Purple Ride 2013!
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network raised over $400,000 on Sunday, their largest year. I was very proud of our team’s contribution of over $2000. Your donations in the past week were critical for us to reach that milestone. This is our team’s sixth year riding and we’re getting stronger each time. We’ll see if we can grow our team to 10+ members next year and raise over $5000!
This was my first year riding and I was confident that everything would go smoothly, but it was more than double the distance I’ve ever done in one ride. I had hoped to document the entire route for everyone to share in the experience, but in the hustle and bustle of the start I forgot to start my tracker. Fortunately I’ve got great hand-eye-cycling coordination and I was able to start the app while I was biking.
The course felt like it had more hills than my tracker recorded, but I guess the data doesn’t lie. I think was aggressive with my gear changes and that gave me some weird speed transitions. I should have a much smoother time next year. We’ll see if we can get some on bike footage to take you along for the ride next time.
I didn’t get in mid-ride photos but we do have a few pre- and post-race.
Our full team in pre-race condition.
Start of the ride!
And a fun post-race picture:
I’m not sure the feather boa was a good addition, but Bethany insisted that I wear it. As many of you know, don’t argue with 4 year-old.
Thank you so much for your support. It means a lot to our team and me personally that we can support pancreatic cancer research. The survival numbers are still very depressing, but it takes events like this and support from friends like you to raise the profile and provide resources for families and researchers.