Superfect!

What does it take to fill 220 bike hours with cycle enthusiasts in less than three weeks? It takes Mr. Inspiration, Tripp Doherty. Never will anyone doubt what he is capable of when he sets his mind on a goal again. And I am talking about yours truly. I was dead certain Tripper could populate the room two times but four? It seemed like a task only an Ironman could pull off.   Well he did it and did it big and I’m not sure who else could have pulled it off.  

Trying to recapture what the day felt like in the heart is no easy task. When you talk about spirited emotion it’s hard to find the semantics that can give it the true sense of excitement that was generated in the Lavender Palace on Saturday.  Tripp galvanized us all and his “Carry Each Other” signature song became the rallying cry that was but one ingredient that made this an amazingly successful fundraiser. Many of our EQ members and their friends that gathered for this inaugural Cycle for Island Harvest benefit for the hungry on Long Island truly gave not only their hard earned dollars but they also helped raise the consciousness of just how alarming this need to feed the hungry really is. 

Being an avid spinner these past two years has dramatically changed my life in mind, body and spirit but experiencing the palpable sensation that is generated when we as a “family” get together and draw on our collective energy together like we did Saturday well it just doesn’t get any better. We at EQ have done some other benefits the biggest being Cycle for Survival which raises millions in search of the cure for rare cancers but this one, which attends to the basic   physiological need of survival the need to eat, has such immediacy to it that it demands just as much or more attention. I don’t want to make this a political talking point but in our small way we made a great dent in feeding some hungry families this holiday season. 

More to come. 

Picture courtesy of Michael Korol