Riding for Roses

On October 22, 2004, Spencer Sartin was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. On October 23, 2005, he is cycling 40 miles to raise money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation….

Spencer’s energy is up. His platelets are high enough. His white blood cell counts are still too low for school. It’s activity time! Need to get that boy to burn energy. Today was bike riding day….

I had been looking forward to a press conference on January 12 announcing the dates, route, and details for the United Tour of Texas that was to be a large stage race through Texas, promoting Texas, cycling, and cancer awareness. United Stores and Market Street were the main sponsors and had committed donation to the [...]

Cancer has touched my life in many ways, so I’m a supporter of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and for 2004, I raised over $5000 as a Peloton Project member; Spencer was very disappointed that I only got one guest pass (for $100) to the Peloton Appreciation Dinner and invited Rachel instead of him. Spencer has [...]

We’ve settled into an almost routine. With low ANC (100 at last test), we spend most of the day at home, but go out for a walk, playground, or bicycle ride. At home, we watch shows and do projects. Scooby Doo and Pooh are favorties, though we are branching out to “Out of the Box” [...]

After two months off the bike and six weeks since I last had a serious non-bike workout, it was pretty obvious that the 70 or 100 mile rides would no be a good plan, so I targeted the 40 mile ride keeping heart rate up just to see if I could. Finished fine, albeit slowly. [...]

The ride is tomorrow. Last night, Rachel and I attended the Peloton Appreciation Dinner, an event honoring Peloton Project members and other sponsors. We got to attend because I raised $5150. A summary, then some thoughts:

Robin Williams is very nice, and hysterically funny
Lance Armstrong cannot sing
Sheryl Crow can
There are a whole lot of amazing and [...]

If you don’t want the pitch, the short version goes: donate money to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation in their fight against cancer and efforts to help cancer patients and survivors. Keep visiting my bike blog for updates.

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The long version:

Over three weeks in July, I, and [...]

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As of this moment (9:20 PM CDT, August 5, 2004), people I have solicited have donated (or paid for auction items) $2,708.83. Many thanks to everyone who has donated. Your generous donations will help fund cancer research and education for cancer patients and cancer survivors that [...]

I’ve just been reading some stories about Alexandra “Alex” Scott, who passed away at her home on Sunday, at the age of 8. Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when she was not quite one year old. When she was 4, she got the idea to raise money for cancer treatment through a Lemonade Stand and [...]