This year four of our Achived Champion Level Champions went down to show support for the Southwest Florida Tour de Cure in Lakewood Ranch.  The course selected was the 37 mile course starting from downtown Main Street.  Main Street is the downtown shopping, dining, and events center where everything happens. It was a lovely course with pretty much straight runs of open road, and of course the infamous Florida wind was in effect.

Lakewood Ranch Tidbits

Lakewood Ranch is an unincorporated master planned community in southeastern Manatee County, Florida, built on part of what was previously a timber ranch owned by members of Milwaukee’s Uihlein family. It is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population for the 34202 ZIP Code Tabulation Area, in which Lakewood Ranch is located, was 15,335 at the 2000 Census. Started in 1995, Lakewood Ranch has an 8,500-acre (3,400 ha) master-planned community within it, consisting of seven villages.

The Ride

We didn’t start too early because we drove down the night before and stayed 10 miles south of the event. The day was wonderfully clear, and the wind was not too bad the entire day. In Florida the “not too bad” term means that it was only 8 -10 mph with maximum gusts of 14 mph.

This wind helped plenty because it was HOT!!! At 7:30 am it was 79 degrees and within 2 hours it was 93 degrees. The ride was planned as a very casual ride for us. With the heat, it all worked out perfectly.

We wanted to take it easy on this ride in order to mingle with the other riders as we made our way through the route. The main thing we wanted to do is show support for Melissa and the Tampa ADA team.

Event Day Statistics

This is the course charted by one of the team members who participated in 37+ mile route.

 

Photos

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