This Saturday is the first, of a hopefully annual event, the Le Tour De Femme. This event is an all women’s cycling event that consists of a half-metric and full-metric century. The tour was put together by my friend Ron as a fundraising effort to raise funds for both the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Angel Fund of Rex Hospital. As of now he has over 50 riders registered to participate in the tour and has raised over $4000 so far. This is an amazing turnout in both participants and fundraising for the first time Ron has organized an event and the first time the event has taken place. When the 24 Hours of Booty began in Charlotte it consisted of one lone rider and has grown considerably year to year. Here’s hoping the Le Tour De Femme follows that precedent.

I’ve volunteered to help with the rest stops during the ride and have been put up as team lead on the first rest stop. Since Ron and I have done four different events together he feels that I know what a stop needs and how to set it up. It should be a fun morning even though it means being there at eight in the morning. It’ll be good practice for the 10K the next day which starts at 7:45 in the morning, a mythical time that I rarely encounter. After my rest stop closes Ill probably move on to help with the next stop and then back to the start/finish to help there as well since my afternoon unexpectedly opened up. Might as well put the free time to use and help out so that some good comes out of it.

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