In this newsletter, you will find:
1. Harvard Business School students raise $9,000 for Partners In Health
2. Make a $20 donation and get a chance to win one of Patrick’s bikes (value: $1,500)
3. RAAM preparation is going very well
4. I am still in need of sponsorship
5. What it takes to win/participate to RAAM (fascinating article about J. Robic, 2 times solo RAAM winner.
1. Harvard Business School students raise $9,000 for Partners In Health:
HBS students section F had their annual charity auction last week at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA. Among the items auctioned was a dinner with Mr. F. Gauthier, Consulate General of France in Boston. The event was a great success, as the students were able to raise a total of $28,000, to be distributed across the 3 charities selected a few months ago by the students. When all is said and done, Partners In Health should receive about $9,000. I would like to take this opportunity to thank deeply Pr. Nabil El-Hage, Jared Simon, Stephen Chan, and all the students from Section F for their commitment and support to my project.
2. Make a $20 donation and get a chance to win one of Patrick’s bikes (value: $1,500):
To boost the fundraising part of the project, I have decided to give away one of my 2 bikes that I will be using during the Race Across AMerica. This Decathlon bike is only 2 years old, in very good condition, and has a value of $1,500. In order to get a chance to win this bike, you’ll have to make a $20 donation to either Partners In Health or Nashoba Learning Group. But wait Patrick; what if I’m a 10 years old girl, I can’t possibly use your bike, right? OK, so below are the “options”:
a. You want to keep it because the size is just right for you, or you want to make a gift to a friend. I’ll take care of the shipping.
b. You don’t want to keep it, for whatever reasons. I’ll take care of selling it and you’ll receive at least $1,000.
Raffle information:
• $20 donation minimum to get 1 chance to win. Of course, $100 donation will give you 5 chances to win.
• You can donate to PIH and/or NLG.
• The deadline will be June 30th, 2007.
• The winner’s name will be drawn during the fall.
• There is a minimum of 250 $20 donations for the raffle to take place.
So now please donate here, because the money will go the charities and not in my pocket.
3. RAAM preparation is going very well
After RAAM in June 2006 (2nd place in a 4-man team division), I took a month off, and started my RAAM preparation in August last year. I went from 100 miles a week to 500 miles now. It means from riding 5 hours a week to about 30 hours a week. Of course, this time on the bike is in addition to my job at the lab, and spending some quality time with my family. With the winter finally over, I’d say that it’s a little easier to work this schedule. I basically ride now 3 times during weekdays from 3 AM to 6:30 AM, and I do 1 to 2 long rides during the weekend. Last weekend for example, I rode 220 miles in 13 hours (from 3 AM to 4 PM).
The other big component of the RAAM preparation is the sleep deprivation training. I went from 8 hours of sleep per night last August to 5 hours on average per night now. Some nights, I slept only 1 hour, do my training and goes to the lab.
All in all, my preparation is going very well. I haven’t been neither sick (except in my mind, but I think it’s too late to call a psychiatrist!) during the winter nor injured. I’m much more trained compared to 2005, and most importantly I know much more about RAAM, and what it takes to do it. So, we’ll see how it goes. The start is in 38 days, and counting…
4. I am still in need of sponsorship
I’m very proud to get once again Axel Johnson, Coherent, ISAC and Spiz on board for this project. However, my budget is not fully completed yet, and I’d love to get more companies and/or individuals committed to this wonderful project/fundraising. In addition to the intense RAAM coverage through their website (http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/) during the race and on mine as well, you can expect several articles in the general media in and around Boston (as in ’05 and ’06) as we are close to the start. Also a DVD of the race is planned and will be hopefully released during the winter.
You can contact me directly at 617-667-1562 or by email at Patrick@patrickautissier.org
5. What it takes to win/participate to RAAM
Daniel Coyle, contributing author of Outside magazine and author of the book Lance Armstrong’s war, has written a fascinating article in the New York Times in Feb ’06 about Jure Robic, a Slovene soldier who won solo RAAM 2 times. Read how Robic gets basically nuts during the race, because of lack of sleep mainly. FYI, Robic usually sleeps 9 hours in ….9 days of race.
That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger
Best regards,
Patrick
http://www.patrickautissier.org/
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