Braking the Cycle

Sometime in June, I was told by David Lam at BFold that there is a fundrasing ride from Boston to New York.
I immediately shouted to myself, "I gotta do this. I've always dreamed to do that!"

When I was still at school, I often daydreamed about biking to either Boston or New York.
Traveling by bike is for me the most amazing and authentic way to travel.
More efficient than walking, while every aspect of the terrain affecting my progress.

The only thing that daunts me is the ride, "Braking the Cycle" (9/26-28) is a serious fundrasing ride, to help AIDS care and services at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. I'll ride 250 miles for 3 days, and need to raise $3500 minimum, plus $85 registration fee.

Three thousand and five hundred dollars. Wow. That is so many months of rent. (Talking about rent, I'm still looking for another apartment to move to in September with my dear friend Rachel Ahn. I hope I'm nicely settled in the apartment when I do this ride.)

At Braking the Cycle's official website, I read the training guideline. One of the first steps, asked me how much I can comfortably ride in a day.
I have rather prided myself in riding my bike everywhere in NYC. My usual long course would be a round trip between my apartment in Washington Heights and Canal Street, Chinatown. Drawing a line on Google Maps, it roughly turns out to be 10.35 miles one way, and 20.75 miles for the round trip.
The training guide tells me I need to train myself so my daily mileage will shoot up to 100 miles. In 7 weeks, I believe it is achievable. But it still makes my stomach lurch.

I called my mother, who has helped organizing fundrasing walks in Korea.
After laughingly telling me that I shouldn't expect much help from her or friends in Korea in general, she gave me some advices that sounded practical and useful.

From this week on, I'll start my training and fundrasing efforts.
This blog will be the documentation of my progress, with every bits of failure and success.