Showing Up, and Then Some.

Woody Allen once said that "80% of life is just showing up." In January, I reached 80% of my cycling goal of 1,000 miles. Hey Woody, I think I did a little more than just show up!

Now, if I do some quick math on my calculator with very large buttons, my total was 800 miles in January. Not bad for the dead of winter. O0ps, never mind on that one. This is California, where we received a paltry .04 inches of rain for the month. 800 miles on a bike, 18 Hot Yoga classes and lifting weights once a week will more than suffice, I believe. Breaks down to 25.8 miles a day. At 27.3 miles a day, I will reach my 2007 goal of 10,000 miles. Vince Lombardi said it is a game of inches. He lied, or perhaps he was referring to some other wimpy game that measures stuff in inches.

Nonetheless, I am well on my way. By the time RAAM rolls from San Diego on June 12th, I plan to have trained close to 5,000 miles. Over the next 4 months, while I train and prepare for the grueling event that will create huge buzz about organ donation, 125,000 incredible people will registeron the organ donor registry in California. Unfortunately 10,000 people will be added to the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant.

Team Donate Life had always possessed audacious goals. Not only will be putting SIX teams on the road in 2007, our mission is to encourage 40,000,000 Americans to express their wishes by registering as an organ donor by April 2008. That's 95,000 per day. Hey Vince, THIS is not a game of inches. And, its not a game. Its all about giving life.

Keep Riding. Keep Livng, Keep Giving...Life.