What Does An Architect Do In His Spare Time?
Posted on May 26, 2010 By tmsarch (Edit) Leave a Comment
On May 16th, TMS Architect Project Manager Jason Bailey, rode in his first international cycling sportive event, the Etape Caledonia. Jason rode the 82-mile Scottish bike race with close to 4000 cyclists through picturesque Perthshire villages to bring awareness and aid to Macmillan Cancer Support, an organization committed to supporting cancer patients, survivors and their families in difficult times. Jason raised over $500 for Macmillan and the charity as a whole raised over $600,000!
TMS Architects is honored to support Jason and his cycling club, Team Eco Cycle, as they participate in charity organized sportive events throughout the year. Jason notes his training for this particular ride has been tough. Much of his winter riding took place at home on the stationary trainer and on the local roads whenever the snow was cleared.
“I took the bike everywhere this winter and spring,” says Jason, “If the weather was above 30 and not raining, or raining too hard, I would ride just to get some extra miles in.”
When the weather warmed, Jason’s need to ride outside increased as training for a May endurance event is particularly difficult because of the limited after work daylight. This meant adjusting work hours to steal an hour here and an hour there to fit in training sessions.
“I acknowledge the flexibility TMS has given me these past few months. They provide me a platform of support throughout my personal training and TMS knows what I do on the bike means only good things for the causes I ride for and my own health. Staying healthy and having fulfilling goals both at and away from work makes for happy workers!”
In the end, all of Jason’s extra training paid off. Out of the 3600 timed riders Jason finished 903rd and finished 300th on the “King of the Mountain” climb. He also finished 48th out of 150 in his age group. “Not bad for not actually ‘racing’,” Jason mentions. “I mostly cruised from group to group talking with several riders and enjoying the scenery. The legs and lungs felt good the entire ride despite running out of water 25-miles from the finish. Riding in Scotland will be a memory I will never forget and I look forward to my next international cycling event. Riding a bike is fun, but riding a bike in the name of a worthy cause is even better!”
The next local cycling event is the 100-mile Dempsey Challenge in early October in Lewiston/Auburn, Maine. To find out how you can support Jason, Team Eco Cycle, TMS Architects and the Dempsey Challenge please contact Jason Bailey at jasonb@tms-architects.com or teamecocycle@gmail.com.
