By Jim Schroeder

Bloomington will again be on the Race Across America route in 2009, hosting RAAM Time Station Number 38.  Over 300 participants in various categories will be converging on Bloomington between Tuesday June 23 and Saturday June 27. There will also be more than 500 crew members searching for services, food, drink, rest, gadgets, trinkets, and just some good ol’ Hoosier hospitality! At least 20 countries throughout the world will be represented, and categories include men and women from solo to 8 man team.

Bloomington, by the way, is the largest city that the route goes through, and we purposely have our time station in front of CVS and O’Malia’s, on College Mall Road, so that every service is available to the RAAM teams.
Our aim is to operate this tent 24/7 or whenever there are riders coming through.  We are there to provide information and proper assistance when needed.  Hopefully, we’ll have two tailgate tents, a tent for sleeping, race tally board, wi-fi laptop, refreshments, and some rowdy RAAM fans.

Please e-mail Jim Schroeder at jimmyschweb@gmail.com and let him know when you can help run the station.  This is a good way to pay back the sport that keeps you healthy in more ways than one.  Plus, have some fun and learn some things along the way.

Everyone can follow the race at www.raceacrossamerica.org.