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Tue, 24 Jul 2007 by Matt Purdue
Wow, long time, no blog. Things have been crazy with work, interviewing for a new job, etc. Riding is definitely lower on the priority list, and even nature conspires against me. Too many thunderstorms the past few weeks here. Maybe it is global warming. Who knows?
I suppose it is officially the dog days of summer, and it sure feels like it. But now's not the time to slack, with some big rides coming up.
The first is a scouting ride for my annual charity event, the York Tour de Pink. In late September, I'll lead a group of 100 riders from Pennsylvania to NYC to raise funds for the Young Survival Coalition . This weekend, I'm riding 105 miles of the route.
Then next weekend, I'm riding the Pan-Mass Challenge, which benefits the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston--5,000 riders raising ~$30 million. I'm riding nearly 200 miles over two days with my friend Paul's team. Go Paul!
Sometime in the next week, the good folks at Serotta are lending me one of their new Serotta HSG Carbon bikes for the charity rides. I'm motivated to do justice to Uncle Ben Serotta's creation. Wish me luck.
