Happy Thanksgiving!

Big thanks to Hal Downing for helping me raise money for Team Florida! I was pretty shocked, though, when he sent my "dating a cyclist" post to just about every cyclist in the Orlando area. Not exactly what I'd choose to be popular for, but I guess I can't be picky. I got so many responses from that post that we may have another coming up soon. In the mean time, I did come up with an even shallower reason to date a guy than his sexy pedal stroke. I thought of it while I was out riding last week.

Say there's a cyclist who you used to date. He's got the shaved legs and good form (I mean, come on, that's why you were with him in the first place), but things didn't work out for other reasons. You haven't seen him in awhile, but the tides have turned. You've heard through the grape vine that he has something new, something that he didn't have before. It's big. It's expensive...it's an altitude tent.

I'm ashamed to admit that trying to get back together with this guy for free altitude tent access didn't sound like a bad idea. I mean, how much time would I actually need to spend with him anyway? He'd always be out riding or gone at class... Fortunately for all the innocent professional cyclists out there, I don't ever plan on stooping that low.

Anyway, folks, I'm back in Orlando for Thanksgiving, and I'm thinking about coming out to the Lakemont ride on Saturday. See you out on the road! Oh, and if you have any questions about the Team Florida Ride-a-Thon fundraiser, email me at jcrowell@ufl.edu.