should have considered that. That would have been the sane thing to do but who says I'm sane? I just hope it stops raining every weekend so that I can get some miles under my belt before the ride. (And, I just remembered, two of the Sundays before the ride fall on Pesach!).
Whatever. I will show up and do the best I can and try to have some fun. That's the whole point.
