9 Days Until Departure!

It's crazy just how quickly this summer seems to be flying by. There's still so much to do, and it's going to be August in just a couple of days! As far as our Capital to the Coast trip, things are coming along. The biggest news since our last post is that we have a fifth rider joining us - Sam Ferrey, of Rocky Mountain House. Back before we were leaving for Argentina, we looked to Sam for a little inspiration, as we'd see him out cycling around town, much faster and more professional looking than us. He did way more training than we did, and he wasn't even training for anything. He just rides his bike a lot. And so despite being a late entry onto the Capital to the Coast team, we have a feeling he's going to be leading the pack, as since we started tracking our training kilometres he's been in the lead and hasn't looked back.

I wanted to thank everybody who sent us an email after that last blog entry - we had a few people tell us that they were definitely going to be making a micro-loan to our Kiva team, and we much appreciate that. As of this instant, we've got $625 loaned through our team, which is very exciting. We're over a third of the way to our goal! That being said, we've still got a ways to go, so if you haven't checked it out yet, now is a great time. You can visit out team site at http://www.kiva.org/team/capitaltothecoast - you just click "Join Team", and then decide who you'd like to make the loan to! The current repayment rate for all Kiva loans is 98.79%, and a lot of the local agencies that they use have a 100% repayment rate, so as of today I would say a micro-loan here might be a more secure investment than a US Treasury Bond. (No offence to any of our American readers).

As for the training, we haven't been doing quite as much as we had hoped, and so these 150 km days are going to be a pretty good challenge for most of us. But, we are very excited for hitting the road and seeing what our legs are able to do. Just 9 days until we leave. For those of you who would like to stay up-to-date as we ride, we'll be updating our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/capitaltothecoast as we go. Just visit it and "like" us to get more info. Plus, it just is nice to be liked. So please, feel free to do that.

Sorry to interrupt your long weekend with instructions on what we'd like you to do, but whenever you have a minute, it would be great if you checked out our Kiva lending team at http://www.kiva.org/team/capitaltothecoast, and our Facebook page as well. :) Thanks, and have a great weekend!