Reason No. 1 to Ride

First in a series of “Reasons to Ride”.  Reason No. 1 is the battle against breast cancer.

Factlet: 3.8 hours of exercise a week decreases your risk of breast cancer by 40%

This little factoid made its way into my knowledge base around the same time I heard of cycling with Team in Training to help raise funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I thought, “hey, I can do that” without realizing just how hard it would be to get to 100 miles or that I would fall completely in love with it.

There really is no I in TEAM

Quick recap of my Team In Training schedule since my my brother became ill in August: 1 ride. Yuppers, I dropped last season to be with Jack in Cancun and have only ridden one whole time with the new team on their first ride, 9 weeks ago.

These people have no idea who I am other than a name on the email list, and yet, when my brother passed away last week, they sent words of love, support and even attended the funeral.

I was tremendously touched but more importantly, I saw that there is truth in the old phrase, “no man is an island”. We need the support of each other, not just in times of loss but out on the road, working together.