BBQ and bikes
This time next week I will be on my bike about halfway between Greenville and Saluda, South Carolina. Wow! I have a lot to get done between now and then. One of the things I am working on is the Family Fun Ride that will take place this Saturday. If you plan to join us and you haven’t confirmed your participation, I need to hear from you!
Here is the plan… There are actually two rides that end up in the same location. I’ll give you the low down on the family ride first.
Family Fun Ride
Families can begin arriving in Greenville’s Cleveland Park at 8 a.m. to meet at shelter 5. That is the shelter near the dog park. Once there you can receive your stamp that will give you access to the free meal at the end of your ride. Attendees will be at the shelter until 10 a.m. to check in riders and give instructions.
The route will be the length of the Swamp Rabbit Trail from Cleveland Park to Gateway Park in Travelers Rest. Maps will be provided at the shelter for those who have not ridden the trail before. I will also be posting a Google map here on LowCadence.com before Saturday.
The picnic (BBQ and the fixings) will begin at 11:30 a.m. and conclude by 2 p.m. This allows families plenty of time to ride the trail. There will not be a mass start. Just show up with your family and enjoy the trail on a beautiful morning with a goal to arrive in Travelers Rest sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Be prepared, however, to ride the trail back to Greenville. If you do not think you can make the trip back, please have someone bring a vehicle to Gateway Park to pick up you and your family. We would like to provide transportation, but we are unable to do so due to liability issues.
We hope you can join us. Rebekah will not be able to ride with us due to her health. However, she and her family do plan to be at the picnic as long as Rebekah has the strength.
Want to join us? We must have a count by noon on October 19th so we will know how much food we can provide. If you have not already, please confirm your participation using the form at the conclusion of this post.
2011 Ride for Mike Warm-up Ride
Technically, I shouldn’t be doing this, but I want to have the opportunity to ride with many of you who have supported the Ride for Mike. It probably wouldn’t work out too well to have you join me at 6 a.m. on the 24th on the real Ride for Mike, but we can get together earlier. That is the second ride taking place on October 22.
We will leave from the same shelter 5 in Greenville’s Cleveland Park. However, we will need to leave at 8 a.m. sharp. So, have your bikes unloaded and ready to go by that time. We’ll start off on the same route as the Family Fun Ride, but we will continue going past Gateway Park. We’ll then follow some of my favorite training roads in a loop that will bring us back to the Swamp Rabbit Trail and on to Travelers Rest. There we will stop (after nearly 50 miles) to have our lunch.
I say that I shouldn’t do this because my training plan says that I am supposed to do a simple two hour ride that morning. This one is going to be a bit longer at 3 to 4 hours in length. So, that means I am going to have to take it very easy. No attacks or breakaways allowed! We’ll all ride together and the best SAG driver in the world will follow us along the route to help out any who might find the going rough.
Want to join us? Just let me know you plan to come along by contacting me before noon on October 19th. Please use the below form.
– The form is now unavailable due to October 19, 2011 deadline.
You many still participate in the 2011 Ride for Mike by giving to the project.
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