Yet another ridiculous plan.

Do I look fat in this spandex?


Welcome to my Team In Training home page! Because I am ridiculous, I am training for a 100-mile endurance bike ride, the Solvang Century, which takes place in March 2009 near Santa Barbara, CA.


I am riding to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Those of you watching at home who recall my lone year on the Smith College crew team recall both my lack of team spirit and my inability to raise money, but that was seven years ago, and now I've got a reason to ride.


I'm riding in memory of my friend Andrea Coller, who died in April 2008 after a long battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma that consumed most of her

young adult life. Ironically, on the day she died, Glamour magazine published her prize-winning essay on surviving cancer, called "I Want My Life Back."


You'll learn a lot about her from that, but it's also worth mentioning that I met her when I was in college in 2003, living in Northampton and volunteering at the Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton. Being part of that community changed my life==and so did knowing Andrea. A talented musician (hear some older stuff here), an amazing writer, a stylist, and a Tic-tac poppin', coffee-and-whiskey-drinkin' genius with attitude to boot. Her friends==of which I was only one, and not even in her closest circle==miss her. I am riding for Andrea. (That's her, in 2003, on the left. I took that picture. We were stamping ourselves with the hand stamps at PACE which were all old farm feed stamps. Andrea's showing off her RABBIT FEED tattoo there.)


Please consider donating in support of my efforts and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's pathbreaking work. At a time when someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 4 minutes in the United States, supporting research to find a cure is ever more critical.


Thank you so much. And check back here for updates on my ridiculous adventures riding around the Bay.


Jacqui Shine

Last Edited on: 03/11/2009

17 comments

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    "Yo go girl."
     

    Claire

    Sun Nov 02 02:26:31 EST 2008

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    "go go jacqui shine-- see you in solvang!!!"
     

    neda

    Sun Nov 02 02:33:05 EST 2008

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    "I would like to have the postcard and mix-CD rather than cookies, which though I'm sure are delicious, conflict with my desire to cut down on sweets. Love you. Tim"
     

    Tim Ruckle

    Tue Nov 04 01:01:56 EST 2008

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    "good luck. much love. we'll go on a long winter lake-side ride when you come visit me :-)"
     

    Josh Shear

    Tue Nov 04 03:27:33 EST 2008

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    "I'm Andrea's Mom, and I think this is an awesome thing that you're doing! Best of luck to you, and thanks!"
     

    Pat Coller

    Tue Nov 04 04:27:41 EST 2008

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    "Big props to you for doing this. You're going to be great! p.s. I expect a monthly mix CD of all the songs you're training to, fyi ;)"
     

    Emily Steinberg

    Fri Nov 07 04:25:04 EST 2008

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    "What an awesome thing to do--good for you!"
     

    Carolyn Delk

    Sat Nov 08 03:41:49 EST 2008

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    "i am in awe of your ability to make me want to give you my money."
     

    Neily Jennings

    Thu Nov 13 05:43:18 EST 2008

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    "Go, Jacqui, go!!! If you can learn french in a month, you can definitely bike 100 miles! "
     

    Julie Stein

    Thu Nov 20 08:43:45 EST 2008

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    "Hooyah! You go girl!!"
     

    Charity Uman

    Sun Nov 30 03:23:45 EST 2008

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    "This is awesome. You are awesome. Thanks for passing this along, and good luck on the training (^^')"
     

    Pat Seeumpornroj

    Sat Dec 13 04:48:24 EST 2008

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    "Yea! "
     

    Laurie & Beth & Maia & Elias

    Fri Dec 19 11:52:13 EST 2008

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    "Hank thinks you're awesome!"
     

    Hank

    Sat Jan 03 09:48:02 EST 2009

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    "Ride it, sister."
     

    Sarah R.

    Sat Jan 17 08:25:00 EST 2009

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    "You are amazing."
     

    Beth Sousa & Sara Haber

    Tue Jan 20 09:45:53 EST 2009

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    "Good luck. "
     

    Allie Thomas

    Thu Feb 05 04:19:38 EST 2009

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    "Shino. Remember when you ran into a car with your bike? Don't do that this time. Chase that yellow jersey, my love!!! xo "
     

    Moore

    Wed Mar 11 10:33:53 EDT 2009

My Fundraising Total

Raised: $2,824.00 | Goal: $3,500.00
 
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Sonia Oppenheim  
Beth Dungan  
Kathryn Wheatley  
Moore  
Sarita Groisser  
daniel najjar  
Alan Michels/ Laureen Kim  
Jo Ellen Kaiser  
Philip Wolgin  
Jennifer Walters  
Allie Thomas  
Amelia Allard  
Monique Daviau  
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