5th Century - The Capital Area Greenway Century May 23rd |
Greetings friends & family, I’m
overdue for an update on my quest to complete 10 Centuries. 5 down, 5 to go!!! Since my first ride at the “After the Bridge
Run Ride” in Charleston SC, I’ve completed 5 100-mile rides in a space of 7
weeks, one every other weekend. I’ve had
to make one adjustment to my schedule – I did not ride in the 2nd
day of the Tour de Cure on May 17th, as I had to attend the funeral
of a friend that day – so I created a “Capital Area Greenway Century” and rode
106 miles last Sunday (May 24th) to make up for the miss on May 17th.
The riding has been pretty good,
and I’ve only had to deal with one thunderstorm, three weeks ago during the
Raven Rock Ramble. I’ve avoided any
significant injuries, and I have to say that as I have completed more rides,
they have become a little easier, though I always seem to struggle through the
final 10-15 miles.
Fund raising is going well and I am
VERY thankful for all of you who have made a donation to the cause of curing blood
cancers! A great deal of progress has
been made in the development of treatments, but it is still the case that
one-third of patients diagnosed with a blood cancer do not live beyond 5 years.
There are two people close to me
currently fighting – my Dad’s very close friend Walt, battling multiple
myeloma, just received a transplant of his own stem cells, and a good friend of
mine has a son named Brandon who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia
several months ago – he is being treated with the drug Gleevec, a miracle drug
that was developed in part with funding from LLS.
Next Sunday, June 5, I’ll ride in
the Fletcher Flyer out in the Asheville area., which will be my 6th
ride.
Ride #7 will be the Velo4Yellow
ride on July 16th, out of Wake Forest.
As you can see, I am working very
hard for a cure! Please consider making
a donation, every dollar goes to help saving lives!! Thank you again for your support!!DONATE BUTTON :-)