First post

My name is Jeff Brinker. I am a 23 year old graduate student in Benedictine University's Clinical Exercise Physiology program. On Tuesday, May 12, 2009, I will fly to Austin, Texas to aid the director of my program (Dr. Craig Broeder) in his journey to bike 9,000 miles around the perimeter of the United States in 100 days in an effort to raise money for ovarian cancer research (www.bicyclingforovariancancer.org). I will be driving as a one-man entourage to provide the supplies he may need for the first three weeks of the trip. This blog will chronicle the trials, tribulations, and struggles I encounter.