The AIDS LifeCycle got on the way on the 1st of June, 2008. Even though I am not riding, I am following the progress & reading experiences of the riders & roadies. You can be part of the experience too @ http://aidslifecycle.typepad.com/ Goooooooo riders
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Hey folks, Over the last few months I have blogged about my training and fund-raising efforts for the AIDS LifeCycle. It has been a great experience and I met a lot of wonderful people + made a bunch of new friends. So, I am a bit disappointed to tell you that I won’t be riding [...]
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This past weekend I completed my first half-century ride, a grand 50 miles ride. We started out from Palo Alto and went through the Astradero Preserve, Portola, Woodside up to the entrance of Sawyer Camp Trail via Canada Road. We then rode back to Palo Alto, pretty much the same route. It was a great [...]
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Not exactly More like riders before the storm. This past Saturday (02/23) we gathered in Palo Alto for our training ride. A big storm was expected to hit Bay Area, so at the beginning of the ride TRL weren’t sure if we would be going. I hate to ride in the rain, mostly because you [...]
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On 2/2/08, we went on a Cycle Buddy ride. Cycle Buddy are folks who help riders through various aspects of rides. You can ask them the dumbest question and they’ll have answer with no complains. Each rider has a cycle buddy assigned and mine is Kari Boatner. Some how she is always around with words [...]
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It has been sometime since I have posted about my training rides. Don’t worry, I am on it The few weeks have been a little wet in the Bay Area but I reached a important milestone in my training. I now have over 500 miles of training under by belt. Also, I have raised $950 [...]
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This is what I learned on last week’s training ride and loved it. On 12/29/2007, my last ride of 2007, we went on a 29 mile ride from Palo Alto down Foothill Expressway; I should say up the Foothill exwy and for the first time I felt climbing was a pain in the butt, the [...]
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Many of us buy stuff at Amazon. There is a simple way by which you can continue to shop as you did at Amazon and contribute to my ALC fund-raising. Instead of going to Amazon, go to my website (http://vidur.name/alc/). It has an amazon search tool you can use to look up whatever you want. [...]
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Last Saturday’s training ride took me on 44 mile long trip around the south bay. We started in Mountain View and rode through Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Newark, Fremont, Milpitas, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and back. This has been my longest ride ever and every part of my body hurt for sure but it was fun. [...]
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As part of my fund raising, I pleased to announce a couple of incentives for my great & generous donors: – Anyone who donates $75 or more gets a Limited Edition ALC 7 Donor T-shirt. (Note: T-shirts will come in around June’08). You can get an Xbox 360. You need to donate a total of [...]
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