I doubt there will be a time when I won’t get up at 5am on a Saturday to help my friend Amanda as she and her fiancĂ© Darren put on this fat tire crit to benefit the East Atlanta Kids Club.

Amanda wrangles the volunteers, the booths, the caterers and more while Darren handles the cyclists, the scoring, the bike checks for the kids, the signage and everything else you take for granted. They do it with ease, with style, with grins on their faces and with respect of not only the athletes but the tiny people benefiting. They’re incredible people creating an amazing neighborhood event and doing it all selflessly.

Me? I just try not to get in the way.

Congrats to Tyler who had a podium finish again this year – which makes his training instead of blogging forgivable. It’s always good to see familiar faces, even if it’s only once a year.

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