Three week progress report

So Sunday marked the three-week point of Commute for a Cause.

Turns out that getting people to donate money for my bike riding is not as easy as I thought it would be. This whole "non-profit" thing is all new to me. Turns out it's a lot of work! We can have the greatest ideas in our heads, and as excited as we are about them, we still have to get others excited, too.

I've got three main challenges that I'm working through right now. The first is the technical limitations of this blog. While it's simple to use and update, it's not as customizable as I need. But I'll just have to work around that for now.

My second challenge is rallying support for the cause. I've still got a lot of people to tap into for support and ideas, and I'll get going on that this week.

My third challenge is a physical one. I am still recovering from a crash that happened five weeks ago. I went to a sports medicine doctor last week because the pain wasn't going away. Turns out I've got a small fracture in my left ulna (one of the arm bones). It's affecting my riding a little bit, but shouldn't be a major factor in slowing me down. I just need to be careful when I ride trails. In fact, there's a group of guys I ride with and we're putting together a night ride for this week. One part of me says "Don't do it" but the other part...well, you can probably guess what it says.

And, yeah, really small numbers this week - a whopping 12 miles!! That's what happens when I'm off the bike for four days. I plan on making it up this week, though.