Aids Lifecycle 2023 - Back Home
I am back home from an epic cycling adventure: AIDS/Lifecycle 2023. Wow!
At the moment, I lack the words to describe it all. The Love Bubble. Butt butter. Rocktape. Oranges, bananas, eggs and pickles. Brian’s Believe cookies. The chicken lady. The strawberry lady. The sisters. The pink ladies. The evil twins. The quad-buster. Paradise Pitt. Military bases. Bradley. Y’all. On your left. Slowing and Stopping. Safety Orange. Red Ribbon. Red Dress. The Ripple. Trudging Buddies. New Bear Republic. Fruit Punch. Funky Monkeys. Fubar. The Bobs. Positive Pedalers. Kind people. Coney. Tracey, Joe and Tyler. Glenn. John C’s brother. We’ll get back to these in coming updates.
Yet, this is not just a cycling vacation. We did this to raise funds to end AIDS, and to support the ALC mission. Together we raised over $11M! Thank you again.
Thank you also to my brothers and sisters on wheels, the South Bay Blaze team. We were ready, physically and logistically. We encouraged and supported each other all week long, and fixed a few flat tires along the way.
Hats off to an amazing ALC organization and the many volunteering roadies. Guiding over 1400 riders along busy roads safely is intense: ambulance, moto, traffic, sag vehicles, busses, the many bicycle repair stations, and rest stop shenanigans. The logistics of moving a small village of 2000 people every day from campsite to campsite while providing hot showers, great tasting meals, medical, massage, sports medicine and chiropractic services, and entertainment are incredible.
I still have to sort through many pictures and goPro video snaps.I’ll try to cover the various topics and keywords in upcoming blogposts.