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Here are some fun cool facts about 4 and 8: Easter is on 4 - 8 Wendy has been riding
for 4 years, Pete was born on 4-8 (month and day) On 4-8, Pete will be 48 years of age We'll start on the 4th and end on the 8th of April. On the 4th, we'll start riding at 8AM We plan to ride 48 hours with minimal breaks so that we can take a 4HR break. Pete's first name has
4 letters Our goal is 96 hours, which is 48 twice.
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TEAM KITTEN
We did
it! -
96 Hours
4
Minutes 8
Seconds We're getting all our paperwork ready to send in to Guinness World Record Office. Wendy flew home to Atlanta, GA this morning. We all miss her already. We have been busy since our Record setting, so riding as taken a slight back seat. I will go for a ride in a few hours with Eric and Rich from Zumwalt's. We leave at 7am, do come and ride with us. I will ride to Channel 10 news office in San Diego and pick up the DVD made by Kyle - Thanks Kyle. Thank you: Media - for helping Wendy and me get the word out about word about our Charities: San Diego Burn Institute and Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation Richard and Eric at Zumwalt's Bicycle Center Jack at NiteRider Russ at Russ Denny Bicycles Jackie at Peloton Sports, We hope you have a fast recovery! Jim at Kenda Jeff at Polar Brandon Drouillard and Debra Kuhn - Medical Center Acupuncture Clinic Marty at G R Catering Inc All of you whom came by, called, honked and waved.
April 3rd
April 4th - 8 a.m. We've had many supporters stop by including Jack Gresmer and Ed Andrews of NiteRider, Ernie of Hydralyte, friends and you, the public! Thank you all for coming by. We really appreciate the company. Zumwalt's has helped beyond imagination with everything we need since we're confined to our stationary bicycles for the next 96 hours. GR Catering has provided us with three delicious and nutritional meals each day. And we have Brandon Drouillard of Medical Center Acupuncture Clinic to help us with our pain management. At
11:05 p.m. April
5th - 2 a.m.
April
5th
Thursday
At
11:35 p.m. We took our breaks. Wendy slept first for two hours, and about an hour later Pete slept for two hours. While I was asleep, Wendy was talking with the police Sgt. Darrell McPherren. April 6th - 2am A few days ago during a phone interview Wendy and Pete were referred as "HEROES"; We want to be clear, that the true heroes are the burn victims that continue to go forward everyday! We really hope that the Burn Institute and Burn Foundation both are receiving donations. Lets help send the kids to Burn Camp! Till our next update- Pete and Wendy On April 4th, we will start our attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest time on a stationary bicycle. The previous record is 85 hours; our goal is 96 hours. Our world record attempt will occur at Zumwalt's Bicycle Center, 6425 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, Ca. 92115; starting on April 4 at 8 a.m. and ending on April 8th at 8 a.m.; where we'll ride 24 hours a day for 4 days (with the exception of brief breaks as outline in Guinness World Record rules). We will eat on the bike as well as add/remove appropriate clothing while riding for weather conditions. To make things interesting, we'll be riding outside and using powerful night-riding bicycle lights (provided by NiteRider) on the stationary bikes (as if we were really out riding), and wearing appropriate "weather" cycling apparel. We could really use your support of our cause for awareness. During this time, we'll be asking for donations to benefit our charities and to assist us in racing in what Outside magazine called one of the toughest sporting events in the world! The benefiting charities are the San Diego Burn Institute and the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation. With your partnership of our RAAM team, you will assist these charities, our team, and receive prominent branding on our three vehicles that will trail us for an estimated 8 days for 3,000 miles. We invite you to be a part of the excitement, while benefiting worthwhile charities, and bringing more exposure to your company. Why start April 4th and end on April 8th? Besides being Easter Sunday, it will be Pete's 48th birthday, 8th year of cycling and the lost 80 pounds since he started cycling (see cool facts on left side). The current record is 85 hours, our plan is 96 hours. We will ride as long as we can. Wendy and I hope that by riding side by side we can motive each other to keep going. So why are we doing this???? Pete And Wendy will ride stationary bikes and attempt to break the world record of 85 hours to help raise funds and awareness to San Diego Burn Institute, Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation and for their RAAM race. They will continue to raise additional funds and awareness as they Race the Race Across AMerica (RAAM). Helping One Dollar At A Time.
Also, in order to compete in RAAM solo, racers must qualify at certain events and complete that event within a specific time period. While team competitors don't have to qualify for RAAM, Wendy and Pete did qualify in a 510-mile race called the Heart of the South 500 ( http://www.heartofthesouth500.com ). We have been doing endurance road cycling for over 2 years now and have a goal to do RAAM this year as a 2-person team, then Wendy solo in 2008 and myself solo in 2009. To do this, we'll have 2 pace vehicles and an RV following us along the route, along with about 9 crew members. So with these complex logistics, our expenses are substantial. So we are seeking corporate sponsorships that we would promote on our pace vehicles, along with other opportunities at RAAM and other events we're doing this year. See RAAM and RAAM NEEDS on left side panel, or make a donation. So who are we personally? Let us briefly introduce ourselves. We are elite endurance cyclists with very impressive cycling and professional resumes. Pete Masiel who originally is from Lindsay, CA is now a Captain at Monte Vista Emergency Communications Center in San Diego, CA. He has been with the USDA Forest Service since April 1988. From 1999 to 2001 Pete had collateral duties as a computer technical specialist for Incident Management Type 1 Team 5. Pete has a MCSE certification, Web Master and many other computer certifications; which he attained at USDA Graduate School in Washington, D.C. As a Wildland Fire Fighter, Pete battled many large forest fires all over the United States as part of a Helicopter Rappel Crew, Hotshot Crew and Engine Crew. Since 1997, after having had back surgery from a work related injury Pete has worked as a Dispatcher on the Cleveland National Forest. Pete also volunteered with the Kern County Sheriff Department for 7 plus years in the early 90's. Before the Forest Service, Pete was a U.S. Marine where his job was Crash, Fire and Rescue. While in the Marine Corps, he received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Highest peace-time medal for Heroism). He was in the Marine Corps for just under 11years. Wendy Gardiner who grew up in Birmingham, AL now resides in Acworth, Ga. (a suburb of Atlanta) and has 6 years of marketing, communications and event-planning experience. She is currently on contract with Peloton Sports and the Tour de Georgia. Wendy’s educational background consists of a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA), along with Bachelor's degrees in Communications and Spanish; she received her education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). While at UAB, Wendy was an Athletic Academic Advising Director. She was also the newsletter editor, writer, media coordinator for the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A), June 1996-March 1999. Another passion for Wendy is writing and has written several articles about our events. While at UAB, Wendy received awards for some of her writings. She was also Newsletter contributing writer for the Atlanta Sports Council, March 2001-December 2002. Last year she had one of her stories published in “Happy Tails” book where she wrote how we came to adopt a stray kitten in Los Angeles. Wendy has superb computer skills and can create awesome power points and photo movies with narration and music for DVD releases of events. Wendy has also completed the Chicago Marathon before she got into cycling, and was an elite rock climber for over 3 years. Again... we'll be in front of
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