3,000 miles.
7 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes, 5 seconds.
92,694 calories burned.
$5,300 raised so far.
Once again, thank you to everyone who supported us with visits, food and donations, and especially to JackRabbit Sports for the use of their space and the efforts of all their staff. And thank you to my seven teammates who made this so much fun and so rewarding.
The alarm goes off. Reluctantly roll out of bed, wash bowl, make oatmeal and coffee, wolf down said oatmeal and coffee, drive to Jack Rabbit. Conveniently park behind the UPS truck, then feed $2 into the muni-meter ever hour. Tally up the ride mileage from overnight. Grease personal region with liberal amounts of chamois cream. Ride 3-hours, waving to kids and pretty girls on the street, tourists on double-decker buses in the process. Get Gary on the bike, shower, fetch a McDonalds vanilla milkshake and chipotle burrito. Sleep for 25 minutes in conveniently parked car. Get Miles on the bike. Fetch egg salad sandwich on salt bagel from Murray's and tall coffee from Starbucks. Get Terry on bike. Shmooze with people on the street, while explaining that he's not a) for sale b) getting paid c) single. Get Raul on bike. Gratefully greet Shane, remember that his shift is even worse than yours. Drive home. Answer e-mails, briefly say hi to NSQ, go to sleep. Repeat, repeat, and repeat again.
Thankfully we're done. The riders were all great. No one complained, no one ever showed up late, no one had a significant injury. We're all tired, but we had a great time and rewarding ride.
Thank you to everyone who donated. (We're tallying the donations and will publish the data ASAP. We'll continue to accept online donations.) Thank you to all who came by to cheer and feed us. Thank you to JackRabbit and their staff for the generous use of their facility, encouragement and support. Everyone was great. Thank you to Pearl Izumi, Win Detergent, Saucony, Asics, and Brooks for their donations. And thank you to our riders who generously volunteered their time to help raise money and awareness for a fine organization.
We're on track to finish the 3,000 mile Race Across the Window around noon Tuesday. Today has been a rough day - I'm riding with an ice pack on my knee, Raul flatted, and everyone's tired - but we're excited to see the finish. Please come by to cheer us on, and please help spread the word.
We need a presence on the sidewalk, media coverage and donations - in store or online.
Speaking of media - here's a cool piece about RATW at treehugger.com.
To encourage everyone to come out and support the riders, JackRabbit is hosting a 15% Storewide Sale
in Union Square today, May 28th, from 6pm until 9pm. While
you're here, please show your support by making a donation at the
register. If you can't make it, please consider making a donation online.
As we're getting close to the Race Across the Window, I'm reminded of this cartoon that Sarah .Wenk sent us a while back. I'm pretty sure that we'll be calling the window at Jack Rabbit the hamster cage.
Remember, you can donate online, and follow us on Facebook and Twitte.
Race Across the Window begins in 2+ weeks. We hope you'll come by to cheer and feed us. If you can donate, any and all contributions will be greatly appreciated. You can now donate online.
On Tuesday, May 26 at 11am eight riders will begin a simulated 3,000 mile relay on a Computrainer situated in the window of Jack Rabbit Sports'
Union Square store. We'll ride continuously for over a week, until
we've completed the stationary cross country ride. The event is being
held as a fundraiser for the Young Survival Coalition. Young Survival Coalition (YSC) is the premier
international organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to
young women and breast cancer. YSC works with survivors, caregivers and
the medical, research, advocacy and legislative communities to increase
the quality and quantity of life for women diagnosed with breast cancer
ages 40 and under.
You can donate online or stop by Jack Rabbit's Union Square location at 42 West 14th Street. Please come by to cheer us on.
You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Thank you for your support.
