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title: "First AIDS/LifeCycle fundraising goal: met!"
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- cycling
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- alc
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This past Saturday, with support from a number of my friends, I **[passed the
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first fundraising goal for AIDS/LifeCycle
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2019!](http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/rtyler)** Cue riotous applause! Prior to
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my training ride I mentioned on Twitter that I was only _six dollars_ away from
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my first goal, and by the time the ride was over, a couple hundred dollars had
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been donated! Hoorah! Each AIDS/LifeCycle (ALC) rider must raise at least
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$3,000 and thanks to the tremendous support from friends, family, and a quite a
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few folks on the internet, I am _definitely_ riding from San Francisco to Los
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Angeles in June.
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My training thus far has mostly been
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[inside](/2019/01/13/peloton-worth-the-hype.html), due to more than a few rainy
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weekends this winter. But to date I've put about 220 miles in for January, and
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I'm on track to exceed that in February.
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The ride over the weekend was an aggressive 75 minute "power zone" spin class,
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in which I covered approximately 25 miles, but that wasn't really the goal. The
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goal was to build up my endurance to sustain a certain threshold of output for
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a longer period of time. While ALC is not a race, it is _long_. My legs need to
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be in good enough shape to put about 6-8 hours of riding in a day, for **five
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straight days**.
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<center><img src="/images/post-images/alc-2019/indoor-training.jpeg"
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title="Training indoors is _okay_" height="420"/></center>
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With this delightfully wet Northern California winter drawing to a close, I'm
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going to be heading out for more weekend outdoor rides. You'll find me in my
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very fashionable lycra and riding over just about every corner of Sonoma
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county before ALC in June.
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While the first fundraising goal has been met, that was my **minimum**. My
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target is $5,000 and if you have not already been kind enough to donate, I
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would [really appreciate your support!](http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/rtyler)**
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