Friday, October 6, 2017

2017 Ride by the Numbers


Wow!  What a season 2017 season!  Our 8th year and going stronger than ever.  Lot of training rides, lots of new riders, lots of new friends.  The completion of the ride is always a little bittersweet - the culmination of a long summer of training pays off with some great scenery and great friendships.  The ride is over, but now we can sleep in on the weekend without guilt!

Ridership:
38 - total teammates (5 more than 2016!)
11 - new riders to the Bike MS: Pedal los Pueblos
1 - long lost return riders from years past (Yay Brady) 
22 - riders who have done the ride >2 years
16 - riders who have done the ride >5 years!
Training season:
0 - number of bike free weekends since June 17 (team wide)
24 - number of riders on our largest training ride (Ride to Santa Fe!)
7 - new rookie riders
10 -  Saturday training rides we had this year! (ranging from 14-24 riders)
9 - Sunday training rides (thanks to Ali and John M. for leading!)

 9313- Miles of training (team wide)
At the MS ride:
30 - riders Day 1
28 - riders Day 2
8 - Friends and family volunteers!
1 - Awesome Penultimate rest stop at Puy Cliffs Day 2!
3 - Brand new century riders! (Congrats Robin, Maria,  Rhea)
1 - Crash (yours truly, and was very minor)
22- riders to completed the Century ride Day 1!
19 - riders to make it to Puye Cliffs on Day 2
3790 miles rode a the BikeMS (team wide)
Fundraising!
10 - top fundraisers (raised more than $1000 a piece!)
$24,877 (and counting) raised by the Penultimates in 2017! 
>$175,000 raised by the Penultimates in our 8 years of riding