Sunday, April 24, 2011
5 weeks to the start
Five weeks from tomorrow will be our first day of riding on Memorial Day. We plan to start in San Diego and head east to the area of Pine Valley. Looking at the maps and at the profile this will be a day of climbing and a tough way to atart. Didn't get to do any riding this weekend because of guests for Easter and the weather doesn't look too promising for the coming week. Rain just about every day but hopefully we can start our morning rides before work.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Introduction
Mary and Dave Welch from Lake Placid NY are going to ride from San Diego Ca. to Mt Rainier Washington. This is a distance of about 2000 miles and will be following the Sierra Cascade Route as developed by Adventure Cycling <Adventure Cycling.com>. We are doing this primarily for fun but we are taking the opportunity to use the ride to raise awareness and money for the Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
I have been a physiatrist (specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation) for 36 years. I am also on the Board of Governors of the Aerican Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Mary is working as a consultant and is implementing a medical home model in the Saranac Lake-Lake Placid region.
6 years ago, Mary and I road our bicycles across the country from Anacortes Washington to Bar Harbor Maine. The ride this year is going to complete the second leg of an eventual ride that will have circunavigated the US. It is also a chance to recharge our lives and prepare for a few more years of activity.
At present we are both still working and want to thank our current employers Adirondack Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and Adirondack Medical Center for allowing us to take the time necessary to make this trip.
We are both committed to being back to work on July 18 so we will have to hustle along our way and average at least 50-60 miles per day.
Training for the ride has been tough this year. Our snow has not fully melted and many of the roads here are still covered with a lot of sand. We made our first ride omn our road bikes yesterday and di about 20 miles. We have done some outside riding on our old mountain bikes but it is not the same.
It is now just 5 weeks until we fly to San Diego and we plan to begin the ride on Memorial Day.
I have been a physiatrist (specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation) for 36 years. I am also on the Board of Governors of the Aerican Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Mary is working as a consultant and is implementing a medical home model in the Saranac Lake-Lake Placid region.
6 years ago, Mary and I road our bicycles across the country from Anacortes Washington to Bar Harbor Maine. The ride this year is going to complete the second leg of an eventual ride that will have circunavigated the US. It is also a chance to recharge our lives and prepare for a few more years of activity.
At present we are both still working and want to thank our current employers Adirondack Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and Adirondack Medical Center for allowing us to take the time necessary to make this trip.
We are both committed to being back to work on July 18 so we will have to hustle along our way and average at least 50-60 miles per day.
Training for the ride has been tough this year. Our snow has not fully melted and many of the roads here are still covered with a lot of sand. We made our first ride omn our road bikes yesterday and di about 20 miles. We have done some outside riding on our old mountain bikes but it is not the same.
It is now just 5 weeks until we fly to San Diego and we plan to begin the ride on Memorial Day.
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