The Ride of '05

1/9/2006: Media Guide Posted by Dave at 9:52 AM EDT. You can now enjoy the ride with us. Download The Ride of '05 Media Guide Here. It takes a couple of minutes to download so please be patient. And don't forget to visit our wonderful sponsors who supported us.

7/12/2005: Thank You! Posted by Dana at 9:52 AM EDT. We would like to offer a sincere and special thank you to those who helped us throughout our journey. Specifically, we would like to thank our corporate sponsors: PalmOne PowerBar Performance Bicycle Holiday Inn & Holiday Inn Express Trek Avis New York Life Insurance Company Chemung Canal Trust Company Color Ad Sign Corporation Hopper Holmes FedEx SVM Cargill Seneca Clipper Inn We very much enjoyed working with you and are grateful of the support you provided. We would like to recognize our support crew for their tireless support while we rode across the United States. We offer a special thank to each of you: Kim Lampman Linda Carr Rick Carr Bob Spencer Mary Kay Spencer Tanya Mackiewicz Brittany Wolanin Courtney Wolanin We will always remember the great times had in the Ford Expedition, at-speed bottle exchanges, late night dinners and wonderful conversations. We would also like to thank those who donated to the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Ride of ’05; we could not have done this charity event without your support! Finally, we would like to thank our family and friends who helped support us, not only during the ride, but in the 18 months of planning and training before the trip. We are very blessed to have each of you in our lives. From the bottom of our hearts…THANK YOU!

7/12/2005: The Ride of '05 Final Statistics Posted by Dana at 9:17 AM EDT. Time: 171.8 hours Distance Traveled: 3,052 miles Average Speed: 17.8 mph

5/31/2005: Day 34: Dillon, SC - Myrtle Beach, SC Posted by Dave at 12:07 AM EDT. Time: 4 hrs 17 mins Distance: 80.0 mi Average Speed: 18.6 mph What a trip!!! To be honest, it didn’t really feel like today was the end of our month-long journey. Day after day we rode and rode and rode, and today was just like all the others. The only difference was it was the last one we’ll have to do. There was so much preparation going into our final night’s stay that we didn’t really get a chance to reflect on the trip. So we awoke this morning with many delights. First, Dana’s family arrived in the wee-hours of the morning. Rick, Dana’s father was passed out in the passenger seat of his vehicle. Then my parents drove in yesterday to meet us too. Our room and hotel door was plastered with “Congrats”, “You’re last day”, “You’re almost done” signs. The car too was plastered with similar signs. Apparently Brittany and Courtney are a bit sneakier than we thought…making up all those signs in the middle of the night! Then a bit after we finished breakfast a c

1/9/2006: Media Guide
Posted by Dave at 9:52 AM EDT.
You can now enjoy the ride with us. Download The Ride of '05 Media Guide Here. It takes a couple of minutes to download so please be patient. And don't forget to visit our wonderful sponsors who supported us.

7/12/2005: Thank You!
Posted by Dana at 9:52 AM EDT.
We would like to offer a sincere and special thank you to those who helped us throughout our journey. Specifically, we would like to thank our corporate sponsors:

PalmOne
PowerBar
Performance Bicycle
Holiday Inn & Holiday Inn Express
Trek
Avis
New York Life Insurance Company
Chemung Canal Trust Company
Color Ad Sign Corporation
Hopper Holmes
FedEx
SVM
Cargill
Seneca Clipper Inn

We very much enjoyed working with you and are grateful of the support you provided.

We would like to recognize our support crew for their tireless support while we rode across the United States. We offer a special thank to each of you:

Kim Lampman
Linda Carr
Rick Carr
Bob Spencer
Mary Kay Spencer
Tanya Mackiewicz
Brittany Wolanin
Courtney Wolanin

We will always remember the great times had in the Ford Expedition, at-speed bottle exchanges, late night dinners and wonderful conversations.

We would also like to thank those who donated to the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Ride of ’05; we could not have done this charity event without your support!

Finally, we would like to thank our family and friends who helped support us, not only during the ride, but in the 18 months of planning and training before the trip. We are very blessed to have each of you in our lives. From the bottom of our hearts…THANK YOU!

7/12/2005: The Ride of '05 Final Statistics
Posted by Dana at 9:17 AM EDT.
Time: 171.8 hours

Distance Traveled: 3,052 miles

Average Speed: 17.8 mph

5/31/2005: Day 34: Dillon, SC - Myrtle Beach, SC
Posted by Dave at 12:07 AM EDT.
Time: 4 hrs 17 mins
Distance: 80.0 mi
Average Speed: 18.6 mph

What a trip!!!

To be honest, it didn’t really feel like today was the end of our month-long journey. Day after day we rode and rode and rode, and today was just like all the others. The only difference was it was the last one we’ll have to do.

There was so much preparation going into our final night’s stay that we didn’t really get a chance to reflect on the trip. So we awoke this morning with many delights. First, Dana’s family arrived in the wee-hours of the morning. Rick, Dana’s father was passed out in the passenger seat of his vehicle. Then my parents drove in yesterday to meet us too. Our room and hotel door was plastered with “Congrats”, “You’re last day”, “You’re almost done” signs. The car too was plastered with similar signs. Apparently Brittany and Courtney are a bit sneakier than we thought…making up all those signs in the middle of the night! Then a bit after we finished breakfast a c