Let's Cure Diabetes

...bringing you news about Team Chad and Dad's (and friends) Ride to Cure Diabetes.

 

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Team Chad and Dad 2010 Ride to Cure Diabetes Fund Raising Progress Bar: 

$0		Goal $8,000
28% of goal
Current total = $2,245 (includes offline and online donations) as of February 11, 2010...       $5,755 to go...

Thank you to the following annual sponsors of
Team Chad & Dad's Ride to Cure Diabetes

The Woodstock Motor Club

TriValley Lions Club of Parksville NY

Entry Date: Thursday Feb 11, 2010  (Thursday) Let the training begin Well maybe the headline should read let the training start slowly for Dad while Chad continues to ride mountain bikes through the snow and does spin classes for fun Dad's training is starting at a slow pace. You see - despite his smile in the Killington 2010 Ride to Cure Diabetes pictures to the right... Dad has been in agony for many months with low back pain and sciatic pain. By the time December rolled around he could hardly walk. Getting out of bed was a total pain. etc etc. BUT the good news is Dad had surgery on January 13th and is now virtually pain free. He can walk about a mile or so at a time outside with Zoe the wonder dog and has completed three weeks of physical therapy. Today he actually worked up a sweat on a recumbant stationary bike... cranking hard for about 15 minutes with his eyes closed envisioning the route of Death Valley. Dad's bike is already set up at home on the wind trainer ready to go - as soon as clearance is obtained from the surgeon. (Well - OK - Truth be told here... he did sit on it twice... just to see if he could... the first time was pure agony... the second time he took 4 or 5 cranks just for fun... still can't bend over to reach the handle bars yet... but soon that will be possible.) So - here we go again... back to Death Valley for the Ride to Cure Diabetes in October of 2010. Please keep checking back for training updates and be sure to donate online or offline. Donate on behalf of Team Chad & Dad offline via this link)   or ONLINE by clicking on either Chad or Charlie's name Chad Lawrence Charlie Lawrence

Killington VT 2009 Ride to Cure Diabetes 2009 Ride Summary: COLD and WET - After about 90 miles of riding in the rain... the rain stopped. at the Pittsfield checkpoint Dad poured water out of his plastic bag cover feet and put on dry socks. A couple of flat tires later with sciatic pain numbing his leg... he made it back to the finish line. 100 more miles closer to a cure for diabetes. Chad and Dad at the finish line. Note the shine on the ground. That is wet sand and gravel. The finish line BBQ was moved from there to the hotel. It rained so hard that the caterer's tent was filled with a few inches of standing runoff. After doing a century in the rain... the dry hotel seemed like an appropriate option for all the riders.

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