
Pick a fight. Cancer sucks.
No riding for me today to be sure I’m well rested for tomorrow’s LIVESTRONG Challenge Davis. THAT is proving to be almost as challenging as tomorrow’s ride is going to be!!!
Here are the three route options:

LIVESTRONG Challenge Davis 2012
My strategy for tomorrow is to mentally break the ride down into 5 smaller, manageable rides; 20 miles is not intimidating at all. I will dedicate four of the 20-mile segments to members of my immediate family who have lost their battle with cancer – 1 segment each. One 20-mile segment I will dedicate to extended family and friends who have also fought or are fighting now.
I picked up my ride materials this morning at Central Park in Davis. I got there early, so I got to see the calm before the storm. I grabbed a latte at the espresso cart and wondered around, perusing the Farmers’ Market. Then I chatted with some of the volunteers and vendors who were trying to set up their booths for today’s festivities for the pre-ride packet pick-up event.

The calm before the storm.

Vendor tents, getting set up for today's packet pick-up & tomorrow's event.

Vendor booths & registration.

People were swarming to sample the Honey Stinger products!
I’ve just recently discovered Honey Stinger products (http://honeystinger.com/), so I was thrilled to see them setting up a booth. They had lots of samples and were selling everything for $1 each, which is a better deal than you’ll get in the store.

Honey Stinger Waffles ... dangerously good!

FRS Healthy Performance booth
FRS Healthy Performance (
http://www.frs.com/) was also sampling their energy drink and energy chews. I’m looking forward to trying the drink – I didn’t want to try that on top of a double latte!
I wandered around a bit, tried some samples, got my bib, tee shirt, and water bottle and gathered up some energy and inspiration for tomorrow’s ride. Awesome volunteers – thank you for making me feel so welcome at my first LIVESTRONG Challenge Davis!
This time tomorrow … I will have completed my first Livestrong Challenge Davis!

I didn't get to talk to these guys, but love this name!

Here's to you, guys!