Raise One For Anne

Raise One For Anne Epilepsy Foundation Team Page

 Sooooo, I still am bad about updating this blog. Honestly, I prefer it to fb but fb is easier.  A couple weeks ago, Lisa and I started what was to be an 80 mile test ride with our Canyon Grails to see if we could stomach them for the 100 mile ride we had planned in Michigan about 10 days later. I'd been fighting with mine lately on rides over 40 miles.  We started on a cool Saturday morning and were enjoying the temperatures and quiet roads. About 20 miles in, and about 5 miles before our "natural break" stop, a thought started running through my head but I kept it to myself until we stopped.  When we reached our stopped I gave voice to my thought: the weather is nice, the preliminary forecast for MI is high winds, we should think about just doing 100 today. Lisa didn't automatically shoot the idea down. We agreed that based on our planned route we could wait until about mile 62 to make a decision.  Along the way we crossed over I-71 for the second time that day.  As