Am underway for 2024 Ride for Roswell preparation.
This affords you to opportunity to provide support, in any form, prayers, happy thoughts or a donation.
Thank you for accepting the invitation and demonstrating interest to visit this personal page. Within the span of each week, I pray for thirteen family members engaged in their fight with cancer. Most are in remission, some for a long time, others battle is ongoing. In addition, there are another 16 friends and associates with fights for whom I pray. You may share some of these people with me and have others of your own. It is helpful for me to be able to look them in the eye remind them there is hope and they are not alone. What's better is to have a genuine, measurable action to back up the sentiment. By participating with your support you can share with your loved ones, friends and colleagues when you look them in the eye and tell them how you have contributed to the fight against cancer.
So much of life is a mixed result. At the same time so many family members, friends and associates are being diagnosed, they are surviving for longer periods. Their courage in the fight is supported by increased awareness, better treatments and education as a result of the research our support for Roswell Institute brings.
As a matter of practice, I avoid knowingly soliciting contributions from anyone battling cancer or their caregivers. They have already given enough toward the fight against cancer, in my view. Those undergoing treatment and their families know what difficult is, and I admire their courage. They give me a perspective that I enjoy the luxury of preparation to go a long way. At the same time, I accept contributions from anyone. For me 2023 had a few setbacks to my efforts. Like those who battle, I resolve to prepare well for the 2024 ride.
A special thanks to all that provided support in previous years. Last year Team Catino became a top 35 fundraiser among over 800 other teams. This year Team Catino reached a cumulative level of $100K over the past ten years. On a personal level you deserve the credit for the funds raised through my ride. The honors this achieves are yours in support of a strong outcome to support cutting-edge research and compassionate, innovative patient care programs at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Please consider donating today. To quote a friend recently lost to cancer, "Every day alive is a day closer to a cure." Your donations help provide those additional days alive.
Cheers,
Dan
Blog post.
June 22 - Ride day, am taking a local route as a stipulation of a major donor. It was hot, the C&O canal tow path was dusty. Was slow, but completed the 103.6 miles.
June 16 - Made qualifying ride, faster than 15 mph for 60 miles and just over 62 miles in 4 hours 80 mile ride total. Should be ready for Saturday.
June 8 - Rode Tour de Frederick metric route, fun ride, good cause
June 1 - 50+ mile ride
May 18 - Dedicated this year's ride to Holly B - Holly Strong
April 29 - First outdoor road ride, missed a couple turns and it got dark
March 12 Back to the wind trainer
March 1 - Discovered the gym at work and then learned that it is possible to over do the elliptical machine, will need some days off.
February 28 - Put bike on wind trainer in garage had a nice 30 minute ride. Discovered some saddle soreness the next day.
January 29 - Time to mount the treadmill.