Well, today was the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics (the Cincinnati stretch). Myself and 6 co-workers bikes from the PD to downtown where we met up with the runners at their starting point...in front of Cincinnati Police District 1 headquarters. It was around 16 miles on the way down. Apparently....thanks to many of your donations....law enforcement officers and family raised enough money for the 2008 Special Olympics by themselves. Thanks again to all who donated. The ride back was very slow paced as we were going the same speed as the runners were running. They had police escorts shutting down all the intersections allowing us to continue on without stopping. We had support crew that traveled in vans and would go ahead of us to set up a checkpoint with water, Gatorade, and bananas that you grab on the way by. Harder to eat a banana on a bike than I thought. You kind of need two hands to open the thing. The whole way back was very slow. Very, very slow. I'm pretty sore because it took so long. It was pretty far too. I'm thinking it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 32-34 miles total which is my furthest ride to date. One step closer to the Police Unity Tour next year. We ended at Springdale Recreation Center for a cookout that was waiting on us. All the support staff were very good and it was well organized. All for a good cause. Good stuff. Now we'll see how long it takes to recoup.
picture courtesy of channel 5 news
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