"That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little ride..."

Welcome to my blog! From December 06 to August 07 I intend to devote this space to discussing the trials and tribulations of preparing for and completing a cross-country fundraising bicycle extravaganza. For those who are new to my blog, I am riding my bicycle from New Haven, CT to San Francisco California during the summer of 2007. This is part of the Habitat Bicycle Challenge and about 90 other intrepid young souls will be joining me in this endeavor. Each rider will raise $4000 before May 30, 2007, and provided that all the money is raised, we will ride from New Haven, CT across the country to three different destinations: San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA. All the proceeds go towards the construction of houses for low-income families.

Monday, April 2, 2007

It's been a long time...

The last time I wrote I made up a silly excuse about it being a long time since I had posted. Well, now I have a real silly excuse for not posting in two months: I have been busy.

Actually, I have been busy, which is a good thing when you're trying to train and fundraise for a cross-country bike ride. In the past two months I have ...

1) Brought my fundraising tally to hover around $3000
2) Suffered from a lot of pain in my left knee
3) Sought treatment for the pain in my left knee
4) Discovered that the pain in my left knee stems from a partial chronic tear of my left ACL (who knew?).
5) Started physical therapy
6) Joined the New York Cycling Club
7) Joined the NYCC C-SIG group to ride every Saturday from March 24 to May 19. This past Saturday I rode to New Jersey.
8) Lost 5 lbs (whohoo!)

I'm exhausted.

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to getting my spanking new Cannondale bicycle next Sunday afternoon, and teaching myself how to ride with clipless pedals! Any tips?

I promise I'll be writing more frequently from now on. I'm sure things should get interesting with the pedals.
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