Working Dawgs Training Camp 2025 part b

[Jeffrey Rasch]

Bonsoir mes amis,

I hope this email finds you all healthy and happy.  The committee was very excited to get our little camp going this week. We had 2 riders show up this morning. Tomorrow we will ride the normal direction, tomorrow is the bonus day. Reminder, I will not be available to lead the ride on the 18th because I will be working. If anybody is willing to step up and be the ride leader, I will happily handle email duties etc... There will be one bonus day, on Thursday for an additional 50 miles, As the committee always says, the miles must be ridden, the form improved. Everyone is invited to ride an additional 50 miles after the normal 50 miles. Likewise, you can meet me at Rockford Coffee at 8:15-8:30 as we grab some additional sustenance. We will leave no earlier than 8:30 but it might be 8:45 depending on circumstances.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION:

As always, the rides will start at 5:30AM, we will meet in the alley between Owenhouse Cycling and Rockford Coffee Company. We will be riding the Working Dawgs training loop in the normal direction tomorrow. See the attached RidewithGPS file. There is gravel on this loop, so come prepared, it is rideable on a road bike. There are many places to cut this loop short and return to town early if work, family or life are interfering with your training. We are usually back in town around 8:15-8:30.  Although this is not a no-drop ride, we do stop ~4 times to let dropped riders catch back up and to regroup. The link below is for the traditional loop in the normal direction.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36676391

The forecast on the weather app on my Iphone says 49 degrees and sunny at 5:30 and sunrise at 5:52. At 8:30 predicted temp of 59, up to 73 by noon. 

The committee also really wants to raise money for Family Promise. If you donated during the May Camp, fantastic, consider yourself off the hook. If you didn't please do consider contributing. Along those lines Lucian and Jurgita Hand have stepped up again with a $1000 matching donation. There is also an additional anonymous $1000 matching donation. The committee wishes to thank Lucian and Jurgita and our anonymous donor for their generosity. This means if we can raise collectively at least $1000 Family Promise will get $3000 total. I know we can do this because we have far exceeded this in the past. 

The committee is pleased to announce that Family Promise is our local charity for fundraising this year. This is an organization that helps many families in the Gallatin Valley in their very important mission.\

Please read below for a summary of their mission and goals 

https://www.familypromisegv.org

Our vision is  to end homelessness in the Gallatin Valley, one family at a time. 

Our mission to empower families experiencing housing insecurities to secure a safe, affordable home, a livelihood, and the chance to build a better future for their children

Charly Gaul leading Jacques Anquetil and Imerio Massignan in the 1961 Tour De France, Charly Gaul the "angel of the mountains" winner of the 1958 Tour de France, and the 1956 and 1959 Giro D'Italia's.  He was famous for winning big in the mountains in horrible, rainy weather.  Massignan was 4th in this Tour and won the King of the Mountains. There was not polka dot jersey at this time. 

I hope to see you all tomorrow at 5:30 am. 

Your humble domestique

Jeff

An oldy but a goody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKKdylxI1YE&list=RDoKKdylxI1YE&start_radio=1