Cropped photo of an ALC 2025 cyclist wearing the "Ride With Chris" jersey and holding the "Halfway to LA" sign.
I got this photo in private email, so it's heavily cropped. Seeing that I had a "presence" -- however tiny -- in the #Final545 of AIDS/LifeCycle, and that this person thought of posing at Halfway to LA in a borrowed Ride With Chris jersey ... well, speechless, warm tinglies, and even a few tears.
Cyclist takes a strawberry from a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, in a strawberry dress & green veil
One last time, giving strawberries to AIDS/LifeCycle riders as they leave SF to Santa Cruz on the first day. One of my favorite things to do as a Sister. #ALC2025 #Final545
Many flats of strawberries waiting to be hand fed to the AIDS/LifeCycle riders in the morning as they leave SF and bike to LA over the next week. #ALC2025 #Final545
Could not be more proud of this guy right here, Captain Rob Brouillard of Team Cretins, has raised almost $28k! He’s going to ride from SF to LA starting tomorrow - and on a fixed gear bike, because he’s a BADASS! #ALC2025 #TeamCretins #Final545
I’m excited and a little disappointed to share that I will be participating in what will be the final ride of AIDS Life Cycle! As a first time rider, I only have this one opportunity to take part in this great charity. I hope you will support me in getting there! #AidsLifeCycle2025 #Final545
View the colors in the sky and The Mountain during sunrise today. Picture taken on the ferry from Vashon to West Seattle.
Picture of me dressed with layers on my face and neck to keep me warm. I finally had a reason to wear my Supreme Gore-Tex wind/chill face guard.
Team OutSpoken at Montlake Bike Shop. We had two dalmatian mascots pose with us today.
Map of route we took today, from Montlake, through UW Campus, onto Magnolia, through the Ballard Locks, and then back to the bike shop.
Today’s AIDS/LifeCycle team training ride was the most fun I’ve had with my clothes on in a very long time.
I can dress for frigid cold; but please, let this killer SUNNY weather repeat itself for next week’s ride.
#FunInTheSun
#RideOutLoud #AIDSLifeCycle #OutSpokenCC #SeattleCycling #Final545
I’m laying on the matt after a round of plank/oblique crunch torture. The expression on my face shows my dismay. I’m wearing a black t-shirt with rainbowish writing that has the 2025 AIDS/LifeCycle phrase, “You belong here.”
FitBod card of today’s workout. It says the type of activities, results, and demo pictures. Activities: Skullcrusher, Push Up On Knees, Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press, Seated Tricep Press, Barbell Bench Press, Balance Trainer Plank, and Oblique Crunch.
Yo, HO!
Shivver me timbers! I’d rather walk the plank than suffer through sixty more seconds of one in the gym.
I’m a sucker for the bench press. Always a fave.
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#YouBelongHere #WomenWhoLift #TalkLikeAPirate #LiftLikeAWoman
#AIDSLifeCycle #Training #Final545 #BetterBertha
I am lying on my back. My brown hair is loose and spread out behind me. I’m smiling and red-faced from my workout. I am wearing a grey Independent hoodie.
This is the exercise card provided by the FitBod app that summarizes my workout. It lists my workout activities, results, and images of models performing the exercises. Per the card, my workout today included single-leg kickbacks, hip thrusts, clams, kneeling squats, deadlifts, jackknife sit-ups, and stiff-legged barbell good mornings.
Ooof, my ass is going to be sore tomorrow, and probably the next day too.
Just the way I like it.
#BottomWorkOut #GluteusMaximus #WomenWhoLift #FatBottomGirl
#AIDSLifeCycle #Training #Final545
This is a picture of me smiling after my workout today. I’m wearing a sky-blue sweatshirt. A yellow t-shirt is visible underneath my sweatshirt collar.
This is a card the Fitbod app provides. It lists the major muscle groups worked during today’s session: biceps, back, trapezius, abs, and lower back. It also lists the metrics of my workout: Calories: 359 Volume: 2380 lb Records (PR): 2 The card also includes demo model pictures of exercises I performed. These are the images I see in the app during my workout. FitBod provides so I can learn proper form. A standing man performing bicep curls. A man leaned over performing a landmine row. A standing man performing an upright row. A woman performing a TRX Power Pull. A woman performing a chin-up assisted by a band.
I put my back into today.
Oh, and of course, curls for girls. ;)
#AIDSLifeCycle #Training #Final545 #WomenWhoLift
Picture of me in the home gym, taking a break between my ‘dumbbell superman’ sets.
Fitbod summary of my workout: balance trainer pushup, e-z-bar overhead tricep extension, dumbbell shoulder raise, Arnold dumbbell press, incline dumbbell press, scissor (lol) crossover kick, dumbbell superman.
Heard of ‘curls for girls’? This morning in the gym, I worked on ‘tris for bis’. ;)
It’s never too soon to get in shape for the ‘Love Bubble’ at this year’s FINAL AIDS/LifeCyle.
Please go to my link to learn more and DONATE.
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#AIDSLifeCycle #Final545
