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September 05, 2003
Lone Star Ride Update
A friend of a friend is doing the Lone Star Ride and sent out an update. My friend thought I would get a kick out of the email, and I think you will get a kick out of it so I am going to post it. I realize it’s probably more funny to us cyclists that have done rides like this in the past, but it’s still funny.
Howdy kids!Well, its four weeks to go to the big ride and I thought I'd give you a
quick update. By popular demand to cut the sentimentality....and for my
fellow number-loving geeks (you know who you are), I'll give you the
training statistics as they stand:Number of days until the ride: 25
Amount of money raised so far: $425
Amount left to be raised to meet my ride minimum: $575
Number of miles ridden so far: 405
Number of ride miles planned to date: 520
Number of squirrels I narrowly avoided running over: 1
Number of squirrels that got run over by someone riding right behind me: 1
Riding position I decided to adopt to prevent further aggression towards
nature: 2nd
Number of cleat screws that fell out of my shoe: 1
Number of feet you fall when your cleat is stuck to the bike: 3
Effectiveness rating of sharp rocks as a tool to tighten loose cleat screws:
0/10
Number of days it took my to buy a set of bike tools after the cleat
incident: 1
Slipperiness rating of a dry wooden bridge: 2/10
Slipperiness rating of a wet wooden bridge: 9/10
Number of seconds it took someone riding in front of me to fall on a wet
wooden bridge: .000004
Amount of lost skin when I ditched to avoid running over a fallen rider in
front of me: 2 square inches
Riding position I decided to resume to prevent further injury caused by
people in front of me: 1st
Number of llamas seen while riding: 12
Number of bugs swallowed while riding: 4
Ounces of Gatorade it takes to wash bug taste out of your mouth: More than
the Camelbak holds
Number of times I forgot to rinse my Camelbak out as soon as I finished the
ride: 2
Number of times I had to put bleach in my Camelbak to kill the mildew inside
the straw: 2
Number of times I was afraid of getting bleach poisoning: 2
Number of new tires purchased: 2
Number of new tires with puncture-causing defects: 1
Number of tubes blown: 3
Number of tubes blown in 100 yards: 3
Number of times I had to get rescued off the side of the road in the middle
of a ride: 1
Number of pigs I've seen being walked on a leash: 1
Number of cows I've "moo"-ed at while riding: 25
Number of cows who have "moo"-ed back at me: 0
Number of cows who looked at me like I'm an idiot: 25
Highest temperature during a ride: 109 F
Highest humidity during a ride: 100%
Rating of how glad I was that the two did not coincide: 10/10 Average water
flow down White Rock Creek: 300 cubic feet/second
Water flow down White Rock Creek yesterday morning: 6,000 cubic feet/second
Number of feet underwater the White Rock Creek bike trail was: 4
Number of ducks swimming over the bike path to mock me: 3I reckon that's about it folks, so for now I'll say so long, stay tuned, and
thanks for all the help!
Posted by Scott at September 5, 2003 09:22 AM
Comments
Enjoyed your post about the Lone Star Ride. I have crewed it every year and enjoyed it. My friend Cynthia Howell is a rider this year who I am trying to help raise money for. I have included the link to her Lone Star Ride fundraising page. Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks you.
Posted by: Andrews Fortenberry at September 18, 2008 11:13 PM
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