At the last minute I decided to join Eddie to ride half of the RSVP. I was going as a pirate. We started out from Marymoor tempting the rain by ditching our jackets. I must have run over something ‘cause I got a flat just at the entrance to the Sammamish river trail. I swapped …
Category Archive: Event
Jul 16 2013
Anyone Can STP in 1 Day!
There was once a time, a long time ago, long before the Renault Fuego was considered a stylish and sporty import, around the time when people would stand in line to use a payphone, during an age where one would hold up a cassette tape recorder up to the TV during Soul Train to record songs …
Jul 14 2013
2013 STP in 1 Day
This was an event that I had been wanting to do for many years, ever since my first STP. So this year, I finally decided to do it. Kary had planned everything out, with Gail and Kathryn providing support. Kary even had a customized spreadsheet to figure out the time points and you could enter …
May 07 2012
5 Ways to Keep Your Stoker Happy!
Being kind of lazy I resorted to a less than full write up, but I think you’ll see that we had a great ride with Renee and Jerrold. Tradition was broken and the tulips were in bloom, it was sunny, and we didn’t get lost. Thanks R&J for the invite! 5 Ways to Keep Your …
Mar 05 2012
STP 1 day
Hey Everyone! Grace and I on Tandem and Craig are doing the STP in One Day. I’d like to invite other Crazy people to join. Our goal is 12 hours total. My original thought was Sunday at 3 am, but, there may be interest for Sat at 3 am. Sunday would be nice because the …
Feb 28 2012
Chilly Hilly 2012: from FA(s)T Eddie’s point of view
The cold temperature and the hills each contribute to the challenge. But for me, the biggest challenge is the fact that I haven’t exercised in any way, since September. Back then, my conditioning was acceptable. But I’ve had a lot of cake, ice cream, roast beef, red wine, poppy-seed muffins, and couch time since the …
Jul 22 2011
STP 2011 – Red Team Ride Report
Our ride started off almost like clockwork – people got their streamers and their much valued wrist bands. We left at 6:20am and the remaining color teams left roughly on schedule with the yellow team rolling out at 6:40am. At Kent, we saw some of the teams start to come in and our team (red) took off …
Jul 13 2011
Tour de Donut 2011 Ride Report
This was a delicious ride. Our first stop was Krispy Kreme*. Dan and William picked out a dozen or so. I wolfed down a couple 1/4 size pieces and my stoker took one as well. We next went up East Lake Sammamish Pkwy – I found that I was pulling a bunch of people so …
Jul 01 2011
2nd Annual Tour de Donut (Eastside) Ride, July 2
Hi riders!! Want to carbo load before the big ride next week? Well, we are having our Second Annual Tour de Donut (Eastside) ride!!! What is this ride you ask? Well click here to read about last year’s 2010 Tour de Donut ride. Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011 Time: Meet 7:45 AM, Depart 8:00 AM Meeting Place: Sunset Elementary School …