AIDS/LifeCycle 7 Web Coverage - June 1-7, 2008: Recent Episodes
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Beginning on Sunday, May 31st, we'll have web coverage of AIDS/LifeCycle 8 right here at experience.aidslifecycle.com. Bloggers will tell their stories of our seven-day trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for HIV/AIDS services at the San...
The complete galleries of almost 2,000 ALC7 photos taken by AIDS/LifeCycle photographer Jeff Brock are now posted. The high-resolution galleries, which cover Days 1-7, include many photos that were not in the daily uploads.
Peter Lavoie, a Co-Chair of the Positive Pedalers, talks about how AIDS/LifeCycle fights HIV by creating awareness and health on the San Francisco AIDS Foundation Podcast. Visit the SFAF.org podcast site to listen online or download the podcast.
On Day 7, participants left Ventura and traveled along the stunning Pacific Coast Highway to Los Angeles, where friends and family cheered their arrival. We shot so many photos that day, we've sorted the highlights into two photo albums --...
Here are PDFs of the routesheets given to cyclists each morning at ride-out, detailing the day's route. Days 1-7 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
As cyclists travel from Lompoc to Ventura, photo highlights include Paradise Pit and the Candlelight Vigil.
Video of the Roadies and Cyclists shown in camp the evening Day 6 of AIDS/LifeCycle 7, including interviews and footage from the ride. You can download the video (4 min, 30 MB, .m4v) or watch it in the ALC7 video...
Video of the Roadies and Cyclists shown in Los Angeles at the end of Closing Ceremonies for AIDS/LifeCycle 7, including interviews and footage from the ride. You can download the video (4 min, 30 MB, .m4v) or watch it in...
We guarantee that you'll be seeing red in our photos from Day 5, a.k.a. AIDS/LifeCycle's "Red Dress Day"!
Here's the time and location of the AIDS/LifeCycle 7 Closing Ceremonies. There's nothing quite like welcoming 3000 heroes as they reach the end of their 7 day, 545 mile journey. We hope you can join us. Saturday, June 7, 2008...
The Day 6 Daily Spin opened with a feature about one of AIDS/LifeCycle’s more endearing cyclists: a 23 year old named Val. She is riding from San Francisco to Los Angeles on a mountain bike while wearing Elvis brand hi-tops...
Shirley & Matt, Shawnet and Shawn all posted their thoughts on (and some photos of) Red Dress Day. Find out why the shortest day of the ride is also one of the hardest and most fun.
The photos from Day 4 follow the cyclists as they conquer the Evil Twins, ascend to the Half Way to L.A. point, and roll into camp in Santa Maria.
Scott shares his thoughts and feelings about how the "ride is a joyous, energetic, bawdy celebration of life. It’s also our compassionate response to loss as wide as an ocean." He's also posted pictures from the massage tent. And a...
Video of the Roadies and Cyclists on Day Four of AIDS/LifeCycle 7. See footage from the road and interviews with Roadies and Cyclists. You can download the video (4 min, 25 MB, .m4v) or watch it in the ALC7 video...
Issue 5 began by highlighting the fundraising efforts of two multi-year roadies. Roadies are the volunteers who make AIDS/LifeCycle run smoothly. They are not required to raise money. The subjects of the article are two women – spouses who work...
Check out photos from Day 3 (Tuesday), which saw cyclists pedal from King City to Paso Robles, by way of the infamous Quadbuster hill.
Shawnet, on of our newbie Cyclists who is also a renaissance chalk artist and self-described "opera geek," tells the story of finally meeting Quadbuster for the first time and how she was introduced to "Kitty Therapy" back in camp. Find...
Issue 4 opened with photos and pithy quotes reflecting why people decorate their bike helmets. It is a tradition on AIDS/LifeCycle for cyclists to decorate their helmets. Often, the decoration has significant meaning. The second page’s feature story highlighted the...
Video of the Roadies and Cyclists on Day Three of AIDS/LifeCycle 7. Along with footage from the route, you'll hear the reasons that the Cyclists and Roadies come back to AIDS/LifeCycle year after year. You can download the video (4...
Video of the Roadies and Cyclists on Day Two of AIDS/LifeCycle 7, including interviews with and footage from the road. You can download the video (4 min, 25 MB, .m4v) or watch it in the ALC7 video player on YouTube....
We've posted photos from Day 2 (Monday), which saw cyclists noshing at the Deep Fried Artichokes stand, passing fields and vineyards, experiencing contemplative moments in Mission Soledad, and achieving their first century (100-mile) day.
Joe Goldberg (Cyclist 2295) tells all about Day Three, from Quadbuster to lunch in Bradley, in his gabcast today. You can hear it at his ALC Participant Homepage. Gabcasts are being phoned in daily by many of our Cyclists &...
The third issue of the Daily Spin featured one of the newest additions to the AIDS/LifeCycle family: the H.E.R.O. squad. H.E.R.O. stands for HIV Endeavor for Reaching Out. They educate cyclists and roadies to ensure that we never forget the...
After an exhilarating and exhausting first day, our Cyclists and Roadies made it into their first campsite, at Santa Cruz. Check out our AIDS/LifeCycle 7 Photo Gallery and click on Day One.
The second issue of the Daily Spin continued with our tradition of featuring the most important people on AIDS/LifeCycle: our participants. The issue opened with a feature about Alisa Curry, a roadie Deputy overseeing all medical volunteer personnel. Alisa is...
Video of the Roadies and Cyclists on Day One of AIDS/LifeCycle 7, including interviews with and footage from the road. You can download the video (4 min, 25 MB, .m4v) or watch it in the ALC7 video player on YouTube....
Day One was a big day for the Roadies and Cyclists. Our bloggers gathered together last night in our multimedia team tent to write about it for you. Scott, a multi-year Roadie who switched from the Motorcycle Safety team to...
Issue 1 of the Daily Spin was distributed to cyclists and roadies at the event’s orientation day, which takes place the day before we first ride out. This year, it took place at Cow Palace in Daly City, CA. The...
You can listen to phone updates from the road from our Roadies and Cyclists who are using gabcast.com to post messages to their participant homepages. Cyclist Christen Penny talks about riding down the coast today at her participant homepage.
Video of the Roadies and Cyclists at registration day of AIDS/LifeCycle 7, including interviews with bloggers Shawn Dulaney and Shirley and Matt Jaglowski. You can download the video (4 min, 30 MB, .m4v) or watch it in the ALC7 video...
More than 2,500 cyclists from all over the world rode exuberantly from San Francisco this morning, beginning a 7-day, 545-mile bike ride to Los Angeles as participants in the annual AIDS/LifeCycle. This year's riders and 500 volunteer roadies raised a...
Opening Ceremonies Sunday, June 1, 2008 Cow Palace 2600 Geneva Ave, Gate 5 Daly City, CA 94014 [map] AIDS/LifeCycle 7 Opening Ceremonies will take place on Sunday June 1st beginning at 6am to be immediately followed by Rideout. Cyclists should...
AIDS/LifeCycle ... ... will take place June 1-7, 2008, as cyclists and volunteers will travel 545 miles through beautiful California from San Francisco to Los Angeles. ... is the official cycling event of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the...
This year, we'll have a video podcast with interviews and footage from the road during AIDS/LifeCycle 7. For a preview of what you'll be seeing in upcoming videos, take a look at this video from last year's AIDS/LifeCycle. (8 MB,...
This year marks our seventh AIDS/LifeCycle. Each year, we've followed the Roadies, Cyclists and Volunteers from San Francisco to Los Angeles to record the event for the family, friends and donors who have so generously supported them. Here is the...