The Idea

We've been so lazy lately.  It's the best part of the year for getting up early, but we just can't do it.  I don't know if Greg sees it this way or not, but I think we're both playing chicken.  Here's a sample of my internal talk "Who will get up and make coffee?  I'm not gonna do it.  But if we don't get up soon, we'll be late.  Greg should do it.  He's just waiting for me to get up.  Well, I'm going to wait for him to get up"  And so it's gone for months now, and we're missing the best part of the day.  I think we're both pretty desperate to change our habits, but so far...no luck.

I know this isn't the best way to start off a blog, but I hope to look back on this first post and think, "Wow, we were being lazy slugs...but look at us now."  A girl can hope.

Anyway, thanks to all this time spent in bed, we've been listening to a lot of Morning Edition.  It was on Arizona Spotlight that I heard the announcement that got me so excited that I felt compeled to start a stupid blog that no one is going to read. Hopefully, no one is going to read this....

Here's the idea.  To get out of the doldrums, to get in shape, to gain confidence, to stay out of trouble, and to help fight cancer....we're going to ride in the 66 mile portion of El Tour De Tucson.

Why the surprised look?  Do you doubt our abilities?  Well maybe you have a point there, which is why we are also going to join the Better Than Ever Program (BTE) at the Arizona Cancer Center.

It looks like a super cool and inspiring gig.  Here's the deal.  Participants register for an upcoming cycling, walking, or running event (in our case El Tour).  BTE organizes weekly group training sessions and socials to help us get ready for the event and make exercising a part of our daily lives.  In exchange we pledge to raise money for cancer research.  It's a win win!

So that's the plan.  We sign our lives away next Wednesday.  Wonder where we'll be in November...