Our hotel, GuestHouse Inn and Suites in Oceanside provides a continental breakfast each morning. In the breakfast room, we meet other RAAM’rs: some riders and crew from the 4-person Adventures for the Cure (Diabetes) team and the crew for the 2-person Brazil team. Stories are shared, and new friendships made.
Sally and Karen go down to […]

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Travel Log:
Stop for gas in San Jose - wow, the U-Haul takes almost $100 to fill. We’ll have to incrase our gas budget a bit with the price of gas closing in on $4.50/gallon. Tom and Joel keep the U-Haul rolling, while Sally and Raf switch off on van driving, with Anne navigating …
6:50pm […]

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Our esteemed leader, Sally Phillips, made it onto the RAAM web site
today — under their daily blog. She was interviewed by a RAAM staff
member. You can find the story at:
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/subwebraam/blogx.php?N_webcat_id=86
then search on “dreams becoming a reality” for a story about
Team H4 #415.

During the race, you can follow our progress at:

valleypreschurch.org/teamh4
is where we will have a […]

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Sunday morning worship at VPC ended with a blessing to sent out Team H4 Holy Rollers Hammering for Habitat Homes.

Thanks to Barbara Lonergan and her crew for providing a lovely send-off lunch for the team, crew, and faithful supporters of the project.

And while lunch was being eaten, all the cyclists and crew gathered last minute […]

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It started out at 9 am at the Hertz office in Palo Alto -  they had reserved a Toyota Sienna van with roof rack…  perfect, since that’s what the Phillips own and we had road tested it on the 40 hour.

It was going well until we tried to put all of us on the contract […]

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from Karen C. Russell - keeper of all things logistic!
Hi there friends!  It’s getting close to the departure day for me and Team H4 Holy Rollers Hammering for Habitat Homes, the 4 person cycling team from Valley Presbyterian Church that is participating in the ultra marathon Race Across America - known as the “world’s toughest […]

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We would like to welcome a new sponsor. TrackMe360 specializes in satellite-based tracking and messaging, which allows people to know exactly where you are at any time, and if you need some assistance. After our 40-hour training ride, we realized that such a capability would be extremely useful for RAAM, given the lack of cell […]

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I am really exited to be here this morning and share my story with you.  It is a story of a way that God has shown me how I can take my talents and make a difference with them.
What I’m talking about is an event called ‘Race Across America’ which is billed as the world’s […]

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1) Who are you?
I AM A MID 30s PERSON WHO LOVES GOD WITH ALL MY BODY, MIND & SOUL AND ENJOY BEING ABLE TO
EXPRESS THAT IN HIS CREATION. I LOVE ULTRA DISTANCE CHALLENGES IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS. I AM A RN FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER.
2) Where do you live?
I GREW UP IN CAPE […]

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Kelly Brieger - PR
1) Who are you? Kelly Brieger
2) Where do you live? Menlo Park
3) Describe your athletic background…just regular fun activities, like to ski, run around with the kids, ice skate, bowl, and walk with my friends
4) What inspired you to participate in RAAM? I like my church and I like the people […]

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