New Year's Update

Hey Everybody, Eric and Jason here! (Eric is typing, Jason is on the phone with Eric helping him figure out what to write to you)
It's been a long and eventful January, I hope you all are doing well.
We spent these winter days getting the ball rolling on fundraising for the Chacaya School Project. As of mid-January, our fundraising total passed the $500 mark! A bit of a slow start, but a start nonetheless! We fully expect to pick up the momentum in these coming weeks.
David LaMotte payed a visit to Guatemala earlier this month, and reported back that the Chacaya village was overjoyed to hear of this project. It meant the world to them that friends and family in the States are thinking about their corner of the world. The school year just started down there; about 140 children are attending school in the makeshift "building" at the moment; if all goes well with this fundraising effort, this may be the last year they spend in that structurePublish Post.

TRAINING UPDATE: Things are going well for Jason down in sunny Florida. He's transitioning the focus of his training more towards distance and endurance rather than the usual power training. He's currently signed up for a 6-hour solo mountain bike ride on Sun. Feb. 17th, which is sure to be tiring. He's riding around on his brand-spanking new Trek XO2 cyclocross bike with some modifications to suit our journey across Canada this summer. Eric, being in frigid foggy Sewanee, TN, is keeping busy running and biking whenever the sun decides to come out. He's been enjoying the comfort of his recently purchased bike, a custom Serotta Cour d'Acier. When asked how his new bike felt during a ride, Eric was quoted to respond, "It felt like riding a peaceful sea turtle through the clouds at sunset." You see, Eric is a tall guy, and has never owned a bike that fit him until now. A fitting bike is a necessity for a Cross-Canada ride.

We'll keep working from our end of this project, and we hope you will continue to support us by spreading the word and looking for donation resources these next few weeks. The most important part of the fundraising effort at this stage in the year is to get the word out, to spread the news of our project and what it is for to as many people.

The more people, the more ideas, the more support.

We encourage you to send out our website information and blogspot URL to your friends and family!

Best wishes,
E & J