I'm making an effort to catch up with my thank you notes to people who are supporting me in the 2004 Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride that will take place on Saturday, October 9. (That's a week from tomorrow, folks.) It took me almost two hours to email everyone because I took the time to write something personal to most people.

I've got 34 different donors now. Imagine how many people have made a contribution, if each of the 1,500 riders has a similar number of donors. That's a lot of people to thank.

The sun is out here in New Jersey. Pilots would call the weather "severe clear". Today's the day for another long training ride. Honk if you see me out there....