Peteifer & Pablo

I have enjoyed riding my bike this summer, so much so that I signed up for a bike event September 13 and 14 called Bike Trek to Shakertown.  For those of you familiar with Kentucky, the ride starts in Harrodsburg and meanders through the bluegrass for a 30 to 35 miles each day (for the beginners that is).  This will be my first official bike event.  I am pretty excited about it and hope my legs are up for it!

Proceeds from the ride benefit the American Lung Association to support the fight against lung disease, which I am glad to back because my grandmother died of a lung disease.  My goal is to raise $200.  So far I have $110.  If any of you want to assist me in my cause to help me reach my goal, I would be very grateful.  You can easily make a pledge online at my personal fundraising page:  http://www.petervcook.com/biketrek or write a check to the American Lung Association and get me the check so I can send it in with my biker ID number to credit for it.

Keep an eye out for a follow up post about how the trek went…I am sure I will have something to say about it!

I get to brag on my mother-in-law a little bit here. This year we had the idea to gather our parents to our neck of the woods for 4th of July ‘08. One of the attractions was the always fun RJ Corman Wilmore 5K. Jen’s mom has been walking on a regular basis and almost immediately thought she should try to run the race with us and not just walk like we had proposed. So she started training, and this past Saturday in this year’s 5k she finished 2nd in her age division! Congrats!

Update: Official results in the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Wilmore Newsletter (PDF)