Ride for Norm

06/08/2019

View Ride For Norm Visitor Posts for Most current updates. Still accepting donations... 40 miles still to go!!!
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ridefornorm

06/08/2019

Beer Stop. MM 68. 11:41am.

06/08/2019

Approaching MM 69! 11:38am.

06/08/2019

About to Launch!

06/06/2019

I love my training rides, as they often take me to places in the Keys I've never been.

So...where was this? Be specific! 😁

06/03/2019

This song is pure fun, and after my 58 mile training ride yesterday, definitely describes how I am, in fact, feeling stronger every day. 😎

One more training ride on Wednesday, before the big ride on Saturday. Wheeee!

One of Chicago's greatest hits! Originally on the Chicago VI album! A great way to pump yourself up!

05/29/2019

No particular reason for this, other than I like the song, it’s a damn fun song, and honestly....how many songs out there mention bicycles AT ALL?

This is "Queen - Bicycle Race (Official Video)" by dj pop on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

05/27/2019

After all these years in the Florida Keys, I still manage to find places I've never been.

The first person who names this location correctly gets a prize! 😃

05/22/2019

17 days to go, and I'm raring to go. Next long training ride: tomorrow.

05/18/2019

Took Rebecca for a spin today. My goal was at least 40 miles, which I'd had as a goal many times recently, but had not achieved. Until now.

A nice little 52 mile training ride. Feeling pretty good after the fact, too, which bodes well for the June 8 ride. Definitely stronger than I've been in a long time!

And tonight, I'm off to work! Bicycling there, of course.

05/15/2019

My story:

On June 8, I will turn 49, a milestone my father, Norm, pictured here, never achieved, dying from Scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease, at the age of 48. On this day, to both celebrate my birthday, and honor my Dad, I will do something I have never done, but always wanted to: ride 100 miles on a bicycle in a single day, known in cycling as a century. I will wake up on my birthday in Key Largo, and will ride from Mile Marker 100 down the Overseas Highway to Mile Marker 0 in Key West.

I am doing this as a charity fundraiser to benefit the Scleroderma Foundation, and any support you can offer will be greatly appreciated. This is a fantastic non-profit organization that raises funds and awareness for support for scleroderma patients, education about scleroderma, and research into both treatments and a potential cure for the disease. (You can read more about the Foundation and the disease at Scleroderma.org.)

You can donate to my fundraiser at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ridefornorm.