Riding for Roses

I have become Spencer’s publicist. I must not be very good at it since all I get is unpaid gigs, but they are all helping publicize the fight against cancer of all kinds.

It all started quite by coincidence. Followed by another coincidence. And another. So, let’s play “six degrees of Spencer Sartin” and run through [...]

I am supposed to ride the 40 mile ride with Spencer. They’ve changed the route slightly this year. The distance is a tiny bit longer. The hill climbing is about the same. However, there are two small problems.

The time has come to start making serious efforts on fundraising. I looked at the calendar yesterday and it scared me. The math is simple. There are basically one hundred days left until the fund raising deadline and we had just under $916.13 the minimum goal of $15,000, which is the Polka Dot Jersey fundraising level and the mininum to get into the private ride. That’s $140.84 per day. Every day. All summer. The stretch goal is $25,o00, which is the Yellow Jersey fundraising level. That’s $240.84 per day. Every day. All summer….

What a kick! Spencer and I were on two local news reports tonight. We were interviewed for stories on KEYE and “KVUE”http://www.kvue.com by the teams out covering the 24 Hour Fitness Lance Armstrong Sport Club grand opening. Both stories include shots of Spencer decked out in 37 liveStrong wrist bands….

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….