Tour de Jordan Lake and Tour de Falls Lake: New Events for Roadskater.net and the Triangle Skate Club?

Okay so maybe these events are not of the official organized variety but the possibility exists. (Originally posted June 19, 2008 @ 7:05pm)

The Triangle Skate Club has weekly events/skates, with a couple on Saturdays.  Usually there's a get together in the Apex NC area and another group in the North Raleigh / Wake Forest NC area.  Recently the North Raleigh / Wake Forest skate took 4 skaters on a tough country road route around Falls Lake and included a dip in the lake itself.  Sans skates of course.  The dip was probably out of necessity since the thermometer was reading 101 degrees!  Enter the birth of the "skate and swim."  You can see additional details at  http://gatorback.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/skate-and-swim/

This skate and swim would have been much more preferable than going to the Cherry Point Air Show in Havelock NC where the tarmac temperature was reading 107 and water was $3/bottle.  OUCH.  I'm still in shock over that one.

I was determined not to miss the next event which took place last Saturday in the Apex area.  It turned out to be the new Tour de Jordan Lake.  It started at Apex Elementary with an 18 mile jaunt out into the country and arriving at Jordan Lake for a little nourishment followed by a swim.  Once out of the water it was a 2 minute drying time, then back on with the skates and another 18 miles back to our starting point.  It was a complete blast.

Now here's an idea:  What if we signed up a sponsor or two and/or brought in a couple non-profits to promote a skride?  Plus invite vendors to set up booths/tents/tables.   We could start at the lake(s), Falls or Jordan, chart  courses out in the country (25K, 50K, 100K, etc.) then finish back at the lake to a throng of volunteers and well wishers, of course ready with drinks and BBQ at one of the large pavilions, with the lake as a backdrop and swimming hole.  I can picture that.......hope you can too.

How cool would it be to have this skride be a charity event for a local person or family down on their luck or suffering through a tragedy, or perhaps the event could be done for a children's hospital or The Cancer Society or The Make-a-Wish Foundation,  who knows?  I'm just tossin' out ideas.

Now, here's the trick........how do we make that happen?

Please share your thoughts and ideas.  With technology today (www.meetup.com; www.linkedin.com; etc.) it's easier than ever to believe in the "six degrees of separation" theory - and ya never know.  This idea could turn into a reality.

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