Update: Spiegel Rides 80 Miles in the Covington Century

Team Dream member Mark Spiegel continued his training for the Big Ride by participating in the Covington Century ride the first weekend in August. Even though temperatures hovered close to the 100-degree level, Mark pushed on to complete 80 miles under very difficult conditions. Go Mark, go!

The members of TD09 continue to train hard for next summer's ride. Amy is planning to do the Beautiful Backroads Century ride in Cartersville, GA on September 20, and she's still trying to talk other members of TD09, or anybody else for that matter, into doing this ride with her.

Update: Team Dream 2009 Working on Atlanta Fundraising Mini-Ride

Team Dream has been working behind the scenes on two ideas to increase visibility and raise funds for this great cause. First, we are working on putting together an Atlanta mini-ride to kick off the TD09 cross country ride. All proceeds would, of course, go to the National Lung Cancer Partnership as part of the TD09 project. We're really excited about this new project, because it will allow those who can't participate in a long stretch of cross country riding to still ride as part of TD09. A big shout-out to Merian Beagle for this fabulous idea. More details as we have them.

We are also working to secure corporate sponsorships from local and international businesses for our ride and this great cause. As the actual ride itself looms closer, we will work on getting some press and/or media coverage for the ride and the cause. If any of you have experience with putting togther press kits please let me know. We sure could use some help on that front.

Lastly, the members of TD09 are training like mad for their adventure. Several of us have pledged to do at least one 100-mile ride before the winter sets in. See our individual blogs for updates on our progress.

Thanks, everyone, for your continued support for this great cause.