cranksgiving princeton ride

Go see the Cranksgiving Princeton Facebook page. The way it works is this: riders do a route (either 12 or 22 miles, this year), stopping at designated stores along the way. We stop in and buy groceries (we get lists...), and either carry them with us, or give them to volunteers at each store (cost per rider is about $15 this year), and the food goes to local food pantries.

There was no Cranksgiving last year, but I've led the previous two years, and here's how it works: some of us start at the Village Park in Cranbury. We'll leave at 9:30 am, and go about eight miles to the Cranksgiving gathering place (at a C+ish pace; we'll get to the gathering place at about 10am or so). Folks who didn't want to do the whole ride from Cranbury can join us there. We'll do the 22-mile route, stopping at the stores and buying the groceries (we do this at no predictable pace; the nature of the route and the event don't support a steady pace). The route goes back to the Cranksgiving gathering place, where the short-riders can depart; the rest of us will return to Cranbury with the joy of giving suffusing our hearts, and chills in our fingers and toes.

So either start from the Cranbury Village Park at 9:30, or from the Lifetime Athletic, 7 Forrestal Road South, at 10 or so. Dress warm, and bring cash!

Edit 11/16 5:43am: It's gonna be too cold for the longer ride, and I'm getting over a cold myself. Let's just do the 22-mil route. Meet me at Forrestal Road South at 10 on Saturday.