On Sunday I completed the Becel Ride for Heart. I did the 75KM route, which had a very early start time (6:45AM). It was so very cold I was wearing four layers on top and two on the bottom - a sharp contrast to when I did this ride previously (it reached highs of nearly 30c that year).
There was a lot of buzz about the upcoming RtoCC... I overheard several groups of people talking about it during the ride, and saw a number of people wearing last year's ride jersey (I had our IBM-OCI team jersey on, although for most of the ride it was covered up due to the layering). I think a lot of our riders took advantage of the Becel 75km to do a training run :)
I finished the route in four hours, which is a reasonable pace for me (that includes time at three rest stops along the way), and am feeling well today, so hopefully that bodes well for the ride weekend. I have done all my training in the gym this year (the reverse of last year, which was all road training). I can see the difference on the hills (my legs seem stronger due to the spinning class training).
So excited... still just over $1,000 to go to reach my fundraising minimum, so I am going to have to keep up with the emailing and asking everyone I see if they can help out and support this great cause to help get myself to the minimum by this Friday.
by Carolyn Conlin-Lane on Mon, Jun 08, 2009 @ 8:36 AM
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