[Sportsandrec] The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa(RAGBRAI)

[Roger Acuna]

Congradulations!  455 Miles? in 110 degrees heat?  My body would go into 
convultions. I did a 25 mile tandem fundraiser ride in the spring and that 
was plenty and I had an awesome time!  Its fun BS ing with the other riders 
during the rest stops. I can imigin the fun you must of had going from town 
to  town.  Now thats what I call having some summer fun!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tai Blas" <taiablas at gmail.com>
To: <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 9:15 AM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across 
Iowa(RAGBRAI)


> Hi, all. I wanted to write and let you know about a great event that I
> just completed. It is called the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride
> Across Iowa or RAGBRAI for short. It is a 450-500 mile bike ride
> across Iowa which always takes place during the last week of July. It
> is sponsored by the Des Moines Register newspaper and always goes from
> West to East, but the route is different each year. On one day of the
> ride, riders have the option of completing a century (a hundred mile
> ride). I completed this and had a blast. Each town that riders pass
> through hosts a big party and provides great food, and overnight towns
> have bands and entertainment. This year was the first time that an
> adaptive sports team participated in RAGBRAI. I was a part of this
> team called Adaptive Sports Iowa. Adaptive Sports Iowa is a new
> organization whose aim is to increase recreational opportunities for
> people with disabilities. Our RAGBRAI team consisted of ten hand
> cyclists and myself, a blind rider. Several of our team members came
> to Iowa from other states to participate. I would love to see members
> of this list participate. The advantage of riding on a team is that we
> get to bring accessible vehicles on the route, bring our own vehicle
> for transporting and storing bikes and luggage, and a support team who
> can pick up team members on the route if they experience bike problems
> or dehydration. We had heat indexes of 110 and very high humidity
> every day of the ride, but it was definitely worth it. Our support
> team set up a tent and chairs in each meet-up town and provided
> Gatorade. The support was second to none! Most other RAGBRAI riders
> participated on teams as well.
>
> To get more information, check out the Adaptive Sports Iowa facebook
> page at http://www.facebook.com/adaptivesportsiowa and its web site
> www.adaptivesportsiowa.org . You can also contact Mike Boone, director
> of Adaptive Sports Iowa, at (515) 559-4550.
>
> I saw several other blind tandem riders and wondered how many were
> there. Did anyone on this list participate this year or do you know
> others who did?
>
> Tai
>
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