Thore Sighs

Or sore thighs.

Yesterday was such a lovely day that I decided to dust my bike off and start training in earnest for my fund-raising bike ride. Which explains the title of my post.

Like many of us with Type 1, I feel that I'm in charge of my control and my destiny with this disease. I can get help from my healthcare team, and from my great friends online at TuDiabetes.com or the Diabetes OC community. But I'm the one who lives with the disease 24 hours a day.

I've walked and ridden many times over the last 10 years to help push this disease back. Last year I was able to raise about $7,500 to fund the important research being done by Dr. Denise Faustman. She really seems to be close to figuring out some important parts of the puzzle that is a diabetes cure.

This year I really want to raise $10,000, which is an impossibly large amount. I've been e-mailing and talking with friends and family, but that amount of money doesn't come easily. So if you feel like supporting me, do it now. Just drop by my fund-raising page and give as much as you can afford.

Yesterday I was on my bike for about an hour and managed to cycle for 11 miles. I practiced a lot on getting up hills without dropping my speed too much and without having to get out of the saddle. I need to get my average speed up to 15 miles per hour, so I can complete a 50 mile ride in a little over 3 hours in the saddle. So I've got a ways to go. And now I'll need to start getting up really early so I can get in a 40 minute ride before work.

It's hard work. But what pushes me forward is this thought.

What if the money that I raise (with your help) hires the researcher. You know, the person who figures out a key part of the cure. Wouldn't that be something?

Labels: bikeride, diabetes, research

posted by Bernard @ 4:51 PM