Almost a Training Ride Leader Veteran

The last two (hot) Saturdays I was a volunteer Training Ride Leader with the East Bay Wildcats.

September 19, 2015
Distance 38.3
Moving Time 3:03:17
Elevation 2,411ft
Avg Speed 12.5mi/h
Max Speed 42.1mi/h
Calories 1,226


George Head set up a short ride and a longer ride. I thought I'd be doing just the short ride. I ended up doing the longer ride with Doug Au -- in the heat and up, up, up Pinehurst. Alls I can say is, "WHEW!"

Thanks, Aaron Lewis for the group photo

The Great George the Multi-tasker

The shy Tanya gets ready for ...

Looking good

Maria is a Newbie to ALC, but not to cycling. Thanks to Kelly and her
Black Girls Do Bike!

September 12, 2015
Distance 17.6
Moving Time 1:35:49
Elevation 853ft
Avg Speed 11.0mi/h
Max Speed 29.8mi/h
Calories 464

Smiles all around for our first official 2016 training ride out of Orinda.

Photo by Steve Wedgewood

Newbie Nancy - she'll soon be riding effortlessly up the East Bay hills

Mock-up of Marti and her incentive cap

We were motivated to raise $500 by August 1, 2015. Gosh, only 2 months after we started cycling ALC 2015's 7-day, 545 mile adventure. How was I to ask my friends and family for donations so soon after finishing the ride?

Marti Nemer donated $500 on July 6, 2015 to jumpstart our fundraising efforts for ALC 2016. By the way, Marti was the first to generously donate on behalf of my participation for AIDS/LifeCycle 2014, 2015 and 2016. Little did she know that she would be the recipient of Art's (or Alysse's) first fundraising incentive for cyclists.

She had the choice of one the these three biking caps, and chose the colorful one. So, is this what Marti will look like when she dons her cap? We're still waiting for the caps to arrive and once I receive it, I'll be sending it to her promptly.

ALC 2016 Cycling Cap Winner
Note: This picture is only a mock-up.
Actual photo(s) of Marti modeling the cap will be
submitted after recipient receives the real cap and
the paparazzi sends Art the photos.