Well, I hope by buying your way in. As some of you may know, and others may not, I've signed up to join Team Ben Bridge (you know, the diamond people) for the Portland LiveStrong challenge. I was recruited by a coworker's husband (and fellow Mukilteo hill-climbing nutcase) to join up. We're doing the 100 circuit, the one Lance rides, with a team of 7 or better so far. While I know I can ride a healthy century ride, I'm really looking forward to this to learn more about team dynamics, riding in a denser pack than I'm used to, and experiencing my first organized ride.
That said, I'm looking for two things from our wide readership base:
1) monies. a couple of you have already donated [thank you so much!], and I've already met my minimun quota (ignore the $0 goal, that was a mistake, it should have read at least $250), but anything you can give for this very worthwhile goal is appreciated.
2) a Magnum Point. I see that this event is already on the Magnum Series spreadsheet (I dint put it there tho), but I understand I still need a majority vote of trophy holders for the endorsement. But don't think you're getting nothing for something, I'm gonna be there on recon. I hear this Armstrong dude is pretty fast, we'll see how he does against the Snohomish County trained cyclists. If he's, um, a little too good mayhaps he'll see the spoke stick a la Team Cinzano.
