Great Showings, Record Fundraising, Join the Team!
Good Showings: A number of WW members took on the Bolder Boulder 10K (congratulations Team 1-2-3, 1-2-3 and to John Harris for running through a hamstring injury), the Iron Horse road (personal bests by David Hammer and Carolyn Feller (3h 0m 2s!—her cheering section distracted her for about 2.5s!) and a strong tandem bike ride by Kristina Tocce and Adam Trosterman) and Mountain Bike races (Carolyn Feller finished 1st in her Mtn bike division! on dry, rocky, steep course), the Gunnison Growler (Rachel Farrett and Ari Melmed braved the ‘technical’ but beautiful terrain), and Elephant Rock (Congrats Eugene Chu on a 4th place finish in the 24-hour—that’s right 24 hours!—team mtn bike event—1st 3 teams were sponsored teams. Eugene ‘cooled down’ with the 100K road ride the next day).
Coming Soon: A handful of WW riders will take on the Bailey Hundo Mtn bike race June 18th (lots of single track. Check it out at www.bailey100.com). Also coming up are the Firecracker 50, Leadville 50, Mt Evans Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb and others. Please consider signing up for the “Step up for Cancer” at Dick’s Sporting Goods August 7th for the Raymond Wentz Foundation (go to: http://www.stepupforcancer.org/register and sign up with the Raymond Wentz Foundation—goal team of 40).
Record Fundraising! Kristina Tocce, Adam Trosterman raised almost $4000 in 3 weeks through a Willa’s Wheels fundraising ‘Athon’ page sponsoring their efforts at the Iron Horse road race. Andrew Lillie raised over $1300 in a couple of weeks through the Athon page and his Bolder Boulder run.
Join the Team—we need more participants! It takes about 5 minutes (go to: http://willaswheels.blacktie-athon.com ) See some of the sample pages others have set up. It does not have to be a 100 miler, nor a 24-hour event, it could be a 5K, a 10K,….Willa’s Wheels honors the memory of our daughter Willa and fundraises for the Raymond Wentz Foundation All money goes to the RWF which supports people with cancer who, like Raymond, are having trouble with the basics. $250 helps pay for the gas, $500 helps pay for groceries, and $1000 helps them pay for the mortgage. RWF grants help people like Jane.
“After being the caregiver for her husband who passed away from cancer she found herself battling the disease as well, diagnosed with rectal cancer. Not only is Jane dealing with the costs of her husband’s illness she is now facing new costs for her treatment totaling at least $200,000 (even with health insurance). She said that the Raymond Wentz Foundation’s financial gifthelped not only with her bills but also in her psychological cancer journey giving her a positive and proactive view to her challenge.” Learn more at www.raymondwentz.org
Ned Fischer takes on the Iron Horse single track
Carolyn Feller descends "The Ramp" on 2nd lap on way to victory!
Matt Rawley with Susan and their friend Jean at Elephant Rock