2016 Ride by the Numbers

Go Domo!

We had a fantastic 2016 season!  Our 7th 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:

33 - total teammates (8 more than 2015!)
9 - new riders to the Bike MS: Pedal los Pueblos
2 - long lost return riders from years past (Yeah Trey and Chris!)
20 - 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 11 (team wide)
27 - number of riders on our largest training ride (Ride to Santa Fe!)
6 - new rookie riders
7 - Pokemon captured while training (not going to name names here however) 

         12 - training rides (ranging from 7-27 total riders)

         7850 - Miles of training (team wide)

At the MS Ride 2016:

25 - riders Day 1
23 - riders Day 2
6 - Brand new century riders! (Congrats Maria, David, Celeste, John, Jason, and Liz)
1 - Ambulance ride* (the worst thing about the weekend)
20 - riders to completed the Century ride Day 1!
21 - riders to make it to Puye Cliffs on Day 2

3250 miles rode a the BikeMS (team wide)

Fundraising!

12 - top fundraisers (raised more than $1000 a piece!)
$26,281 (and counting) raised by the Penultimates in 2016! 
>$250,000 raised by the Penultimates in our 7 years of riding!

* Unfortunately we did have a rider crash this year.  Sounds like it was an unfortunate bump/bad luck upon making a turn.  A broken collar bone, a few cracked ribs, and a scraped up hand.  Luckily the injured rider had lots of support from their team, as we tended to her injuries and notified the Society to look for her husband, as the ambulance arrived. Cycling is always a risk, but considering how bad things could be with a bike accident we (collectively) were fortunate.   Unfortunately for her, she will be out for a bit, but has already planned for her return!  Be safe out there everyone, and happy healing to our rider!