My new bike!
For Christmas, my generous family gave me money towards a new road bike! A few days before New years I was able to go out and get a brand new Fuji road bike! I am so excited! I just had my birthday and got almost everything I will need for my journey. I can't wait to get out there and ride! I just got my tonsils out so it's going to be a little while before I'm ready to get back out there. But I can't wait. I want to say thank you so much to all of my friends and family for their support! Thanks for all who have made donations. I still have a lot of fundraising left to do but I'm making progress! Thank you.

by Emily French on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 @ 2:26 PM

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Starting out
I made the decision to start this endeavor when I first heard about it over the summer. I recruited my cousin to join me and we jumped on our bikes. It's started out a little slowly. We've only been on a handful of bike rides (real bike rides that is, aside from spin class) and we quickly learned that new bikes are definitely in order. Investing in a somewhat comfortable seat is a must! We also started coming up with ideas of how we are going to fund raise $3,000 each! It's going to be tough - not only raising money but also training for and actually riding that many miles. However every minute of time spent on this is well worth it and I am extremely excited!

by Emily French on Wed, Dec 03, 2008 @ 7:35 PM

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