This little town of Portage, Wisconsin has a big heart. What a terrific day and what a great event. I met some incredible people and the outpouring of support actually produced tears. For starters, a big thanks to the race directors, Mike and Heather Frank, for a quality race, an introduction to a killer bike store and the local press, announcing my campaign over the PA more times than I can count, putting a donation jar at registration and then MATCHING those donations with a fat check to come home with.
Wildside Adventure hooked me up with a sweet sled. Thanks to Peter and Joel for taking such good care of me. Thanks to Jen McCoy who did a good story on the campaign in the Portage Daily Register. Click
here to see it. And a special thanks to all the folks of the community who made me feel so welcome. Of special note are the survivors I met this weekend. At today's race I met FOUR ovarian cancer survivors. In a race of about 400, that's a pretty staggering number. It felt so good to share this with my fellow "survivor sisters". So state #41 is complete; I am officially in single digits. Next stop, Arkansas.
