Joining Team iN Training (TNT)

At the end of January we signed up with Team iN Training (TNT) and committed to raising $8,400 and to complete a 100 mile bike ride, America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride, at Lake Tahoe on June 6th. We had a number of reasons for joining:

1. We both want to get into better shape, and this is a program that will push us and keep us accountable
2. The program came VERY highly recommended from a good friend that participated previously and did a marathon in Alaska
3. It supports a great cause - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a nonprofit health organization dedicated to finding a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma

If you've visited our fundraising page, you know that we are riding in honor of Chris's grandfather, who battled chronic lymphatic leukemia last year and is (thankfully) in remission. So this is personal for us.

Finally, I want to note that we are not expert cyclists. Getting out there for a 20 mile ride is fun, but the thought of riding 100 miles - all at once - is slightly intimidating! Not to mention that the last time we trained for riding in an organized ride was over a year ago. The longest ride we have ridden in was 35 mile in November of 2008. So this will definitely be an adventure.