The Tour de 7 Blog

The Tour de 7 began in May 2007 when I decided to join the ride to Pine Street Elementary on Bike to School Day.

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Thanks for your interest in supporting this good cause.

Our goal is to raise $1000. (See the Donation Meter here.)

Every dollar collected will be turned over to the Palmetto Peloton Project, which supports the Oncology Research Institute of the Greenville Hospital System and the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

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The 2008 Td7 starts at 7:00 am on Friday, May 2nd. We will be riding to the Country Club Road Plaza of the Rail Trail to join the Pine Street Bike to School event.

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Here is the progress toward our goal of $1000:

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Five riders started the 2008 Td7: Gary Kyle, Brian Loveridge, Tony Thompson, Eric Turner, and Shannon Webb.

We joined the Pine Street kids for their ride to school on ‘Bike to School Day’ and from there we began our tour of the 12 District 7 schools.

The Fab Five at Pine Street.

At Carver we stopped to return some overdue books.

Coffee stop downtown. A new Td7 tradition is born.

And at Chapman we picked up some nice donations and surprised the daughter of Shannon’s partner….

A great ride, brilliant weather, and good company. Brian and Gary from the SHJ contributed plenty of comic relief, Shannon and Eric led us to some cool alternative routes between schools, and we stopped by the hospital for a quick visit with Cliff Hendrix for a poignant reminder of what the Tour de 7 is all about.

Ride stats from my computer:

Total Distance - 40.7 miles

Total ascent - 2462 feet

Maximum Speed - 35mph

Total time - 5 hours, 20 minutes!

This post is in gratitude to Bea Bruce for her generous contributions to my P3 rides. In last year’s P3 I wore this banner honoring Bea’s cousin Zoe on the back of my jersey:

This post is in gratitude to Tom Clinton for his generous contributions to my P3 rides. In last year’s P3 I wore this banner honoring Tom’s father on the back of my jersey:

This post is in honor of my Dad, Howard Gene Thompson. I wear this banner on the back of my jersey when I ride in the P3.