No big secret, I love riding bikes. If the title of my blog, Bikes Kill Cancer, didn’t give it away then consider yourself in the know now.
I love riding bikes so much I’ll even ride when the temps are in the negatives.
Below you will find a link to my latest YouTube video on my channel. Yep, you guessed it. It’s also called Bikes Kill Cancer. Anyone sensing a theme here.
Anyway, I realized quite quickly that I don’t have much to add to the conversation for people who’ve been riding bikes for a long time. I do feel that if you are new or only been riding bikes for a short while that I may have something to offer.
So this video is for all those folks who discovered the joy of riding bikes during the pandemic and maybe need a little motivation or nudge to take their cycling to the next level. That next level is different for each of us but I’m willing to bet that you can find at least one thing in this list that will keep the stoke going in 2023.
Check it out and I hope you like it. If you do give it a thumbs up and a follow.
A little more than a year after finishing my last (I hope) radiation treatment for oropharyngeal cancer I rode a century on my bike yesterday, but this post is not about me celebrating some incredible comeback from the throes of cancers. I’ve actually rode my bike (for my health and sanity) through out my treatments and have ridden several centuries since then including 108 miles with over 10,000 feet of climbing to the top of Mount Evans and back to my home in Denver and along the way raised over $5000 for the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Humble brag complete now lets get on to the real champion of this post.
All smiles, just 99 more miles to go.
This post is to celebrate my better half having completed her first 100 mile ride. This is her second attempt. A few years ago as we were getting ready for a cycling trip to Italy, she was thwarted at mile 88 by an overzealous course marshal who wouldn’t let her continue due to hail, lightening and the threat of tornados. Sheesh… she’s way tougher than all three of those combined.
Yesterday, my hear swelled with pride as I watched her role across the finish line with a ride time of eight hours on the nose.
Finishing strong!
Over the last years I have watched her struggle with her own health issues while still standing by me during my own. This year only layered on more adversity as she has dealt with both a foot and a knee injuries yet she still pushed on with her training. Maybe she wasn’t able to always complete the physical aspect but that only made her tougher mentally.
That extra bit of toughness came into play on Sunday as the day got longer and hotter, she didn’t quit. As the thunderstorms and hail rolled in again, she slipped passed the course marshal and kept on riding through the rain and hail. Lesson learned, don’t let safety and common sense get in your way.
With the sweep vehicles just minutes behind her, she rolled across the finish line. I’ve completed a lot of centuries in my life but I never felt the pride in myself like I felt at that moment for my wife and her grit and determination.
A couple of years ago, a friend of ours painted a custom hat for her with a large comic book like “BAM!” across the front and no doubt “Bad Ash Middleton” lived up to her name yesterday.
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