I have been training since February 2009 with the goal of completing a cycling tour from Portland, Oregon, to Tybee Island, Georgia in 30 days. The PAC Tour group embarked on July 5th and we are traveling about 3600 miles and climbing approximately 124,000 cumulative feet. Please enjoy sharing my journey across America.
I am asking friends, family, and anybody else interested in following the trip to consider supporting this trip by making a donation to Seattle Children's Hospital, Research, and Foundation. Art and Kristin Reeck have made Children's a priority in their philanthropic efforts over the years, and I laud their achievements. I encourage donations to the Uncompensated Care Fund, to help pay the bills for children without insurance, or with inadequate insurance to pay their bills...lifting the financial and emotional burden from the children and their families. Indicate Jay Across America as the occasion for the donation so we can total the money raised.
Hopefully, someday, we won't have to raise money for causes like this. For now, however, I thank you for your support.
The donation total will be updated occasionally...Consider a donation per mile or vertical foot climbed...and follow on the GPS link, where you can see the route, the speed, the ride profile, the weather, and-yes-my heart rate.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Monday night training

It was a nice easy weekend with a 54 mile spin around the Valley with my friend, Duc, on Saturday.  Too bad I forgot sunscreen...the morning clouds and threatening rain threw me off!  

Sunday, I just rode a few miles out to Emigrant Lake and back, then took a hike into the hills with Sarah and Cobi...climbed up to some great views.

Today I got to let it loose a bit with about 45 miles, 3100 feet of climbing and some speed intervals...ahhh, the body enjoyed getting to work a bit today.

I'm starting to plan a big weekend...having a ton of fun mapping routes on ridewithgps.com.  Check out that site (a local product) for mapping out rides using googlemaps technology.  It's awesome.
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