oh wow....

i won.

i wrote an essay. i rewrote that essay. i rewrote that essay at least five times.
[how biking has impacted your life, your worldview and the environment]

i entered the contest.

i won.

i said exactly the same thing i said when the royal palm was announced: oh shit!

i am impressed, amazed, astounded.

my ass is going to be so happy in the saddle of my new bike.

[see the nov/dec 2008 issue of road magazine,
http://www.roadmagazine.net/road_home/road/magazine/magazine_pastd.html]

now i have to sign up for the MS150 Citrus Tour
http://bikeflc.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BIKE_FLC_homepage