Tour De Cure Kick-Off
Mar. 19th, 2008 12:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wickedwordsOn Saturday, I went to the kick-off for the Tour de Cure. The TdC is a series of fund-raising cycling events held to benefit the American Diabetes Association. I signed up for it last year, and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sherrold, her partner and I did the 45 mile loop, which was a real killer for me at the time. I am hoping to be in better shape for it this year.
Anyway, the kick-off was fun. Fruit and Vitamin Water were provided, and there were a few fun gifts--I now have an extra couple of extra water bottles and a Cycle University T-Shirt for my time, not to mention a cute little band-aid container.
But it wasn't just about stuff. In addition to the inspirational speaker, the bike fit speaker, and the speaker who told us how to set up our fund-raising, there was a guy--Gregg Bleakney--who'd ridden from Alaska to Argentina to raise money for Diabetes research. That was an amazing presentation. It took him two years to do it as he could a month off on occasion to just get off the bike and do different things. He went everywhere, and yes, he did go places he shouldn't have gone. He was a great speaker, and the photos were incredible. He started off with a little point-and-shoot at the beginning, but by the end, he'd picked up photography as a hobby and the pictures of the Andes were amazing. I was really happy that I'd gone, just to hear about this guy's journey and to see the pictures he'd brought back. Here's the local paper's article about his trip.
The guys from Cycle University were there,too, recapping last years ride as well as laying out the training for this year. One of the guys mentioned that people were surprised by the amount of hill climbing on the routes, and that all the routes over 20 miles had some serious hills. Plus there was a significant headwind no matter which direction you rode. *g* It was nice to know that I wasn't the only one who thought that about the ride. Hopefully there won't be as much wind this year, and also no rain.
If you'd like to contribute to the ADA through my ride, this is My Fund Raising Page. Any amount you'd care to contribute would be great.
sherrold, her partner and I did the 45 mile loop, which was a real killer for me at the time. I am hoping to be in better shape for it this year.Anyway, the kick-off was fun. Fruit and Vitamin Water were provided, and there were a few fun gifts--I now have an extra couple of extra water bottles and a Cycle University T-Shirt for my time, not to mention a cute little band-aid container.
But it wasn't just about stuff. In addition to the inspirational speaker, the bike fit speaker, and the speaker who told us how to set up our fund-raising, there was a guy--Gregg Bleakney--who'd ridden from Alaska to Argentina to raise money for Diabetes research. That was an amazing presentation. It took him two years to do it as he could a month off on occasion to just get off the bike and do different things. He went everywhere, and yes, he did go places he shouldn't have gone. He was a great speaker, and the photos were incredible. He started off with a little point-and-shoot at the beginning, but by the end, he'd picked up photography as a hobby and the pictures of the Andes were amazing. I was really happy that I'd gone, just to hear about this guy's journey and to see the pictures he'd brought back. Here's the local paper's article about his trip.
The guys from Cycle University were there,too, recapping last years ride as well as laying out the training for this year. One of the guys mentioned that people were surprised by the amount of hill climbing on the routes, and that all the routes over 20 miles had some serious hills. Plus there was a significant headwind no matter which direction you rode. *g* It was nice to know that I wasn't the only one who thought that about the ride. Hopefully there won't be as much wind this year, and also no rain.
If you'd like to contribute to the ADA through my ride, this is My Fund Raising Page. Any amount you'd care to contribute would be great.
