So I came up with a strange but possible theory last night about the Baboon monkey that you often see on the Discovery channel. The reason there butts are red and swollen isn't for some sort of procreation process. I think they are secretly doing Mountain bike stage races when no one is looking. Not only are my sit bones more sore than they have ever been, my body was starting to revolt to anything I tried to do. When I woke this morning at 5:30 I was a zombie. The first thing Roger said was, "Dude you look like sh#%." Thanks buddy. I did feel like crap and coffee wasn't going to help. I force feed myself breakfast almost gaging on it towards the end. The start was normal, Roger and I earned the right to be called up, we finished 10th yesterday and we were 14th overall with multiple teams only seconds ahead...
 

Shane and Roger have a reversal of roles from Stage 1 and put in another solid performance against some of the world's toughest endurance racers.

 
Well, Shane and Roger are off! Here's Shane's electrifying Stage 1 race report.

I found out the hard way that the Prince Greenway in Santa Rosa is closed between A Street and Olive. They have Third Street listed as the alternative (?!).

It will be closed until next Monday. If you find this to be unacceptable please send an email to:

Julian Carroll julian_carroll@dot.ca.gov Caltrans District 4 Bicycle Coordinator
Ken Mcguire Ken_Mcguire@dot.ca.gov Caltrans Bicycle Program Manager

For a number of reasons Third Street is not a viable alternative for many bicyclists and pedestrians who expected to use the Greenway: 1) Caltrans removed the south sidewalk on Third street forcing pedestrians to cross more than double the number of travel lanes to get to their destination. 2) the bike lanes on third street are not in yet and the existing lanes are narrow with high speed traffic. 3) it is an unreasonable distance for a detour where you are expecting people to be walking or bicycling.

With the Olive Park overcrossing now demolished, the only alternative for children to get from Olive park to the elementary school on A Street is 3^rd.

Christine Culver
Executive Director
Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition

Rohnert Park, CA – Ricky Zilkie, 19, and his four friends are a most unlikely group to be participating in the American Lung Association’s 11^th annual Breathe Easy Ride on Saturday, June 28. None had ever ridden more than five miles, two smoke, and Ricky hadn’t been on a bicycle for more than a year.