Thursday, March 29, 2012

This Weekend: Training Rides and Roller Disco!

  
Saturday, March 31
Ride Leader: Lisa Harbin, cell: 410-419-2445
ADDRESS: 415 Andover Road, Linthicum Hts, MD, 21090 

Sunday, April 1
Ride Leader: Steven Tabisz, aka Pez, cell: 443-848-8130
ADDRESS: Park & Ride - Davidsonville

DIRECTIONS: From the north:
Take Rte 97 south and exit at Rte 50 west (towards Washington) 
Follow route 50 to the first exit at Davidsonville Road, route 424 (one exit)
Make a left at the stop sign at the end of the ramp
Make a left into the Park and Ride just after going over route 50.
From the south:
Take MD Rte 50 east and exit at Davidsonville Rd, route 424 (one exit). 
Go straight at the top of the exit ramp to proceed to the stop sign.
Continue across route 424 into the Park and Ride parking lot. 



Sunday, April 1
4:30 - 80's Roller Disco
address: 1113 Old North Point Rd, Baltimore, MD
From 4:30-7:30 PM, join us for this great roller skating event!! Enjoy some great 80's Roller Disco with the Charm City Roller Girls, benefitting Team Bike Curious!  Click here to see more details.






 
 
  
  
Here is a brief look at what's to come in April: 
All event titles are clickable links!  The links will lead you to the event flyer or the events calender - locate the event on the calender to see full event details.
4/12 - 4/14 - Spa & Beauty Treatments at Diva By Cindy (15% of proceeds benefits Moveable Feast)
4/12 @ 6:00pm - Meet the Feast
4/17 @ Lunch/Dinner - Sticky Rice host: Tend For A Cause  (15% of lunch & dinner sales benefits RFTF)
4/21 @ 8:30am - Lake Anna Century Classic (contact Pez if interested at pez2385@hotmail.com )
4/21 @ 7:00pm - Play for the Feast

4/21 @ 5:00pm - Tiki Party!
4/28 @ 7:00pm - Food & Beer: Life is Good (buy your tickets today!!)

Monday, March 26, 2012

Memories from 10-year RFTF Participant



Rebecca Abernathy is a 10-year Ride for the Feast participant.  She was a crew member for the first RFTF in 2003 and continued as Crew until she first rode in 2006.  Rebecca has continued to ride the past 7-years as a very proud member of Team Atomic.  Rebecca is passionate about Moveable Feast's mission and currently sits on our Board of Directors.

The first ever Ride for the Feast - 2003, Crew
Waking up Sunday morning and realizing there was no coffee--anywhere--and wondering what we were going to do once all those riders woke up and realized it, too.

2006, Rider
Completing my first century was amazing, of course, but what I most remember about this year was quitting on the second day. After riding two miles into a headwind and up four miles of hills, taking six hits off the asthma inhaler, and getting a flat tire, I knew I had nothing left in me. The moment I accepted that fact, I started sobbing. I tried to choke it back long enough to ride up next to my teammate Joey to tell him I was going to sag. Before I could say anything, he said, "Hey, doing ok?" With tears pouring down my face, I shook my head "no," at which point he said "Alright, then we gotta have a singalong" and launched into a screaming version of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It." That got me another mile and a half.

2007
Feeling so confident in my riding ability that I decided to join a bike tour of the Oregon Coast Range Mountains. The sixth day of the tour started with a 6-mile near-vertical climb to the summit, followed by an 8-mile non-stop downhill. Unexpectedly, it was on the downhill--not the uphill--that I burst into tears. It happened as I realized that I had given myself the gift of this beautiful place, that it was a reward for a tough year, that a stunning downhill is something you get when you've survived a really gnarly uphill. I was grateful to be wearing a RFTF tee shirt in this moment, because it never would have been possible without the love and support of my RFTF family. 
 
Every year since I started riding
Getting up in the middle of the night to pee, catching my reflection in the mirror in the locker room, and thinking, "damn, my ass looks great." 


 

Friday, March 23, 2012

This Weekend: Training Ride and Zumba!

  
Saturday, March 24
Ride Leader: William Nothwang, cell: 410-302-1072
ADDRESS: 1725 Saint Paul Str., Baltimore, MD, 21202
*Because of the chance of rain, please call William when you're on your way!*
 
Sunday, March 25
11:00 AM - Zumbathon w/ Team With A Purpose
address: 900 E. 33rd St., Baltimore, MD, 21217
From 11 - 2 PM, join us for this great zumbathon event!!  No experience necessary; just come and have fun!  Check out the website for more details: http://teamwithapurpose.blogspot.com/2012/02/zumbathon.html



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Here is a brief look at what's to come in April:
4/1 & 4/7 - 80's Roller Disco
4/12 - 4/14 - Spa & Beauty Treatments at Diva By Cindy (15% proceeds benefits Moveable Feast)
4/12 @ 6:00pm - Meet the Feast
4/17 @ Lunch/Dinner - Sticky Rice host: Tend For A Cause
4/21 @ 8:30am - Lake Anna Century Classic (contact Pez if interested at pez2385@hotmail.com )
4/21 @ 7:00pm - Play for the Feast
4/28 @ 7:00pm - Food & Beer: Life is Good (buy your tickets today!!)