[Sportsandrec] Few: Invitation to ride in Nashville TN

[Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC]

Where in Palo Alto?

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On Apr 13, 2010, at 5:00 PM, "elizabethbstewart" <elizabethbstewart at att.net 
 > wrote:

> Hi Sue and others on the list,
> Two Years ago I went on my first tandem bike ride at the Dallas 2008  
> NFB
> convention.  I have always enjoyed riding my bike when I was young  
> but once
> I lost my sight more and more threw
> RP, I never thought I would be able to trust someone to go tandem bike
> riding.  I had fun and once I got home 2 years ago I asked around  
> but did
> not really do any research.  I knew of a place in Berkeley CA.  I  
> thought
> that was to far and got distracted doing other things.  I recently got
> involved with a spin class at the gym and someone told me at the gym  
> about
> the tandem bike riding in Palo Alto area.  This Saturday I went and  
> rode for
> the second time.  I was very excited when I saw this e-mail about  
> going to
> Nashville.  Have others attended and how was your experience?  What  
> did you
> accomplish from going?  If you are just a beginner could you still  
> do the
> event?  Is it just for people who want to attend the Para Olympics?   
> I am
> interested in going to the training camp that I saw on the e-mails  
> but May
> is not a good month for me.  If any one has gone to this event  
> please give a
> brief e-mail of your experience.  It would be wonderful to go and meet
> others who are also on this list.  Thanks for the long message.   
> Take care
> and always remember it is never too late to live your dreams.
> Elizabeth    h -----Original Message-----
> From: sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lori
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 11:27 AM
> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
> Subject: [Sportsandrec] Fw: Invitation to ride in Nashville TN
>
> Forwarding from another list.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Invitation to ride in Nashville TN
>
>
> Hello all list members:
>
> I wanted you all to see the below post from a good friend of mine  
> who is
> coordinating a great ride in Nashville this June. I personally rode  
> this
> ride last year and it was top notch. Wonderful route and a good  
> choice of
> mileage selection. The rest stops even had a theme for each one and  
> they
> competed to be the best and most fun. My personal favorite was the  
> Jimmy
> Buffett tent. Lots of fruit and even good music to chill out with  
> while
> enjoying my fruit slush. A big cookout ended my miles on the road.  
> Enjoyed
> visiting with the many cyclist and checking out their gear while  
> having a
> Cheeseburger in Paradise. Hope you will consider contacting Les and  
> asking
> more details about this ride. Hope to see some of you there. It  
> would be
> nice to meet some of our list members in person. I heard rumor that  
> Pam
> Fernandez is planning to ride again this year.
>
> Regards,
> Sue Buckley
>
> Hello Cyclist:
> Our bike club in Nashville TN. is putting it's annual River Ride  
> together
> with one of our primary goals to include and highlight adaptive  
> athletes
> together. The ride is co-sponsored by Nissan and we hope to draw  
> 1500 riders
> to middle Tennessee this June 12th.
>
> Mike Willman, coordinator for the 2010 River Ride and myself, Les
> Wooldridge, Adaptive Athlete Coordinator have both been fortunate  
> enough to
> attend one of the Paralympic Training Camps at the Olympic Training  
> Center
> in Colorado Springs where some of your list members such as, Sue  
> Buckley and
> Lori Miller, trained as well.
> It was that experience that helped foster our great desire to  
> include as
> many adaptive athletes in our local ride as possible.
>
> Please let me know if you could attend and if possible help us  
> spread the
> word of this ride to other visually impaired/blind or hand cyclist  
> that you
> may know. Thank you in advance for any help you can give us.
>
> Here is a link to our ride:
> http://www.harpethriverride.com/
>
> Thanks,
> Les Wooldridge
> Nashville, TN
>
>
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