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Day 8,
January 12, 2002
Stats
for the day
Distance:
each of us rode 237 KMS/147 MILES from El Paso to Van Horn, Texas.
Cumulative
distance for trip: 1654 kms/1027 miles over 8 days
Total
altitude climbed today [i.e. total climbs not including downhills]:
4,760 feet
Calories
consumed durig ride: JEFF 6865/KEVIN 5780
Weather:
cool 30-50 degrees
Daily inspiration
Each day
Diane Rushton & Jeff's kids Brooklyn and Skylar are sending the team inspirational
messages to start their day.
Read January 12th inspiration.
Read Jeff, Kevin's comments for the day
Hear Jeff's radio interview on CFRB (Toronto radio) - Jan 11 (mp3)
Hamish is back! Check out his photos
Photos
Our support
team is doing an amazing job. Jennifer (left) for overall nutrition
and massage! Kenn (middle - Jeff's brother) is the RV driver and
the overall utility person doing everything from nightly food shopping,
to cleaning dishes, to making sure Kevin and I stay on track. Chrissy
(right) is with us from Ride Guide filming the 24 days.
The mountains
were not as severe, but we still had some climbing today.
Some wild
horses we saw as we rode through the Texas highlands.
To maximize
our safety we are followed by our RV.
The Best Western
in Van Horn, Texas graciously gave us free rooms for the note.
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DON'T QUIT by Jill Wolf
Special
Thanks
We'd
like to thank the Holiday Inn in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico who
graciously gave us free accomodation after our January 10th ride.
We'd like to thank the Super 8 in Silver City, New Mexico who graciously gave us free accomodation after our January 9th ride.
We'd like to thank the Best Western in Arizona, as well as in Texas, who graciously gave us free accomodations after out rides.
Some of the cool support things that are happening along the ride.
Many local
newspaper stories along the way.
2. A camera crew from the TV program "Ride Guide" on Outdoor Life Network
with us for both events. They will be making a TV segment on our two events.
3. Providing daily updates on the website including outline of what we
did and digital pictures along the way.
4. Most important we will be highlighting on our support vehicles and
on our website the person we are riding for during that day.