4 weeks and counting until the 2009 MS Ride. At this point I hope everyone has taken the bike out of the closet, dusted the cobwebs off it and have gone on a ride! If you haven't there are still plenty of training opportunities ahead in the coming weeks.
Training Advice | Hydration!
As everyone is preparing for the big ride and focusing on strengthening their legs and fine tuning their bikes, don't forgot about your nutrition and importantly your hydration. A scary fact is that for roughly every 2% of water our body's loose during a workout session we loose about 10% of our performance. Check out this article for some tips and pointers to stay well hydrated during your upcoming workouts and the MS Ride! Click Article
Weekend Training Rides - 5/9 and 5/10
The weather this weekend is looking "iffy" again but that doesn't mean there won't be a break in the foul weather. If you are feeling ambitious this weekend and don't mind getting a little wet there are training opportunities to loosen up the legs.
Ride Option 1 | 4th Annual Team Training Ride hosted by Trail’s End Cycling Company
When: Saturday, May 9, 2009. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. Be ready to ride by 9:00 a.m.
Where: Trail's End Cycling Company | 201 N 23rd Street | Purcellville, VA | (540) 338-2773
Ride Info: The ride, led by Trail's End Cycling team members and employees, will feature a 30 mile and a 50 mile option with part of the route following the official Bike MS route. There will be one rest stop at approximately half way will be stocked with water and sports drinks (thanks to the McCasker family!) Plus, there will be free pizza after the ride!
Ride Option 2 | Revolution Cycle's Sunday Ride
When: Sunday, May 10, 2009. Meet 8:45am Ride 9:00am
Where: Clarendon Store Front
Ride Info: All rider levels. 30 miles round trip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Fundraising | 28% to our goal and only 4 weeks left!
Just as a reminder, everyone who is riding is required to raise the minimum $300 in order to ride. So far we are doing good but we need to step it up a notch! With only 4 weeks until the ride we still have plenty of time to fundraise however a little here and a little there goes a long way! If anyone needs tips, suggestions or ideas on how to effectively fundraise you can either utilize the resources available to you on the Participant Center on the MS website or feel free to reach out to me and I will gladly offer some help.
I'd like to call out a recent fundraising effort that was a huge success! On 3/24 and 3/25 Bearingpoint hosted a company March Madness basketball tournament to raise money just for us! The event was a success and brought in $745 to our team! A very special thanks to Andrea Wagenbach, Stephen Robinson and Shailesh Deshpand for making this happen.
Lastly I would like to acknowledge our current top fundraisers. As of 5/8 our 3 top fundraisers on the team are: Stephen Robinson at $700, Rebecca Friedman at $570 and Cherie Jones at $313. Great job guys!
Team Jersey's
Team jerseys have been ordered and will be arriving by 6/2. For those of you that ordered a jersey you can come pick it up at my house anytime after 6/2 or I will be handing them out the morning of the ride. Please contact me for more instructions on picking up and paying for your jersey.
For those of you that missed the jersey order, I have a handful of 2008 jersey's available that I will offer to sell for a reduced price of $55. I have a range of sizes. Please reach out to me if you missed the jersey order but are still interested in getting a team jersey!
Rider Spotlight
Ride Option 1 | 4th Annual Team Training Ride hosted by Trail’s End Cycling Company
When: Saturday, May 9, 2009. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. Be ready to ride by 9:00 a.m.
Where: Trail's End Cycling Company | 201 N 23rd Street | Purcellville, VA | (540) 338-2773
Ride Info: The ride, led by Trail's End Cycling team members and employees, will feature a 30 mile and a 50 mile option with part of the route following the official Bike MS route. There will be one rest stop at approximately half way will be stocked with water and sports drinks (thanks to the McCasker family!) Plus, there will be free pizza after the ride!
Ride Option 2 | Revolution Cycle's Sunday Ride
When: Sunday, May 10, 2009. Meet 8:45am Ride 9:00am
Where: Clarendon Store Front
Ride Info: All rider levels. 30 miles round trip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Fundraising | 28% to our goal and only 4 weeks left!
Just as a reminder, everyone who is riding is required to raise the minimum $300 in order to ride. So far we are doing good but we need to step it up a notch! With only 4 weeks until the ride we still have plenty of time to fundraise however a little here and a little there goes a long way! If anyone needs tips, suggestions or ideas on how to effectively fundraise you can either utilize the resources available to you on the Participant Center on the MS website or feel free to reach out to me and I will gladly offer some help.
I'd like to call out a recent fundraising effort that was a huge success! On 3/24 and 3/25 Bearingpoint hosted a company March Madness basketball tournament to raise money just for us! The event was a success and brought in $745 to our team! A very special thanks to Andrea Wagenbach, Stephen Robinson and Shailesh Deshpand for making this happen.
Lastly I would like to acknowledge our current top fundraisers. As of 5/8 our 3 top fundraisers on the team are: Stephen Robinson at $700, Rebecca Friedman at $570 and Cherie Jones at $313. Great job guys!
Team Jersey's
Team jerseys have been ordered and will be arriving by 6/2. For those of you that ordered a jersey you can come pick it up at my house anytime after 6/2 or I will be handing them out the morning of the ride. Please contact me for more instructions on picking up and paying for your jersey.
For those of you that missed the jersey order, I have a handful of 2008 jersey's available that I will offer to sell for a reduced price of $55. I have a range of sizes. Please reach out to me if you missed the jersey order but are still interested in getting a team jersey!
Rider Spotlight
Meet Lynn Bulan - Lynn rocks, there is no other way to put it! If you haven't met her yet, you will and you'll wonder why you hadn't done so sooner! Lynn is a 3rd year veteran with OutSPOKEn but that's just the tip of iceberg! Lynn has completed multiple AIDSRides including DC and Montreal/Maine. She completes the oh so crazy and fun RAGBRAI each summer which is a 7 day ride across Iowa with literally 1000's of cyclists! Biking in essence is the life blood that runs through Lynn in fact she has been spotted riding a bike through S. Africa and Zimbabwe while on vacation there last summer.Aside from biking Lynn can be found scuba diving, paddling/portaging through the Canadian wilderness or working on her recently purchased new home! In order to keep the funds flowing for all her life activities, Lynn is an Appellate Litigator in the Office of the General Counsel at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Be sure to say hi to Lynn on the next ride. She always brings a smile to every ride...and a smart ass remark here and there!
Meet Becky Friedman - Becky took up cycling a year ago and is hooked! She is a 2nd year veteran with team OutSPOKEn and has completed 2 MS Rides since she started riding including the DC and the NYC rides! Becky raises money and rides for many reasons including having a best friend who lives with MS.Becky enjoys many other fun activities outside of cycling including cooking, traveling and playing with her 100+lb dog! Becky is a well traveled person having visited over 20 countries across almost all continents. Antarctica is next on her life travels itinerary!
During the week Becky can be found at her day job as a consultant with ICF where she helps company's navigate their way through organizational changes and much needed employee training and leadership development.
Say hi to Becky on the next training ride. She'll keep a great conversation going if you can keep up with her!
Looking forward to riding with all of you soon!Ryan
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