Yesterday I went to a bike race in Medford, NJ, which is fairly close to my home when I’m not at college. I was excited to race, but when I looked through all the riders that had pre-registered, I was double-excited to see someone from a so-called “TeamVegan.”

“What is this?” I wondered. So, during the pre-race warm ups I spun around the course, keeping my eyes peeled until I bumped into a nice fellow named Ed. Ed is a vegan and a member of the team, and told me a bit about OrganicAthlete. It seems like a really neat organization, and a good way to promote veganism as a healthy diet.

Now, I don’t think I’ll be joining this season because I’ve not been on top of my cycling training, but I’ll definitely think about it next year…However, I’d never heard of this and I thought some of the other athletes out there might be interested!

In the end, I had a horrible race. I just haven’t been riding enough and when I got boxed in during a quick part I couldn’t get out and bridge the gap to the main pack alone and ended up dropping out. Ed, on the other hand, who is obviously a smarter and stronger racer than me looked like he had a pretty good ride!