Team Rider Jill Damon starts Race Across Oregon
Race Across Oregon challenges riders to a 533 mile race in one shot. Jill’s husband Andy sends this report from the starting line:
The day before the race:
I made is safe and sound after a 12.5 hour drive from Jackson. It was nice to stop and spend the night at our friends house in Boise. Erik and I left Boise at 6a with hot coffee and good music. We arrived in Portland at 11:30a, picked up the rental car, and found Jill at the hotel. Unpacked the car into the kick butt mini van we rented which ended up being a chore. Erik and I decided after unpacking and repacking that we would just re-organize once we get on the road.
The van is outfit with:
Computer
external hard drive
Two MP3 players
30 gigs of music
GPS
cameras
Maps
Flashing roof mounted lights
Cell phones
1 extrabike
2 extra wheelsets
1 cot
sleeping bag
cow bells for motivation
Two hot guys!! : - )
Cooler
Food
Clothes
Bike Stand
Pump
Bike Tool Box
Stove
Propane
Folding Chair
We would like to also thank our Sponsors:
Ibex Bike Clothing - the greatest wool jerseys ever!!!!!!!!
Fitzgeralds Bicycles - Scott thanks for fitting Jill
Jay and Tracey Petervary - THANK YOU SOO Much
Team Antink - For loaning husband Erik for support crew
Jeffrey - For watching our sweetheart of a daughter..CORA (we love you)
And even though they didn’t give us anything…RED VINES for driver sugar highs during the night. We are hoping for future sag wagon sponsorship from them. Look for pictures coming soon.
Well I think we covered it all for now. I just want to thank everyone who helped us in any way one more time. I plan to find wireless along the route to e-mail updates and send a couple pictures here and there. Time for bed. Need to be at the start line at 0430a.
Later!!
TEAM DAMMAN
Good Luck Jill!!!!!!! Keep us posted.
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