The Miracle Limbs in Motion Ride

March 21st, 2015

There are charity rides every weekend in this sunny state of FL.  I have limited myself to one a month but I am probably done for a while.   The Miracle Limbs in Motion ride was organized to raise funds for amputees.  There were several amputees which prosthetic limbs who did not ride but attended the event.  One of my neighbors lost his leg when a boat ran over him so I wanted to ride this ride for him.

The ride was very well organized with lots of food from local restaurants who donated the food.....or at least I think so.  I decided to ride with two of the riders from the TREK Naples Saturday morning ride and we did the 42 mile route.  The rest of that TREK group opted for the 62 mile ride.  It's now about enjoying the ride rather than speed and with fighting a cold it was definitely the right decision.  The other group rode at 25 mph for a good part of the ride which was exactly what I was not looking forward to doing.

We picked up two others....a husband ( Ross) and wife(Mary)... who lived in Sanibel....well were in the transition of moving from Chicago to Sanibel..  Now we were five and a very well oiled machine who understood drafting which gave us a good advantage to fight the little wind that was out there.  We ended up hooking with another group in the last five miles doing 23 mph.  Yikes.  Just what I wanted to avoid but it was only five miles.  It was the longest five miles I have ever ridden.   I hung on until the end....maybe because I wanted to get back to the start and of course......to the food! We exchanged phone numbers so that we can ride together in the future.

Now back to the charity ride.

My riding number

The route. 

It was a great ride but I was glad to be home at the end and take a long nap on the couch!