I'm In

... for real this time.

I got my endorsement form signed on Monday (cornered the chair of council after our thanksgiving service) and faxed it in on Tuesday, and now it's Wednesday and my name has made it onto the list of official riders.

Originally, the tour segments, for those not doing the full sea to sea, were going to be each three weeks. So you could sign up for an even "1/3" of the tour. But they changed that to make the final segment just two weeks. This made it a lot easier for us to decided that I would cycle the final segment. However, I was also quite concerned that suddenly a lot of people out there would also decide that two weeks was do-able, and sign up for the last segment.

Hence, I've been quite eager to get my stuff together and signed up as quickly as possible. But, perhaps I was worried for nothing. For today is the first day that they list the "segment" riders, and so far there are only seven of us. huh.

Oh well, either way I'm delighted to be "official". But I do hope that they get a lot more riders signed up. The more people that go, the more excitement we'll go, the more adventure, the more high-profile (== public/media awareness), and the more attention we'll draw to the cause, and funds that will be raised.

Onward.