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Getting plenty of BRAN!

KIMBALL, Neb. -- Tonight, I join more than 600 other cyclists in getting ready for the Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN).

I am concerned about this ride, not because of the organization or things like that. From what I've seen so far, it appears the organizers and volunteers have their act together.

No, it's my physical and mental condition for this ride. I didn't get the mileage I had hoped to in April and May to do this ride at the level I would have preferred. T-shirt orders and other issues related to the Tour de Stooges took up time I should have spent on the bike.

In addition to training concerns, I've had to deal with stresses at work and stresses with my finances. I often wondered while traveling from Belleville, Ill., to Waterloo, Neb., last night and from Waterloo to Kimball today whether I should even be here.

But I am here. And I must do the best I can on the bike.

At least one thing went right tonight: I got the chance to go to Mass on Saturday night at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Kimball. Often, I don't get the chance to go to church before the start of a weeklong ride, and something is missing when I don't do that. Maybe this is a good sign of a good week to come.

P.S: Happy Birthday to my sister Teresa Parod up in Evanston, Ill. Teresa and her son, Julius, are getting ready for the XOBA ride in July in Ohio.

Roger 1 comments 7:42 PM

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Thank you.

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