A Wet January Meant a Slow Start to the Training
January started slowly with only a few rides, while dodging the rain drops. Overall, I worked out for almost 14 hours, completed 28 workouts of all sorts, completed 5 rides (125 miles), and broke 71 personal records. I am getting stronger.
The team is also nicely coming together. I read that almost 40 of the South Bay Blaze will participate this year in the ride to Los Angeles. 
Not only do we ride together, there was a great team showing at the South Bay happy hour and the NorCal AIDS/Lifecycle Expo in San Francisco. The Expo was a great place for newbies to learn about the ride and to get some free gear, donated by Pedal It Forward. I got a lot of great training jerseys and cold weather gear.
The team bicycle clinic was amazing with a lot of tips, tricks, and gear to fix and maintain the bike. I got most of the missing gear since from Amazon. I also learned how to deal with tubeless tires.
Also the fundraising is making good progress. I raised a tad over $3000, well on my way to the $3500 to push my ticket to Los Angeles. Thank you to all my sponsors; your money is going to a great cause.