This year, in preparation for the ADA Tour de Cure, the 2017 Tour de Lake Nona team partnered with CyclingSavvy to offer a safety workshop for registered Tour de Cure participants. I attended in anticipation of learning something new from CyclingSavvy's instructor, Lee Sisselsky. I was not disappointed. The session [...]
Sunday, February 19, 2017, started at 6 am in 63-degree weather. It was a clear, low humidity day with small to medium gusts of wind. All in all, a great day to ride after we traveled through a patch of showers on our way to the event. Dawn, Diana, Jodel, and [...]
On Saturday morning February 18, 2017, TeamOne members (Diana & Z) joined other cyclists for the Peloton Cyclist Club (PCC) Ride #7. This was going to be a busy weekend with back-to-back ride days, but the team was up for the fun. After all, a peloton ride is just another great opportunity to [...]
We Have A Winner Brian DiMaggio (McLean, VA) is a SAIC employee who has supported our effort for over 3 years ... and now the winner of a Samsung Smart 40" LED HDTV! Brian had 25 chances out of 563 entries to win, that is approximately a 4.4% chance. His donation was [...]
Saturday morning on December 17, 2016, TeamOne members (Diana & Z) joined other cyclists for the Peloton Cyclist Club (PCC) Ride #5. Never ones to miss an opportunity to train for the upcoming ADA Tour de Cure with a large group, the cyclists made the trek out to DeLand, Florida this time. PCC (http://pelotoncyclistclub.com) is a [...]
December 8, 2016 - This was a great day to join Team Red Riders for one of their training rides. This team is made up of Red Riders - riders who ride with Diabetes. We all rode to train for the upcoming ADA Tour de Cure in Orlando. TeamOne (Diana, [...]
It was a brisk 59-degree Saturday morning on November 19, 2016, when TeamOne members (Diana & Z) joined other cyclists in the Orlando area for the Peloton Cyclist Club (PCC) Ride #4. Yet another excellent opportunity to train for the upcoming ADA Tour de Cure with a large group, only this time [...]
Food, Drink, and Fun made Thursday evening at Chroma in Lake Nona a perfect Florida evening. On November 10, 2016, TeamOne hosted a Donor Appreciation night at the new hotspot in Lake Nona as a Thank You to all the donors that helped make TeamOne a team of Champions with [...]
One of the nice things about bike riding is the opportunity to ride along beautiful places. Well, TeamOne members (Diana, Jodel, & Z) road along the Palm Coast Scenic A1A on Sunday, November 6, 2016, in support of the Spoonbills & Sprockets Cycling Tour. The Ride The team members started [...]
On Saturday, TeamOne members (Diana & Z) joined other cyclists in the Orlando area for the Peloton Cyclist Club (PCC) Ride #3. This was an opportunity to train for the upcoming ADA Tour de Cure with a large group. PCC (http://pelotoncyclistclub.com) is a fun and unique company that has set out [...]
Weekends are made for resting, or are they Made for Riding!! For a majority of our team member's the best training happens on the weekends. This weekend was no different for Jodel, Z and me. The Ride Sunday was bright, sunny, cool, and breezy! Fall has arrived in Orlando. While many people [...]
On Friday, September 23, 2016, the ADA held a 20-mile Executive ride at the GuideWell Innovation Center (http://www.guidewell.com/innovation) at 6555 Sanger Road, Orlando, FL 32827. This ride was scheduled to gather executive participant together to ride, network and re-instill the reasons why we hold this event and the value to [...]
Getting up early any morning is not necessarily anyone's favorite thing to do, especially on the weekend. But Sunday, September 18, it was not hard at all. Today was the Ride4Ronald. Ride4Ronald is a bike ride benefiting the 1,700 children and families the Ronald McDonald House serves each year. This was my [...]
A Saturday morning, high humidity, and temperatures would definitely hit the 90's. That was the background for today's ride - 2 club members (Dawn & I) participated in the Women on Wheels (WOW) event sponsored by Peloton Cyclist Club. This ride was dedicated to the female rider and the theme [...]
On Saturday, the TeamOne members (Diana, Jodel and Z) joined other cyclists in the Orlando area for the Peloton Cyclist Club (PCC) Ride #1. PCC (http://pelotoncyclistclub.com) is a fun and unique company that has set out to unite the cycling community. TeamOne members joined in for 40 miles of beautiful country [...]
