Today is the 48th day of the trip. To see their travel stories, check:
runfasteatlots.blogspot.com!
昨天看到一個帖子問橫穿美國能證明什麽，很好的問題。我的理解是他們熱愛運動及大自然，passion。同時,這些年輕人也想為社會做些事。他們出發前就募捐了79萬美元（五個teams三共150人）。除了支持癌症病人，他們一路上親手發放了一些獎學金到需要的學生手上。
去年我買了輛Cannondale road bike 作為女兒大學畢業禮物。從此她就喜歡上了公路自行車。五月份參加了她第一次正規公路賽，讓我也增加了不少見識。公路賽因為要減少風阻力及一些技巧，團隊更有優勢。安安就她自己一人，準備拿最後一名，因為參加比賽的人員中有準專業級。但她能夠參與就很開心了。最後結果，名列中等。看 richmond-road-race ！
告訴你們一個秘密，中國人騎公路賽車有優勢，最起碼對業餘級的。相比起來，咱華人輕。安安在水平路上優勢不大。但公路賽要上下爬坡，優勢明顯。重力的分力 mg*(sin斜角),你懂的！
對了，他們下一個Mailstop 是在7月26號。如果你想支持一下，寄張愛心卡或者一點小點心給他們的團隊，
River of Life Family Worship Center
Joanna Wang
390 North 11th East
Mountain Home, ID 83647
或簡單上她的博客表示一下支持，runfasteatlots.blogspot.com!
It means huge for them!剛剛收到活動組織者至家人及關心朋友們的平安信。可以了解他們team的狀態。
Dear Ulman and 4K Family & Friends
To state what must be painfully obvious, those of us on Team Portland 2014 will never forget the day of Jamie Roberts' passing. As news of her accident and death spread among the scattered riding groups, not much in the world mattered to us besides our fallen teammate. As we vanned or even hitchhiked to the hospital, hugs were exchanged and tears flowed freely. As we tended to our teammates who were in Jamie’s riding group, it took every bit of strength we had left to prevent ourselves from being shattered into pieces by grief.
Cruelly accompanying our grief was utter uncertainty about the future of our team. We had no idea what would happen for the rest of the day, let alone whether we would get back on our bikes or ever ride into Portland together. In our moment of anguish, some of us thought that Team Portland’s ride would be cancelled for 2014, that we would be told that it would be too difficult to keep riding, too complicated to support ourselves after this tragedy, and that it would be easier for everyone to go home to grieve on their own. So that’s where we stood on June 13, 2014, stricken with grief and uncertain about our future.
But now four weeks have passed and we stand in a very different place. We have been transformed not only as a team, but also as individuals. The purpose and meaning behind our ride is also transformed, because now we ride for more than just our own family and friends. Now each morning when we form our dedication circle, we also ride for Jamie, her family and friends, and all the individuals for whom she was riding. Of course from time to time we continue to shed tears for our beloved teammate, and we have moments when we agonize over why this tragedy has happened. But although this tragedy has hurt us, we are being healed and made even stronger than we were before. We have begun the slow but steady process of not only mourning our loss of Jamie, but also appreciating just how much she inspired us in the fight against cancer in just the two short weeks we spent with her. Now we talk about her with smiles on our faces, and laugh about the times that she ate mac and cheese and watermelon together or told us that her favorite food was hot dogs, “because they’re juicy.”
