Two Weeks Until the Paul Hulse Memorial Century Ride

Tyler, Scotty, and I have signed up to participate in the Paul Hulse Memorial Century Ride in California April 10. While I've had a couple 80-mile days, this will be my first century of 2010 and only my third ever.

Q: What is a "century"? 

A: A "century" is cyclist speak for a 100-mile ride. While a century in the United States commonly refers to 100-miles, sometimes you will see an event billed as a "metric century", which means it covers 100 kilometers or 62 miles. We eat metric centuries for breakfast.

This is going to be a totally new route for the three of us, but we hear the ride is a great way to see the scenic mountains, valleys and ocean just north of Los Angeles - and is another way to honor the HIV positive men and women for whom we ride.

The ride starts in Valencia (near Magic Mountain) and heads west through the fragrant orange groves of the Santa Clarita Valley, past the lovely town of Santa Paula, and on to a picnic lunch on the beach in Ventura!

After that we head back east to Valencia. We will be blogging at stops along the route! Stay tuned!!!

The Positive Pedalers offer the following memorial of Paul Hulse:

The AIDS Ride community lost one of its finest members in September 2003. Paul Hulse was the Southern California Training Ride Director for Positive Pedalers. His first AIDS Ride was California AIDS Ride (CAR) 2 in 1995.

Before this ride, the longest Paul had ever ridden was 15 miles. He went on to ride CAR 3, 4 5, 6 & 7; crewed CAR8 & was one of the stage team staff members for AIDS LifeCycle 1 & 2. Paul was also a training ride leader and, over the past several years, organized the first century ride of the AIDS Ride calendar – the Positive Pedaler Century Ride, which is now named in his honor.

The Positive Pedalers are a group of people living with HIV/AIDS eliminating stigma through positive public example. For more information, please visit http://www.pospeds.org/.