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San Francisco to Santa Cruz – 79.3 Miles
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Over the years, I have recorded my Annual AIDSLifeCycle Experience<\/a>. And, during each year’s 7 day journey, I dwell in the retention \/or\/ kumbaka of the breath – and bring awareness to everything within & around me.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned (and check back) to get a taste of this year’s, 545 mile, 7 day, San Francisco to Los Angeles adventure.<\/p>\n

Here’s a glimpse of AIDS LifeCycle Day Route 1<\/a> – San Francisco to Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n

Don Colnago – AKA – Barry Elliot –
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At 4:00am. on 03 June 2007 (in accordance with tradition<\/a>), 6th Year California AIDS Rider \/ AIDS LifeCycle Cyclist, “Don Colnago” telephones to state “Tony, I’ll pick you up at 5:00am.” At 5:30am, Don Colnago and I arrived at the Cow Palace for the opening ceremonies of AIDS LifeCycle 2007.<\/p>\n

And although, each ride has brought me a new experience – some things remain the same. As I looked around the Cow Palace, I saw a bunch of bulls waiting to be set free. And although the key to “surviving” such a journey is to pace oneself, as they opened the gates, I and 2,500 other cyclist, jetted out like the running of the bulls in Pamplona<\/a><\/p>\n

However, like human beings, even a bull can only run so far. . . So as I embarked on an approximate 9 mile hill climb up Skyline Blvd, I turned down my testosterone and put myself in low gear. And as I made my decent down the hill. I witness a “rock star!”<\/p>\n

Cycling 8 feet in front of me , moving at about 32 miles per hour, intertwined in a pace line of 15 cyclists, wearing a pair of cut off jeans & Vans, cycling with toe clips – this guy was cooking.<\/p>\n

In all my years of endurance cycling, I’ve pushed wearing the spandex shorts, the cleats, and having the “so called – appropriate gear.” However, with each day we have the opportunity to learn something new. So now, I would say “if you can ride a bike – you can ride a bike wearing anything.”<\/p>\n

A San Francisco Local Cyclist – “ROCK STAR!”<\/h2>\n

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Name: Alexei<\/p>\n

Education: Stanford Graduate Student, Philosophy
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 155 lbs.
Age: 31
Birth Place\/Origin: Santa Cruz, CA.
Occupation: Graduate Student
Present Location \/Where do you live? San Francisco, CA 94103<\/span><\/span>
Favorite Book: “As I Lay Dying<\/a>“–Faulkner\/”The Sun Also Rises<\/a>“–Hemingway<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Q. – If you had any advise and\/or words of encouragement for the AIDS Lifecycle 2008 Cyclist – what would they be?<\/p>\n

A. – “My advice would be to make sure that you keep your eyes on the ground ahead and your legs on the pedals below, chug like a train, and most importantly, concentrate through breathing. Like that, seven days is a breeze.”<\/p>\n

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Over the past 6th months, each and every cyclist has built a tight community \/or\/ sangha of individuals with whom we have gone on training rides with, met yoga classes<\/a>, met in a bar, or even met at Sports Basement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upon my arrival to the lunch stop – I was reunited with my “posse.”<\/p>\n