I Survied!

I survived my first Tour de Cure. 2 days, 500 riders, 200+ miles, countless volunteers, and one capri pants sunburn lines.

Here is the Start Line on Day 1 (my 3am wake up call)

From the Start Line, the riders either headed out on an 85 mile route or a 100 mile route to the overnight site.

Sunday was a day long event as well. We had the 25 mile route, 50 mile route, Family Fun Ride, bouncey houses, face painting, and cheering the riders as they crossed the finish line.

I got a killer sunburn on Sunday. My coworkers told me it looked like I had red knee-highs on yesterday because my shins/calves were sooooo red. They still hurt!

Thinking about training for next year's event???

xoxo,

Southern Gal

The Other Side of 3am

I failed my Memorial Day weekend goal. I didn't blog. Does life ever slow down?!

Tour de Cure started today! Its a two day bike event to raise funds to cure diabetes. AKA, supporting this event is my new job. Yes, I started 6 weeks before a 2-day, 200 mile, road bike event. I'm crazy. I've learned my job at the busiest time of the year. I left my old job at the tail end of a busy season, just to start a new job in the midst of busy season. Seriously, I'm ready for down time. My soul is yearning for sandy feet and salty air.

Anyways, today I realized that 3 am looks very different when you are on your way to work, versus on your way home from an evening of cocktails!! I had to be at the event site at 4am so I was on the road by 3:30am. I can't believe I'm awake and typing coherent sentences- at least I hope my writing is grammatically correct! The morning went smoothly and I happily sent everyone on their way. Once the bikers left, the crew broke everything down and I headed to the office to crunch numbers.

I got really lucky with my day-of job. All the other staff hit the road with the bikers and are coordinating the all the rest stops and the overnight event. I'm at home in bed AND I've had a nap this afternoon. Lord, thank you for this blessing.

Tomorrow is Day 2 and we will have a couple more local bike rides while we welcome back to town the 200 milers. I don't have to be at the event site until 6am so I get to sleep in! Yippie lol

I didn't sleep very well last night because I was so worried that my volunteers wouldn't show up, the thunderstorm wouldn't pass through by morning. or the t-shirts would be wrong! Everything went smoothly today so fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Alright, I'm heading to bed.

Sweet Dreams Darlings,

SOS