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AIDS LifeCycle – A Sneak Preview – Part III

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A Sneak Preview (continued)- Part III.
Several individuals within the AIDS LifeCycle Community were asked to reflect on and comment about the 575 mile, 7 day journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Here’s what they had to say:

Name: Sonya Prybutok
Education: BA, English & Rhetoric, UC Berkeley
Height: 5′ 5″
Weight: 121lbs.
Age: 35
Birth Place/Origin: New York
Occupation: Marketing consultant
Present Location /Where do you live? San Francisco, CA 94131
Favorite Book: “Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World”

Starting with which AIDS Ride, how many times have you participated?

– California AIDS Ride #7 (I think?). And this will be my 5th ride.

As a 5th Yr. Veteran, if you had one thing to say to “first time participants,” what would it be?

– It’s impossible to fail! This will be one of those life changing experiences that you WILL remember for a life time! You are stronger thenyou think.

Also, which day of the seven day event do you find the most challenging – and why?

– Day 4. Here’s why…The first day is pure adreneline, and we have a wonderful tail wind, so we sail into Santa Cruz, and we’re filled with joy and excitement about what’s to come. Day 2 we are still up and thrilled and it’s a really flat and easy journey (though it’s one of the longest days). In general, I always find that the 3rd day of riding in a row (on and off the ride) I am stronger then day 2 – my legs know what to do. It’s day 4, when you wake tired and sore with new saddle sores in all the WRONG places, and you realize that you still have 3 more days of riding to go that SUCKS…BUT, when you make it over the day 4 hump and we start to wind our way back to the coast – your spirits are lifted again…

Name: John Reichel
Education: Westfalische – Wilhelms – Universitat Munster
Height: 180 cm.
Weight: 79.5 kg.
Age: 45
Birth Place/Origin: Cleveland, Ohio.
Occupation: Studienrat
Present Location /Where do you live? 22769 Hamburg, Germany
Favorite Book: “Eleven Minutes” by Paulo Coelho

From your California AIDS Ride #6 Experience, what was the most memorable moment?

Ich erinnere mich an meinen ersten Tag, alles war sehr aufregend und spannend. Habe ich auch nichts vergessen? Sind die Wasserflasehen gefullt? Wo kommt das Gepack hin? Mit wem werde ich das Zelt teilen? Wie wird es wohl sein, wenn 3, 000 Radler den California AIDS Ride beginnen? Eins war mir bei all der Aufregung auf jeder fall entgangen. Dies machte sich gleich beim ersten Pit-Stop “schmezlich” bemerkbar. Immerhin ca. 15 bis 20 Toiletten nahmen uns in Empfang. Dennoch bildeten sich von den Tueren Schlagen ca. 10 Personnen und ich begann hochzurechnen, wie lange es noch bis zum Ersehnten dauern wuerde. Den Moment , als vor mir das Tuerzeichen von rot auf gruen wechselte, werde ich nie vergessen.

P.S.
Du=ieses Problem sollte in den folgenden Tagens des California AIDS Rides nicht wieder auftreten, da die 3000 Radler danach nicht nicht mehr gleichzeitig die Tagestouren starteten und somit die Pit-Stops nie ueberlaufen waren.

And if you could say one thing to “first time” AIDS LifeCycle participants – what would you say?

  1. Informiere dich ausfuehrlich und rechtzeitig
    + Offizielle Site of AIDS LifeCycle
    + Tony’s Site
  2. Statte dich mit einem sehr guten Rennrad aus, das macht vieles einfacher
  3. Beginne rechtzeitig mit dem Training
    + get your body in a good shape
    + trainiere regelmaessig und progressiv (feste Termine sind hilfreich, z.B. jeden Dienstag und jeden Samstag)
    + der Besenwagen sollte immer nur die letzte Moeglichkeit sein, an das Tagesziel zu kommen
  4. Mache dich vor dem ersten Training mit den Verhalten- und Sicherheitsregeln fuer das Radfahren vertraut!!!
  5. Bilde Traininggruppen (du solltest mindestens einen Trainingspartner haben)
  6. Geniesse jeden Tag beim Training und beim AIDS-Ride
  7. Lasse deine Freunde, Familie und Sponsoren an deinen Erlebnissen teilhaben
    + Photo-CD, Web-Blog, Email, Brief, ….
  8. Wenn du beim AIDS-Ride schnell fahren moechtest, musst du morgens moeglichst frueh aufstehen (“je schneller, desto frueher”), da du sonst den ganzen Tag die langsameren Fahrer ueberholen musst. Dass ist langweilig und mitunter auch gefaehrlich.
  9. Alles gute fuer deine Tour, ich waere auch gerne wieder mit dabei.

Name: Nichael May – AKA “Miles”
Education: Currently Studying Community Outreach – S.F. City College
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 145lbs.
Age: 42
Birth Place/Origin: ?
Occupation: IHSS Consortium
Present Location /Where do you live? ?
Favorite Book: “My Journal and Sketch Book”

As a first time AIDS LifeCycle Cyclist, Rider #6154, how did you find out about AIDS LifeCycle?

– I know people who have ridden before.

What would you like to gain from your upcoming 575 mile, 7 day, journey to Los Angeles?

– This ride is a personal challenge for me. I have many friends affected by AIDS / HIV and others who have died. They are part of the reason I am riding, I love them so much. When some of them where sick, there was nothing could do to help them. This is a way of helping them and remembering them, and helping others. Also, it is a way for me to focus and workout my anger. AIDS has made me very angry.

What would your mother think about your upcoming endeavor?

– My mother would think that I was crazy to ride all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

TO BE CONTINUED – Check back to see what others of the AIDS LifeCycle Community have to say.

AIDS LIfeCycle Part I

AIDS LIfeCycle Part II

Wising the best of all possible worlds,

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