Category: 2004 Tour of Hope

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe first set of photos from the 2004 Tour of Hope Finale Event are now posted our new photo gallery server. I spent much of the middle of the day yesterday setting up the photo gallery and uploading the first set of photos. The photo gallery server is currently running a…

Reading Time: 4 minutes2004 Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride:Map includes labels of places where eventsin this story took place. Data came from myGarmin Forerunner 201,and was mapped by GPS Visualizer.Click on the image for a larger map. I had a mechanical incident during the 2004 Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride— one of the…

Reading Time: < 1 minute2004 Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride:You are free to use this map on your website,provided you include the label“www.OperationGadget.com” as shown in theimage. Click on the image for a larger version. I prepared map of the 2004 Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride using data from my Garmin Forerunner 201,…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreg Taylor wrote an article for CyclingNews.com called Victory at 12 Miles Per Hour that really captures what the riders in the Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride were feeling on Saturday. Taylor wrote: … riding along Macarthur Boulevard on a sunny Saturday morning, the serious and sometimes sad business of…

Reading Time: 2 minutesTour of Hope DC Fundraising riders Dave Aiello (left) andCecil Ledesma moments after crossing the finish line atThe Ellipse in Washington, DC. (Photo: Kathleen Aiello)[ More photos from the 2004 Tour of Hope ] Kathleen and I returned home from the 2004 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Finale late on Saturday night.…

Reading Time: 2 minutesI can’t tell you how busy I’ve been preparing for the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride. The amount of prep time required to thank your donors, work out logistics for your family to come watch, and do a few training rides is huge. Thanks to everyone who’s contacted me…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night, one of my relatives wrote and said, “I tried to make a donation tonight, but I guess there was a deadline that has passed. Is there another way I can support you on your ride?” I went to my Tour of Hope personal donation page, which now says: The…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m making an effort to catch up with my thank you notes to people who are supporting me in the 2004 Tour of Hope DC Fund-raising Ride that will take place on Saturday, October 9. (That’s a week from tomorrow, folks.) It took me almost two hours to email everyone because…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday’s Durango Herald reported that Outdoor Life Network cycling commentator Bob Roll will meet the Tour of Hope peleton as it passes through Durango, Colorado. He will serve as the master of ceremonies at a breakfast in the riders’ honor at Morehart Subaru beginning at about 6:15am Mountain Time on Sunday,…