PHAT Tuesday had their team BBQ on Sunday 7-19. It was a perfect day. A group of about 16 PHATs participated in the Climb To The Clouds that morning. We did the 60 mile route. There was plenty of climbing and some great team camaraderie. We were very happy our teammate Mark was able to come up from Virginia to be with us.
The ride was a lot of fun. This is essentially the final "big" training ride before the Pan Mass Challenge. All did well. Now it was time to feast and enjoy the day. We met for our team BBQ. We were all looking forward to it as we were going to meet our 2009 pedal partner Elle and her family.
Elle is loaded with personality. She was a bit reserved when she first arrived having not known anyone there. She was a little intimidated by Melanie, the enthusiastic yellow lab. Well, it didn't take long before Elle was in the pool swimming with Melanie and others. She was very proud of herself as she exclaimed "hey, I'm swimming by myself". I guess this was a first and we were happy to share that with her and her family.
Ethan, one of our past pedal partners was also able to join us. Ethan is 5 now. He was barely 1 when we met him and at the time he was a very sick little boy. It was so cool to see him now. He's another really great kid. Not a shrinking violet either. He was right in there mixing it up with everyone and having a blast.
It was a great day and fantastic to meet Elle and her family. Pedal partners are very important to our team. It helps us all to connect with the Pan Mass Challenge on a level that's very hard to explain. It puts a face on what we're doing and it makes us all feel very fortunate to be able to get to know thes very cool little people and their families. I hope the families get as much out of it as we do.
The Pan Mass is less than two weeks away and there's still time to help. Visit our team fundraising page at http://www.pmc.org/profile/TP0049 and please make a donation if you can.
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