Team Speranza News, Notes, and Info

Bike raffle winner announced!

Saturday, August 28

We held our bike raffle today, and we'd like to congratulate our winner, Sue Dayton of Columbus, OH. We are proud to announce that Team Speranza raised over $2,000 from the raffle, 100% of which was donated to Pelotonia 2010. Thanks to everyone that participated and stay tuned for an announcement about upcoming winter fundraisers!

Below is a video of team co-captain Dustin drawing the winner. Check it out!

Pelotonia 2010 and our upcoming bike raffle!

Monday, August 23

Wow! What a great, inspiring, motivating, and tiring weekend. Another Pelotonia is in the books and Team Speranza made its debut at the event with a great impact. Fifteen riders in our official peloton raised over $30,000 for the James Cancer Hospital. We're happy and proud of ALL team members for this accomplishment and it goes beyond our most audacious goals for this year. We are also happy to report that all team members finished their routes safely and happily, including some members who completed their very first century ride.

If you haven't yet, read our thank you letter to all those that made Team Speranza possible. Captains Andy and Dustin, as well as other team members, will be blogging about the ride soon. Make sure you stay tuned for that!

Team Speranza's official peloton picture at the Pelotonia 2010 opening ceremonies on Aug. 21.


Team Speranza crossing the 180 finishing line on Sunday, August 22 (from left to right, first row: Dustin, Andy, Jason, Mike K.; second row: Mark, Michael M., Jamie (behind Jason) and Heather.

Finally ... our bike raffle winner will be selected THIS SATURDAY! The drawing will take place at Cyclist Connection at 11:00am. Click here for more details.

We hit our goal!

Thursday, August 12

With a donation from one of our corporate sponsors, Hi-Way Paving, we surpassed our Pelotonia 2010 fundraising goal of $25,000! In fact, with other donations today to individual team members, we are currently just under $27,000. You can read our press release (PDF) about this, and let's continue to raise that total! Donate now!

15 Things: Training Advice for Pelotonia

If you haven't checked out our new series "15 Things: Training Advice for Pelotonia" ... you should!

This series, written by our own Dustin Keith, offers readers a daily training tip as we get closer to Pelotonia 2010. Whether you're an experienced roadie or someone just getting into the sport, we think you can pick something up in each installment.

Here's an index of the series (updated daily) and you can also find each part on our forum.

In other news, as a peloton, we've raised just under $23,000 for Peltonia 2010 and the James Cancer Hospital. We're very close to our goal of $26,000. Won't you help us reach it? Donate now!

Busy July!

Monday, August 2

Hard to believe that July is over and we're now about 17 days away from Pelotonia 2010! July was a great, but busy month for Team Speranza members. We added some new team members and also raised over $1,000 in peloton funds through our fundraisers. Thanks to everyone who helped us through those events and came out to support our team and Pelotonia.

If you want to see some pictures from our events, check out our Facebook page.

A few other things: First of all, sign up for our newsletter (below). We'll send out updates about our upcoming training rides and fundraisers. Please know that Pelotonia doesn't mark the end of our season - we'll continue to raise funds and participate in events, as well as host some fundraisers, throughout the fall and winter months.

Also, do you have a RoadID? If you don't, you should - stay safe on the road! A small portion from every sale you make through our site will benefit Team Speranza and Pelotonia 2010. Order one now so you can get it before Pelotonia!

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