Riding to Save Lives
Welcome to my Team In Training home page.
Once again, I'm training to participate in America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride on June 6th in Lake Tahoe as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training (TNT).
This is the road up Lookout Mountain in Golden, CO. A favored route amongst local cyclists.
And here I am nearing the top of Lookout on a recent training ride. A little winded, but feeling pretty darn good since I passed a few riders on the way up!
All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers.
These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!
My fundraising goal for this season is to exceed $5,000 in donations. Please support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission.
April Update:
Training has been going well so far. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has not been playing nice with us, and we've had to complete a majority of our training indoors so far.
We have been on some nice rides outdoors, however.
This past weekend, we rode about 56 miles. The weather was mild, although quite windy. Nonetheless, we rode.
I'm feeling much stronger on the bike this year versus last year. My hope is that trend continues.
Also, from a donation standpoint, I'm at 50% of my goal with about two months until the ride. Huge thanks to my employer, Toyota Motor Sales, USA. They kicked in $1,000 toward my fundraising effort. Awesome!
May Update:
April was a tough month from a training standpoint. We've had adverse weather here in Colorado that has cancelled a few of the rides during the month. However, the last couple weeks have been a little more favorable.
The team is riding 60+ miles consistently on the Saturday rides, and I've been getting in as many miles as possible during the week, even if it means riding on a stationary bike in a hotel wherever I may be traveling for business.
Fundraising is up to 73% of my goal of $5,000 for the season.
Also, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, an insurance and financial services provider of mine, has offered to match donations up to a total contribution of $1,200. My thanks to Thrivent once again for their support.
Late May Update:
We rode our longest and toughest training ride on Saturday, May 22. 88 miles all around Denver in 20-30mph winds the entire time. I followed that up with a 30 mile ride on Sunday just for fun.
With a few donations I received over the last few days, I am closing in on the $5K mark, not including Thrivent's matching funds. Can we get to $6K all told??
The big ride in Tahoe is 11 days away! I can't wait!
Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!
Denver County Chapte... | $1,000.00 |
Toyota Motor Sales, ... | $1,000.00 |
John Skinner | $500.00 |
DAVID MORRISSEY | $250.00 |
troy kerth | $155.00 |
Tanya Bell | $150.00 |
Richard Hunt | $100.00 |
Scott Thompson | $100.00 |
Dan Abel | $100.00 |
John S Hargash | $100.00 |
Courtney and Greg Cu... | $100.00 |
Steve Doersam | $100.00 |
Jason Matt | $100.00 |
diane and Jerry Craw... | $100.00 |
Dru Lynch | $100.00 |
Mark Egger | $100.00 |
Samuel Fan | $75.00 |
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Thom Dorr | $50.00 |
Verizon | $50.00 |
Brent Dilworth | $50.00 |
Jane Post | $50.00 |
Tom Morley | $50.00 |
Ken Lieb | $50.00 |
Eric & Kelly El... | $50.00 |
Earl Oesterling | $50.00 |
Chad & Jessica T... | $50.00 |
KBC Staffing, Inc. | $50.00 |
Lise & Joe Neer | $50.00 |
Jennifer Diehl | $50.00 |
Daniel Weinshenker | $50.00 |
Maria Vigliaturo Tab... | $50.00 |
Polly Penna | $50.00 |
Steven Skirha | $30.00 |
Western Union Founda... | $25.00 |
monica mann | $25.00 |
Lisa Syverson | $25.00 |
Kurt Jones | $25.00 |
All 4 Fun Jumpers /... | $25.00 |
Crystal Porter | $25.00 |
Amanda Hecht | $25.00 |
Misti Frenzke | $25.00 |
Kathy Mikeworth | $25.00 |
hugh Crawford | $25.00 |
krista walker | $25.00 |
Maureen Zagel Zagel | $25.00 |
Amy Chase | $25.00 |
Eric Garner | $20.00 |
Keith Morris | $20.00 |
Darryl McLaren | $20.00 |
Victor Weiss | $20.00 |
Anthony Kroska | $20.00 |
Eric Schwers | $20.00 |
Bruce Papich | $20.00 |
Dawn Watt | $10.00 |
Ryan West | $10.00 |
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