How to do a Diabetes Tour de Cure Century Ride
Posted by dcfemella | Posted in self | Posted on 15-06-2009
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Reston Diabetes Tour de Cure 2009, originally uploaded by dreamingindc.
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“Grueling, exhausting but worth it.”
How I did it: I trained since March (wish i could have trained more but the damn rain in this area prevented that), and I knew that I was doing this for my aunt who passed away due to complications from diabetes.
She was one of my favorite aunts, so I knew that I had to do this. Her death was one of the most painful things to have happened to me. It was unexpected and shocking for the entire family, and it took a toll on my grandmother.
There were times during the ride that I wanted to give up. The whole thing was hills, and the pedals I had were awful. However, I thought about her, so I kept going because I knew she would be proud of me.
Lessons & tips:
- Train hard!
- Have the right bike pedals and shoes
- Be well hydrated by drinking water the day before the ride
- Don’t drink alcohol
- Get plenty of rest
- Constantly eat and drink during the ride
- Have a wonderful bike crew
- Mentally prepare
- Realize it’s for a good cause
- Don’t be afraid to stop if you are in pain
Resources:
My bike crew helped TONS! There were times that I was ready to call a cab, but with their motivation, I decided not to.
It took me 1 day.
It made me Insane! 
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Rock on, lady friend. Color me impressed!
It was great after the fact. Thanks again for your wonderful blog of your favorite blogs and having me as one of them. =D
My sister completed a century ride for MS last year. I was so proud of her! I am not sure I could ever do such a thing.
Congrats to your sister! If you trained properly, I bet you could do it. =)
I am suppose to do a ten-mile run in October, and I am worried cause I'm a
horrible runner. But we'll see. haha
Rock on, lady friend. Color me impressed!
It was great after the fact. Thanks again for your wonderful blog of your favorite blogs and having me as one of them. =D
My sister completed a century ride for MS last year. I was so proud of her! I am not sure I could ever do such a thing.
Congrats to your sister! If you trained properly, I bet you could do it. =)
I am suppose to do a ten-mile run in October, and I am worried cause I'm a
horrible runner. But we'll see. haha
A little lat but congrats! Also I like the riding gear. As one who lives for a diabetes cure for all this way a welcomed find. With the levels recently lowered many more are now borderline diabetic http://ezinearticles.com/?Borderline-Diabetes?-.... This is also the 5th leading fatal disease even ahead of breast cancer. Thanks again
Thank you! It was a hard century, but I'm glad that I did it.
I am quite interesting in this topic hope you will elaborate more on it in future posts.
I could never do this. I can hardly bike 10 miles!
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