The JHOP 100 Ride date arrived on a beautiful Saturday morning. Last year I was able to accomplish the goal of my first century ride. This year, I decided to enjoy a shorter distance and see the beauty Florida has to offer. After an easy drive to the ride location, [...]
What an awesome ride! I am so thankful and honored to say that I participated in raising funds and awareness for diabetes, the ADA Tour de Cure in Lake Nona. This was my first year riding on a team, Team One. I have to say that I was a bit [...]
Despite this being my fourth Tour de Cure, each time the ride comes around I’m always nervous I’m going to forget something or be late or something (this year I forgot sunscreen, thankfully a teammate had some to share). With the generosity of my extended team, we were able [...]
Teamwork! My donors and supporters made me a Champion today!!! Thank you all! 2018 Tour de Cure Lake Nona could not have been better! You did an amazing job helping me raise over $1,000 for the American Diabetes Association (ADA). You were part of TeamOne's efforts which raised over $22,750. [...]
What a wonderful day to ride! Thank you all for making the 2018 Tour de Cure Orlando great! You did an amazing job assisting me in raising $1,230 for the American Diabetes Association. This was a tough year to ask for donations considering all the major tragedies that happened [...]
Three years have passed since I have ridden with my brother. He came out a little over three years ago. I was just picking up cycling at the time, and he had given me some tips along with the best advice - just have fun! Now three years later I [...]
Time for a new bike fitting! A professional bike fitting - so many people have no idea what this means or what it can do for you. Let me explain what it meant to me and my riding. I had been saving up for a professional bike fitting with MotionFit. [...]
On a beautiful Sunday, December 3, 2017, I spent the morning on an ADA Tour de Cure Community ride in Lake Nona, FL. This community ride was in support of the Red Rider team for the upcoming ADA Tour de Cure in Orlando. Today there were cyclists of different levels. What [...]
The JHOP Century Ride date arrived! My goal - complete 100 miles of cycling. This would be my first century. A flat century, no hills, with wind - perfect target. Arriving in St. Cloud at the ride location with plenty of time to spare, my teammate and I geared up [...]
Last year, shortly after the ADA Tour de Cure at Lake Nona, I was talking about the Horrible Hundred ride in Clermont FL, with my team leader and I got it into my head that I would ride my first century (100 mile route) at this event, despite the ride’s [...]
Fall is here! Florida welcomes fall with cooler temperatures, low humidity, and sunshine. This Saturday afternoon I saw the welcome mixed with some rain. Today was the PCC Women on Wheels (WOW) Bonfire Ride. Two club members (Dawn & I) participated in the WOW event sponsored by Peloton Cyclist Club and [...]
Today I participated in the Champions Ride for Charities, an event that benefits first responders in Florida. I was very excited to ride this morning. I was doing my first metric century! 100km or 66 miles, whichever measure you prefer. :-) It was a beautiful morning to ride. A little [...]
I have written about charity rides, community rides, and instructional rides. There are also those days of just "training". What is that all about? My ride started about 11:30 am with one of my fellow teammates. After the ADA Tour de Cure, the season for hard training was put on [...]
A Day in the Hills?! Another session of instruction, this time in the hills. The day, however, started off with thunderstorms at my house. Bad weather is not the way I wanted to start my day of riding. I checked the weather app – not really helping. It only showed [...]
This was my first time riding Cycle Flagler. I've heard about it from my teammates and I was very eager to do the ride for myself. I and my family came up the day before and spent a really fun day in St. Augustine first, capped off by a nighttime [...]
