Tell me that was left over Snapple!

I drove through town to pick up my team mate...we met at the gas station near her house where there is a starbucks. I parked the car so I could load her bike while Deb ran in to get her coffee. Right before Deb left to get her coffee I felt something warm and liquidy on my foot....I looked down and saw a bottle that I had tipped over and I don't think it was a bottle of Snapple! I think a local homeless person had used it as a toilet and NOW it was on my foot!

I freaked out of course and immediately grabbed a bottle of water that I had for my ride and poured it on my foot. I am the biggest germ-o-phob and the not knowing was worse for me then the knowing for sure! I was so grossed out the whole rest of the day.

This is not the first time that I have seen some strange things in that neighborhood...just a few weeks prior my friend Christine and I had driven to where Deb lives to pick her up for our first team ride and we witnessed a homeless lady using an Audi as a bathroom!

The things that one sees early in the morning when getting ready to go enjoy nature! :)

I can't believe that I am back!

I really did think that I would be done with TNT for at least 2008...then my friend, Christine, mentioned the possibility of training with the TNT cycle team to ride in Arizona. The thought was oddly appealing to train to ride 109 miles. I knew that if I could pull this off that it would be my biggest accomplishment. Then after a few weeks of taking off early on a Saturday morning to get in a 20+ mile ride.....we made the decision to change our event to the Solvang Finest Century. Who wants to ride 109 miles on flat land when you can be challenged with the hills in Solvang for 100 miles...We sound crazy don't we?

Simply put, why not push ourselves beyond what we think we can do....don't people facing cancer, chemo, surgeries, radiation, etc get pushed beyond there limits? Training for 4 months is the least that I can do to try and ensure that we have a cancer free future.

I will be updating this blog on a regular basis to keep people abreast as to how the training is coming along. I think that this season will peak a lot of people's interest b/c this season is not only dedicated to people that have battled cancer but it is also dedicated to my Pa. He had a love of cycling that I am still trying to grasp. I like my bike and do enjoy being out cycling...but my Grandpa adored his bike and riding. I only hope that I feel half of what he felt while he was alive and cycling.