Homes For Athletes: The 5th Annual Turkey Ride

As many of you know, Lawrence Fong, LATriClub Membership Director and all-around great guy has been severely injured in a fall. This year we have decided to make TEAM FONG (Lawrence and his lovely wife, Beth) our primary beneficiary for our annual Turkey Ride. The logistics of to whom and how one can donate are currently being worked out and will be posted on this site soon.

Donations are not required to attend the ride, however, any and all help is greatly appreciated. In addition, should you also have items you'd like to donate to the East Valley Animal Shelter, we will be collecting those as well.

For more information on the Lawrence Fong's progress, please visit: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lawrencefong

Please see ride details below:

LOCATION: Hugo's Restaurant parking lot, 12851 Riverside Drive, Studio City, CA 91607 (www.hugosrestaurant.com). You can also pull up a map on the restaurant website.

RIDE: We'll be heading east down Riverside and will pass through Toluca Lake, Burbank, etc. and eventually end up in Griffith Park. We'll do some loops through the park and then head back to Hugo's. Ride time will be approx. 2 hours, give or take. We will keep the pace easy (this is a charity ride!) and nobody will get dropped.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED: A bike, a spare tube, air or pump, gel or bar and/or drink, helmet, cycling shoes, warm clothes for early morning weather, the skills and ability to ride for 2 hours and in a group, a friendly dazzling personality.

QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS: post here/email on myspace (www.myspace.com/turkeyride).

RSVP: Let us know by posting a comment. If you're an LaTri Club member, please also RSVP on the latriclub.com race calendar page so we know who/how many to expect and so we don't leave anyone behind.

See you Thursday, November 27!