Terry Box's Blog
Mike Dunn Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/27/2009 7:22:38 AM Hello little sister and llbsdtd (I'll tell you later). You must know how proud we are of you. By way of support, we've been eating on the asphalt and Linda's been cooking on a Coleman campstove for a solid week. Sometimes Mike falls down on the sidewalk, you know, just like a real bike rider. We checked out the map and see you're within earshot of Annapolis. Congrats!
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steve patsy Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/26/2009 8:14:37 PM this is patsy and steve wishing leanne a late happy birthday. cheers. be safe and happy. terry you are an inspiration to all. thank you. and thank you leanne. texas rules. we got yo back.
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Jocelyn Munroe Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/26/2009 5:34:32 PM photos courtesy of Kim Morris.
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Meredith Box Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/26/2009 9:55:07 AM Great job helping out the other team...sorry he got sick...hope he is doing better. Impressive you were able to kick it up w/ no sleep and made it safley through! Thats great you were able to sleep for 3 hours and feel better! The end of the road is near!!! You are so close...great job and stay positive, see the light at the end of the tunnel (bed and no bikes!)... Liverators are going, going, gone! You can do it!! Let's go Liverators...keep on pedaling a little longer! GO GO
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Jocelyn Munroe Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/25/2009 9:58:51 PM Terry Box, MD of the Liverators called this in at about 5:35 pm PST/8:35 pm EST today: "The last 24 hours have been definitely sort of a RAAM-24-hours. Our other squad on the Liverators had a fellow get really dehydrated during their shift last night, had to pull him off the course. As a consequence our best laid plans to meet up with them had to be altered very urgently. And instead of having a nice rest period of 2-3 hours we had to move with no sleep, and get on the road at about 1:00 am in a very, very fatigued way. As you can imagine that was a bit of a struggle but as the day wore on the team rode stronger and stronger, got out of Missouri across the Mississippi River into Illinois at the Pirallis? Bridge, which is an incredibly beautiful, modern, multi-span bridge between Missouri and Illinois Then got on some extremely narrow, no-shoulder roads in Illinois which were hair-raising as far as close encounters with vehicles. It was a very challenging day. Then the 4-man squad we had relieved around midnight or 1:00 am picked us up at 11:30 Since we had to go on such short notice they gave us a 10 hour shift rather than 12 which was very welcome. As a consequence we got to sleep for 3 consecutive hours for the first time during this event, and we feel much better and refreshed!" GO Liverators! Go go go go go!
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Meredith Box Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/25/2009 10:16:37 AM Great pictures of you and the team! Keep it up...you are so close to finishing! You can do it!!! You are about to finish the hardest bike race in the US!!! You are awesome and soooo strong!
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Meredith Box Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/24/2009 5:08:21 PM Git 'er done Liverators...you have less than 1/3 to go! Amazing job! Catch TDL Give Hope...you can do it! Cheering you on always! Meredith
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Jocelyn Munroe Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/24/2009 12:28:06 PM This in from Terry Box, MD, TDL Liverators, at 12:20 pm PST “Our squad just came off a little while ago, we’re just driving down the road and I’m feeling pretty good right now.” The team was passing the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri as we spoke on the phone. “We got four people out on the road in basically the foothills of the Ozarks. They just started their shift. It’s going well,” he said. “I think our performance is excellent. Geoff McIntosh who got hurt the first days is riding every day.” RAAM is a new experience for Box, but one that he is relishing. “It’s always in motion, it’s just chaos, just moving chaos. You never really stop unless you don't know what you’re doing - that’s when you make these little blunders. Until you do it, you don’t realize just how intense this experience really is.” “Today was our first real experience in the Midwest with this 88˚ and 88% humidity. We’ve been a little bit ahead of where we thought we’d be but the Ozarks are going to slow us down a little.” But Box and the Liverators don’t mind. “We’re very happy [with our time] it’s just an ongoing adventure, everybody’s having a good time. We’re getting there.” Box promised to get some Liverators’ photos sent a bit later on, so stay tuned! Go Liverators!
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beaux Kyle Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/24/2009 10:38:04 AM Sending good thoughts your way. Go Team Liverators. I am thinking of you and Ray. I am sure the rest of your team are just as awesome.
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Meredith Box Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/23/2009 8:31:37 PM Yes Dad please try to post again...I am sure you afre exhausted...but we definitely want some updates! Stay safe and hydrated/fueled...you are a machine...love and miss your communication!
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Vergil Young Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/23/2009 2:14:47 PM You the man. Remember you already have a yellow shirt. keep on keeping on. Verg
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Tiff Tomkinson Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/23/2009 11:34:45 AM Oh where oh where oh where has my BD gone? Update your blog! We are dying to find out how things are going! Hope all is well. Happy Father's day two days ago...and Happy Birthday Lee Anne. Hope you got my call. Love you. The house is great. Apparently the ghetto g-funk car alarm was going off the whole time I was in Philly. Evidence: a note left on the window. No worries...I have apologized to all who suffered. Keep up that good work.
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DeeAnn Madsen Nichols Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/22/2009 8:38:11 AM Good Morning from sunny Rancho Mirage - we are so proud of you and your efforts. Don't get lost again - where is your GPS (Lee Anne)? Love ya, DeeAnn and Larry
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Mike Dunn Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/21/2009 4:11:02 PM If you had a pilot with you, you wouldn't get lost. Where the hell are you and why hasn't your wife returned our calls? Oh wait, I know. She's probably kickin' back sipping wine and can't be bothered contacting her brother on Father's Day. Keep the shiny side up. Mikey
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Tiff Tomkinson Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/21/2009 4:03:08 PM It wouldn't be a true relay if you didn't get lost. Remember...those are the fun times and the times you remember the most. Pic looks great. Love you.
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Meredith Box Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/20/2009 9:39:58 PM Hi Dad!!! Hope the RV is not too crowded! Good job getting lost already... :) at least it was a team effort! Hope you get some rest before the ride! Hope the weather is good for riding! Be careful and have fun! Love you
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Jocelyn Munroe Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/20/2009 5:01:06 PM Terry Box at the start.
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Jocelyn Munroe Member since 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM	Terry Box's Blog 6/20/2009 4:56:23 PM "It's fun to finally get this thing underway," says SLC surgeon Terry Box. "We had our first misadventure already. We were riding on the 8-mile start and we took a wrong turn. In RAAM you're not allowed to ride backwards. Fortunately cell phones exist." The team called the RV which came and picked them up and got them back on course. "We're going to have one of every misadventure," says Box wryly.
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