The RAC this Week (Dec. 29th)

Dear Parents

 

We hope you all had wonderful holidays and got to ride your bikes a lot.

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Our next ride.

Saturday, December 31 at 9 am

The Short Mt Soledad Ride

South Shores Park Dr. San Diego 92109

is one of our most memorable rides.

●      A fun loop around (flat) Mission Bay,

●      A 900+ feet climb up to Mt Soledad

●      An iconic group picture

●      An epic 900+ feet downhill to Mission Bay.

●      and for the rest of her/his life, your child will point to the Mt Soledad Cross from anywhere in the city and announce that “I rode my bike up there when I was in 5th grade.” Crowds will hush in admiration.

Currently, the weather forecast for Saturday is iffy.  Should we have to cancel, you will receive an email on or before 9 pm the night before.

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Should Saturday’s ride be canceled or should you be unable to attend, please make sure you and your child ride on your own. Your private routes should be of similar length and similar feet climbed as our planned group rides. If you keep training on the same easy routes (a mistake at least one volunteer made during her first RAC season), you and your child will be immensely frustrated with later rides as they become harder and steeper, and the RAC itself might be more miserable than it needs to be. We don’t want that.

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Please mark the dates

Thursday, Jan 5 at 7 pm

RAC Meeting

Design 39 School | 17050 Del Sur Ridge Rd. San Diego 92127

Topics include

●      Camping

○      What to bring

○      How to set up a tent

●      RAC T-Shirt fashion show and competition guidelines

●      Payments

●      Simon says

●      Q&A

Bring the kids.

This meeting is not mandatory but highly recommended.

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Other dates

  1. The RAC meeting on Feb 2 has been canceled.

  2. There is a mandatory RAC meeting on Thursday, March 16 at 7 pm at Design 39

Topics include

●      The RAC Route

●      What to pack

●      What to leave at home and why we are so strict about it

●      The (not altogether serious) RAC Quiz

●      Announcement of T-Shirt design contest winner

●      Payments

●      Q&A

  1. RAC reunion and potluck: Tuesday, May 2nd at Design 39

Food, pictures, certificates

 

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Our next RAC fundraiser will take place on Jan 10 at the Pacific Highland Ranch Panera Bread.

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See you this weekend.

Your friendly RAC volunteer team

Abhi | Ana | Bill | Bob | Christiane | Frans | Hannah | James | Jeff | Joel | Julie | Kate | Kirsten| Kumar | Mani | Olav |Robert | Sabine, and co-founder Dennis

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