Monday, November 26, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
WR; Hub; Eagle Rock 32.5 miles; 4068 feet MTB by stenogrl at Garmin Connect - Details
WR; Hub; Eagle Rock 32.5 miles; 4068 feet MTB by stenogrl at Garmin Connect - Details
Another great ride in the Santa Monica mountains with Catherine Hinton. We headed up from my house to Westridge, Hub, Eagle Rock and back home.
Beautiful day!
Another great ride in the Santa Monica mountains with Catherine Hinton. We headed up from my house to Westridge, Hub, Eagle Rock and back home.
Beautiful day!
Gilbert's annual Thanksgiving ride by stenogrl at Garmin Connect - Details
Gilbert's annual Thanksgiving ride by stenogrl at Garmin Connect - Details
Devo admiring my bike
Over 30 riders showed up for the
Sullivan Backbone loop!
We started at Ocean and San Vicente at 8:00 a.m. I met my friend Stephen at 7:30 and we headed to the start. Up Amalfi to Sullivan FR, Hub and Backbone. I ended up riding most of BB by myself as the others missed the turn off. It was so much fun.
Over 30 miles and plenty of climbing. Then off to Oxnard for a wonderful dinner my daughter prepared for 7 of us. A long day with so much gratitude for my life and health, family, friends and mountain biking!
Sullivan Backbone loop!
We started at Ocean and San Vicente at 8:00 a.m. I met my friend Stephen at 7:30 and we headed to the start. Up Amalfi to Sullivan FR, Hub and Backbone. I ended up riding most of BB by myself as the others missed the turn off. It was so much fun.
Over 30 miles and plenty of climbing. Then off to Oxnard for a wonderful dinner my daughter prepared for 7 of us. A long day with so much gratitude for my life and health, family, friends and mountain biking!
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Sullivan to Reseda with Catherine on a rainy day by stenogrl at Garmin Connect - Details
Sullivan to Reseda with Catherine on a rainy day by stenogrl at Garmin Connect - Details
I met a new friend today, Catherine Hinton. We had fun riding in the rain and mud!
I met a new friend today, Catherine Hinton. We had fun riding in the rain and mud!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
My thanks to La Grange for the Russell Moon Ride of Hope
Thank you, Michael. I do know
Russell – Russell gave me hope in some very tough times – Russell never gave up
on me, even when I thought I had no hope to keep on living. It was really
hard for me to walk up to him too, though it was all I was looking forward to.
I chose to ride solo on Saturday – For
70 miles I thought about getting back in time to see Russell so I could tell
him that I pray for him every day – and tell him to keep on fighting!
Over and over I thought about how
this type of accident could happen to any one of us. I fought my own
personal battles, first, breast cancer, seven years later, multiple
myeloma, terminal bone marrow cancer -- two bone marrow transplants – But
by some miracle, I am not only alive, but in the two percentile of surviving my
situation. I rode for Russell – I climbed for Russell and kept
thinking of how I wanted to make him happy – and he would be so thrilled
to see all the riders who showed up for HIM.
I did not want to miss seeing
Russell!! I knew I had to be back by 12:30. Ride faster,
Cheryl!
That may not be a big ride for most
of the LG riders, but that was the longest ride I have ever ridden alone
- I cried a lot of tears on Saturday.
The highlight was when I finally had eye
to eye contact with Russell and he smiled and moved his lips and whispered
“thank you” when I said, “I pray for you every night” -
Please know, my LG friends, most of whom are strangers, that I thank you from
my heart for what you all did on Saturday. It was a life-changing
day for me -- and I am sure for Russell -- And I am sure lot of you who
know and love Russell, or don’t know him, but still showed up him. I won’t
forget those minutes with Russell, the hope in his eyes, the look
on his face- It will never leave my mind, and in a good way.
He is a fighter like I have never seen. He is one heck
of good guy -- Who knows what the kind of support you all
gave him on Saturday might do. The mind is a powerful
place. A place we can believe and dream for the good.
As said earlier, this was a ride for a
fallen rider and not a race. I had over four hours to reflect
on how grateful I am for my life and how grateful I am to have had that
opportunity, that day, with my bike, with fellow riders, and mostly FOR OUR
FRIEND RUSSELL – I had the opportunity to say, “keep fighting” – we all had the
opportunity to show another human being that WE care! What a gift.
I am still emotional about it,
obviously. I just wanted to chime in on this thread to say thank you
all. La Grange is great group, with a solid foundation
of riders who give hope. Riders who deliver meals to those in need
and, from what I see a lot of charity. The few people I personally
know in this group are people I respect and look up to very
much. You know who you are! I am proud to be a small
part of this group.
Maybe next year Russell will be with us
on the ride – I know that I am glad I never gave up hope when doctors told me I
had six months to live in 1995.
Peace
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Russell Moon Ride by stenogrl at Garmin Connect - Details
Russell Moon Ride by stenogrl at Garmin Connect - Details
Russell Moon is a friend and fellow rider who was hit by a car last year and now a quadriplegic -
There were over 100 riders yesterday to ride for Russell and my life won't be the same after I had a chance to see him and speak to him - He is a strong guy and has a good spirit - I pray for Russell every day!
Russell Moon is a friend and fellow rider who was hit by a car last year and now a quadriplegic -
There were over 100 riders yesterday to ride for Russell and my life won't be the same after I had a chance to see him and speak to him - He is a strong guy and has a good spirit - I pray for Russell every day!
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