My friend Mark, in Minnesota, the biking one of the 2 Mark’s I know up there. He told me that he was going to ride in a ride for diabetes and I had to get details from him. Last year I started questioning people about riding in a ride for diabetes, but I couldn’t get much information.
A few months ago, I got an email about the JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes. I was looking at those rides, and they were in places that I wasn’t familiar with and the dates just weren’t good. So, here we are now, and I’m riding in the Tour De Cure, which is put on by the American Diabetes Association. And it’s cool because there’s rides in every state. The information for NM was lacking and I wanted to take a vacation, so I chose to go to Long Beach, CA and do a 35 mile ride along the Pacific Coast Highway.
This is all a result of Mark, because I had completely forgotten about the American Diabetes Association and have a one track mind when it comes to diabetes and think JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).
Next up for me and the Tour De Cure, training. I’ve not been on a bike since September of last year. And I wasn’t exactly riding with a purpose, most of my riding last year was insane riding in Moab, Utah, and then there were the trails in Albuquerque, NM. I think 15 miles was my longest ride and I don’t remember how long it took me to complete it, but then again, time didn’t matter. Time matters now, I need to be able to keep a speed of 12 mph for 3 hours. We’ll see how I do when I start training. My theory is, if I can make the 35 miles up here at NM elevation (1 mile higher than sea level) I should have no problem in CA because it’ll be an oxygen rush.
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