Hello, fellow ‘Ride for Livestrong Seattle’ cyclists and supporters!
Just THREE days until the Seattle Century this Saturday, July 30th! My, how time has flown by. And the weather forecast looks perfect for the ride – sunny and 77 degrees F!
We’re excited to be participating in this ride: raising the flag for Livestrong and showing that Seattle supports cancer survivors and their families! I want to thank you for your interest and support for our group in its inaugural year, through fundraising and participation in our rides and events.
And keep in mind that it's not to late for you and others can still register for our group (for this ride and future rides and events):
Go to http://www.seattlecentury.com and register as a rider (
use our Seattle Century discount code - LIVESTRONG23 - which gets you $10 off of the registration fee!)- Register yourself and be part of the "Ride for Livestrong Seattle" team at http://www.tinyurl.com/ride4lssea
Now ... on to business!
Fundraising
Of course, we are supporting Livestrong both through ‘representing’ at various rides and events, but also by fundraising. Some of you have been fundraising in your online grassroots accounts – thank you for doing so!
If you haven’t, or are in the process, please consider a push before the event – send an email to your friends, family and colleagues letting them know that you are riding this weekend in support of Livestrong, and send them your grassroots Livestrong Fundraising HQ link (i.e. http://grassroots2011.livestrong.org/patrickchatfield - or whatever your alias happens to be). It’s amazing what support you’ll get by just letting people know what you’ve been up to.
The Ride
The Seattle Century starts at Magnuson Park. Here is the general schedule, per the www.seattlecentury.com website:
6-9:30am Continental breakfast
6:00am Registration and start line for 100-mile route
8:00am Registration and start line for 50-mile route opens
8:00am 100 mile course start line closes
9:00am 50 mile course start line closes
11:30-1:00pm Finish line music and snacks
1-6:00pm Massage
1-6:00pm Gourmet dinner
Invite your friends and family to join you at the finish line - purchase extra gourmet dinner tickets (includes free beer) in advance or at the event.
5:30pm Course closes
6:00pm Event closes
Our start
On our side, from what I’ve gathered, most of us will be riding the century (100-mile) route. We are planning on arriving at Magnuson Park at 6:00am for the breakfast and registration, likely on the road around 6:30am-ish. Please show support for Livestrong and our team by wearing your Livestrong bike jersey and/or shorts! Look for us in the white, black and yellow bike 'kits'.
Our ride
With the Burke-Gilman detour, hills, rest stops, etc. the 100-mile group should be on the road around 6 hours – and back to the finish area around 1:00pm, barring any unforeseen circumstances (i.e. a triple flat tire, eh, Mike?), which lands us back in time to secure our bikes and enjoy the gourmet dinner, massages, etc. If you are enjoying the 50-mile route and departing later per Seattle Century’s schedule, don’t despair – enjoy a great ride, and we hope to meet up with you at the finish line celebration!
Our finish
The great news is that we will have a Livestrong table reserved for us at the finish area, where we will be enjoying the gourmet salmon dinner! Not sure how large the table is, but please keep an eye on it, sit there, bring your friends/family, and we’ll be sure to catch up there in the afternoon as a ‘meeting point’. It’s time to celebrate a good ride together – we should be there at least from 1:00 – 3:00pm on Saturday afternoon.
See you on Saturday morning – looking forward to it!
LIVESTRONG,
Patrick Chatfield
Seattle Livestrong Leader
Team Captain, Ride for Livestrong Seattle
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