Philcycle
11-14-07, 09:36 PM
Don't get me wrong, I love doing the other charitable rides, but this one hits close to home. Any ideas on how to convince them to do one here? Thanks!
Charity Events - How to get a Livestrong ride in St. Louis?
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Little Darwin
11-16-07, 11:15 AM
I tried to contact them about something else... Go to the LAF.org web site, and "Contact Us" is nothing but a FAQ page... However the one email link is for the LiveStrong challenge, so there may be some way to influence them.
However, it seems that they would rather do just a few and have people travel. Last year there were 5 or 6, this year there were 3.
However, it seems that they would rather do just a few and have people travel. Last year there were 5 or 6, this year there were 3.
el diablo
11-21-07, 03:44 PM
I currently live in Tampa, but I am from St. Louis, and I have attended the last two Livestrong Events in Austin. I would love to be able to "go home" and participate in this great event.
During this years ride, Kevin Livingston (St. Louis native and former Armstrong teammate), had a booth at the Livestrong Expo. It might be worthwhile contacting him to see if he could make some inquiries to the possibility of STL hosting a Livestrong Ride. I would think he has ability to talk to Lance directly, and he could get the ball rolling.
This is Kevin's website, it has all the contact info.
http://www.pedalhard.com/
During this years ride, Kevin Livingston (St. Louis native and former Armstrong teammate), had a booth at the Livestrong Expo. It might be worthwhile contacting him to see if he could make some inquiries to the possibility of STL hosting a Livestrong Ride. I would think he has ability to talk to Lance directly, and he could get the ball rolling.
This is Kevin's website, it has all the contact info.
http://www.pedalhard.com/
grahny
11-21-07, 09:52 PM
Last year there were 5 (Austin, Philly, Portland, Orange County, Denver) which for the most part put one in each area of the US that folks could get to. I think throwing a chicago one in there would have been cool for the mid west states. From what I understand from participating in it the past 2 years, 5 was just too many to organize for them and simply proved to be too much. They narrowed it down to 3 (basically east coast, west coast and Austin) and 2008 is going to be the same as far as I've heard (I know Austin and Philly for sure and I assume Portland again). I don't think the LAF has the man power like the MS foundation or ACS, but that's just a wild guess. Maybe once these three become more streamlined, they'll add more events back into the mix.