I know this is a week late, but real life and things have gotten in the way.  To make up for my absence, I’ll even throw in some PICTURES! How about that!

First off, let me thank all of the people who donated and pledged for this ride.  The American Diabetes Association, myself, and Wilford Brimley thank you for your generosity.

That's how he says "thank you"

First off, all those who pledged did in fact make it onto my jersey.

My camera stinks, sue me.

The one on the top is for my mom and mother in law.

Below that, we have Travis, Coffey, Ducksauce, Ed, Semky, and AdamGISWizard.  The two corporate logos on top were some matching donations donors were able to swing, so they matched the contributions and able to double me up right at the end.

Folks, I raised $505 for the ride, and you best believe that I did all 100k of it.  My legs weren’t right for the next week; I just wobbled around the house like a newborn deer.

Here’s me sportin’ the jersey before I got all sweaty and unphotogenic.

Wife got some pictures of me at the start line with all the other folks who were doing the 100k and 50k.

Folks, I have to say, I did pretty well.  I averaged over 16mph for the entire time, and beat out two teams that were racing together in their own little pelotons.  The last fifteen miles were not so much fun as they were all uphill and into the wind, and it’s really discouraging to look at your speedometer and see that you’re going 7mph.

Once again, thank you all for your support, and look for me to be fundraising again next year!

And now you can start commenting on how awesome I look in bike shorts.