[COLOR= #0000ff]Hey, y'all![/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]If you've never heard of Fat Cyclist, you might want to check out that website to know what I'm talking about at fatcyclist.com, in his blog for December 22. Even if you don't want to know what I'm talking about, I highly suggest that you check out his site, because the guy is a serious cyclist, and his blogs are really, really funny. [/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Anyway, Fatty (he says to call him that) has a team (Team Fatty, lol) that goes on Livestrong fund-raising type rides, and the next one his team is going on is in Davis, California in June. Being a cancer survivor, myself, I am considering joining his team and maybe going on the ride, since Davis is so close to where I live. [/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]The thing is, I don't have a CLUE even what these kinds of rides entail. I don't know how fund-raising works, or how long the rides are, what's expected of you, etc. It appears from reading his blog that he is asking each of his team members to raise at least $250 in pledges or whatever they're called. How does that work? Do you just get people to promise to donate a certain amount for each mile you ride, or what? How do you collect from them, if you do manage to get them to pledge? How do you prove how many miles you rode? Do all the team members know each other? Does everybody have to ride all the way to the finish line, if it's 200 miles, or can you stop when you've hit your limit? I actually don't even know what Livestrong IS, other than that it has to do with Armstrong and that he beat testicular cancer. [/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Have any of you ever done a fund-raising ride like this kind? If so, any pointers you have for me would be really appreciated. I did ask Fatty some questions about it through his web site, but haven't heard back yet (and he admits he's notoriously bad about getting back to people -- but then, he has at least 500 people who email him all the time, so I'm sure I'm way down on his totem pole). I also went on the Livestrong site, but all I could find there were pop-ups of people wanting me to join THEIR team. If I join anybody's, it will likely be Fatty's, because a) he makes me laugh, and b) I fit right in with his team name and c) his wife died of breast cancer, I am a survivor of it, and cancer research needs supported. [/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]I'll look forward to hearing from those of you who have done this kind of thing![/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Thanks!![/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Sierra[/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]If you've never heard of Fat Cyclist, you might want to check out that website to know what I'm talking about at fatcyclist.com, in his blog for December 22. Even if you don't want to know what I'm talking about, I highly suggest that you check out his site, because the guy is a serious cyclist, and his blogs are really, really funny. [/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Anyway, Fatty (he says to call him that) has a team (Team Fatty, lol) that goes on Livestrong fund-raising type rides, and the next one his team is going on is in Davis, California in June. Being a cancer survivor, myself, I am considering joining his team and maybe going on the ride, since Davis is so close to where I live. [/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]The thing is, I don't have a CLUE even what these kinds of rides entail. I don't know how fund-raising works, or how long the rides are, what's expected of you, etc. It appears from reading his blog that he is asking each of his team members to raise at least $250 in pledges or whatever they're called. How does that work? Do you just get people to promise to donate a certain amount for each mile you ride, or what? How do you collect from them, if you do manage to get them to pledge? How do you prove how many miles you rode? Do all the team members know each other? Does everybody have to ride all the way to the finish line, if it's 200 miles, or can you stop when you've hit your limit? I actually don't even know what Livestrong IS, other than that it has to do with Armstrong and that he beat testicular cancer. [/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Have any of you ever done a fund-raising ride like this kind? If so, any pointers you have for me would be really appreciated. I did ask Fatty some questions about it through his web site, but haven't heard back yet (and he admits he's notoriously bad about getting back to people -- but then, he has at least 500 people who email him all the time, so I'm sure I'm way down on his totem pole). I also went on the Livestrong site, but all I could find there were pop-ups of people wanting me to join THEIR team. If I join anybody's, it will likely be Fatty's, because a) he makes me laugh, and b) I fit right in with his team name and c) his wife died of breast cancer, I am a survivor of it, and cancer research needs supported. [/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]I'll look forward to hearing from those of you who have done this kind of thing![/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Thanks!![/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Sierra[/COLOR]