Thursday, Sept 24th - It took me a few more days to find time to update my blog. After the ride this past weekend my wife and I invited a ton of people over to the house to help me celebrate my 50th birthday. What a special day that was. We had a great time connecting back up with so many friends. My brother even flew in from Ohio to be at the event. Many, many thanks to all that attended.

The ride this past weekend wasn't long, 40 miles, but it did have a lot of climbing, over 3200 feet. It's called the Great Western and is located in the Rancho San Diego area. It starts out flat for the first 8 or so miles and then, you climb and climb and climb. The last 12 miles are fast down hill. We had great weather again, not too hot. It can be a brutal route if it's over 90.

There were 5 contestants in the XX1090 radio contest. Today was the announcement of the remaining 3 people. It was suppose to be yesterday but Scott and BR ran out of time after announcing that Joy was still in it. After today it is now Joy, Alex and Adam.

I really feel for these guys and know what it's like to be sitting there hoping that you are still in. Rob Millum really nailed it though with his words that at first it was the contest but it soon became more about CAF and raising funds. Rob is going even though he is out of the contest. He has already raised the $10K. Brian is working hard and I am confident that he can do it. In total the radio contests, which started with 30 people, have raised over $30,000 between them all. THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.

Events - Joy and Adam have an event tomorrow night at the La Jolla Brew House, Adam has a poke ride the following day and don't forget the Ride Leaders event coming up next week, Oct 1st (See posting at the top left of the blog)