Updated Post: Bike Fest 2009

WOOOHOOO !!! Praise Jesus for this great opportunity. We did it again. We helped out during the Bike 2 Work week here in Tucson. We had some cyclists stop by on their way to work. Thanks to our sponsor Eric Post who invited us and used his office as a commuter station. We hope to make this a regular event that we want to support, LORD willing.

Thanks to Michael, Ray, Eric and Travis (in picture) and many more who made this a wonderful experience. (Travis, those scones and cookies were very yummy.)

Preparations For The Tour of the Tucson Mountains

(picture taken from http://grandarizona.com)

This is another wonderful Spring ride put on by PBAA (Perimeter Bicycling Association of America). It is April 26 which unfortunately is a Sunday.

Open to all ages and abilities, the Tour offers 70 and 27-mile courses. The 70-mile event is a perimeter ride around - not over - the beautiful Tucson Mountains. Both routes begin at Marana Town Hall in Marana, AZ and are generally flat, perfect for beginning riders!

We are planning to race as well as provide support via an Aid Station (on Silverbell and Twin Peaks).

To keep on training, April 26 is just around the corner. To find out more information, please visit the Tour of the Tucson Mountains web site.

Updated Post: El Tour de Phoenix Expo and Race

Hi everyone:

I just wanted to reflect on the events at this year's Tour de Phoenix.

Travis, Michael and I set up our IC3 booth at the Expo on Friday morning at 10am and we had a very good, and I believe, fruitful response. We were there until almost 8pm and were able to gather about 4 pages of e-mails from interested parties in Phoenix regarding forming a Spoke there. There was ample time at this relatively small Expo (compared to El Tour de Tucson) to talk with loads of enthusiastic riders. We handed out IC3 water bottles, and Hammer Nutrition came through again with goodies to give away.

Travis wasn't able to ride Saturday and left Friday afternoon to follow up on his move. Robert and Alex came by and picked up their packets as the Platinum meeting was just starting. Saturday morning turned out to be a cool morning with a bit of wind (not too much) as 1200 riders started the event.

Congrats to our leader, Michael, who finished just under 3 hours (32 place overall) and Robert who finished under 3:15 and Alex had a very strong effort at just over 3:30. I brought up the rear at just over 4 hours. Great results! The winner finished at just over 2:45...very fast!

The Lord blessed and we continue to ask for his blessings as we make ourselves available for His service.

Blessings to each of you, Todd

(pictures taken from http://dot.ci.tucson.az.us/bikefest/b2wtrp.php)

As part of the city of Tucson's bike fest 2009, there is Bike 2 Work week from April 13 to April 17. It's coming up soon and we are inviting you to be part of it.

We have the opportunity to help out on Tuesday April 14. Our station is going to be at the Law Office of Eric Post, one of our local sponsors. His address is 1801 E. Broadway Blvd. (85719). You can volunteer your time or by helping out with snacks. Let us know, we would love to have you.

OR, just show up if it is part of your route to work. And if it is not, drop by anyway, just make sure you are riding your bike :-)

In HIS Grace.

El Tour de Phoenix Preparations

PBAA (Perimeter Bicycling Association of America) is putting on El Tour de Phoenix on April 4 this year. Open to all ages and abilities, the Tour offers 72 and 25-mile courses, all routed throughout Mesa, Arizona, and beginning at Red Mountain Park in Mesa. Routes extend into the beautiful and rugged backdrop of the Salt River Recreation Area and Tonto National Forest. The 72-mile event is a perimeter ride around Red Mountain and the 25-mile course feeds onto the main route. Both courses feature an approximately 3-mile climb as participants begin the final leg of the event (picture taken from PBAA El Tour de Phoenix web site). We trained hard all Spring and are looking forward to our first Spring race. Join us. To find out more information, please visit the El Tour de Phoenix web site.

We are planning to participate in the Expo which will be held at the Interstake Center (830 E. 2nd Ave, Mesa AZ) from 10am to 8pm. Come join us or stop by our booth. We have goodies from our Sponsor (Hammer Nutrition) that we give away. At last years El Tour de Tucson we received a lot of interest from Christian riders from the Phoenix and Prescott area. God put it on our hearts to reach out to those riders via the expo. Pray that God will move in mighty ways.

Praises be to HIM who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. WOOOHOOO !!!

Updated Post: Resurrection Church in Boulder

Rev 12:10-11
"Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony , and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

IC3ers,

Our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ is awesome and worthy of our praise. I wanted to write you all about my experiences this week helping to build up a church in Boulder, CO. A group of about 100 from my church a church in Albuquerque, and another from Fort Collins, CO is over here this week to help reach out to the campus (CU @ Boulder). We have a sister church that started here a few months ago. The Lord has moved mightly this week as we saw 11 people get saved and have helped Resurrection church out by meeting about 250 students interested in learning about the Bible or coming to church. We had a prayer meeting Thursday night were 8 people gave their lives to Jesus! I personally had the privilege of meeting a foreign student from Egypt, Mohamed, who had been wanting to learn how to be a Christian and prayed on the spot on Wednesday to give his life to Jesus right in the middle of the Boulder campus. I just wanted to encourage everyone in IC3 with these testimonies to always carry an expectation that the Lord wants to move through you to change the lives of those around you.

In Christ,
Travis

24 Hours in the Old Pueblo 2009

The 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo came and went. We had a 4 men team under the name Christian Cycling Club. The team consisted of Travis, Joel, Wes and Michael (picture on the right: Michael & Joel). We came in 18th with 18 laps. Praise our Heavenly Father for this result as well as the wonderful time we experienced in his creation. If you are interested, here are the results in more detail.

2009's weather was great. No rain, no snow, lots of sun and fun :-)
We also had a great camp setup and thanks to Wes and Joel and his dad (see picture to the right), we had trailers as well as a great camp which gave us shelter during the night. So far God blessed us each year with a great camp. Last year we had a Fifth Wheeler with a huge amount of space. We needed it, because it was freezing cold outside.

Our team started in the following order: Michael, Travis, Joel and Wes. Travis raced the fasted lap at 1:07:20. GO Travis GO !!! :-) Except for Travis, who had some minor crashes on his second lap, there were no casualties to report. Even the "Rock" did not pose any problems.

Follow this link to see some more pictures. God Bless You and keep the rubber side down.