Date: 7/27/06
Mileage: 40
Funds Raised:
$11,834.62 for Kupenda
$20,000 is the goal for Kupenda. That is the amount needed to build a boarding facility so that 30+ children, who have disabilities, will get to go to school!!! It is a chance to really make a difference in a lot of people's lives!!!
$8,936.00 for ADA
Battling diabetes is something that is close to our hearts since Adam has Type I Diabetes. AFC's mission at it's core is to raise awareness, show other diabetics that anything is possible, and to do anything to combat diabetes!
Today was great! Although it was extremely humid it was cloudy so it was not too hot. We biked 77miles from Newton, IA to Marengo, IA with the RAGBRAI group. We met tons of people along the way and had a great time. We arrived in Marengo at around 5:30pm so we did not setup with the expo (you have to get there super early to do that). Instead Adam went to work sending out millions of emails to all of his media contacts and everyone. Adam is great at doing PR stuff!! Jesse got caught up on his book writing while I went to work on the website.
Tonight we are staying at a house in Marengo with at least 40 other people who are all doing RAGBRAI. The owner is amazing! There are tents all over his lawn, people are swarmed all over the inside and outside of his house, I am using his computer to do this blog, and he made us all dinner! How amazing is that?
Doing around 70 miles a day in RAGBRAI has been great for us. We are getting all rested up for our super long bike ride from Muscitine, IA to Chicago. It will be around 250 miles. We just got our route today. It was kindly donated by Bicycle Illinois.
-Pattt
3 comments:
Please think real hard about this Chicago trip. It is supposed to be sorching in the Mid-West this next week. As Mom D said, you have come too far to take such a risky trip......No sleep for 24-hours is not safe.
"P"
Do realize how amazing you guys are and how many lives you are touching just by being yourselves??? It really says so much about your character.... INCREDIBLE:) Also I agree with "P" & Mrs. Driscoll about you guys biking all that way to Chicago... straight 250 miles...not a good idea:( I know you guys like to test the limits but I think just this once you should listen to all the people that love you and dont do it. I dont have a good feeling about it and really its just not worth one of you getting hurt!!!!!!
With Love,
DeeDee
Hey Guys,
You guys are awesome! It's amazing how many lives you have touched in such a short amount of time, but now I have to speak to you very seriously as a doctor. I have no doubt in my mind that you guys can do anything at anytime, but you need to take a long hard look at the consequences of this 250 mile ride to Chi-town. Can you imagine how much talk you guys are gonna have to put up with from your families if something does go wrong within those 250 miles? Even if something completely unrelated to the 250 miles happens....say a bird flies in to your spokes or you ride through a sheet of glass that two guys just happen to be carrying across the road, you will never hear the end of it. For the next 50 years it won't be, "remember when you guys raised all that money for two great causes", it will be, "remember when we told you not to ride 250 miles and you ended up getting caught in that freak July blizzard and Adam lost that nipple to frost bite?" Think long and hard before you get on your bikes that day. Remember, I'm a doctor...........in 6 more years.
~Doctor Dave
P.S. - seriously guys, BE VERY CAREFUL. Heed the signs of heat exhaustion and remember that a true hero and role model knows his/her limits (as inhuman as those limits may be for you five), so that he can keep on inspiring people for years to come.
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