TandemHearts

Wow!  Where has the time gone? (more…)

When running or riding I wear a pair of sunglasses with an MP3 player in them – Thumps.  Music can be very motivational.  Some songs just push me to go a little harder; Pat Benatar’s “Heartbreaker” is one of them. (more…)

I’m under 150 pounds now and out of the Athena division!  My clothes have steadily become looser and looser and I have to belt my pants to keep them where they are suppose to be. (more…)

We don’t usually do large organized bike rides. There are usually too many people on the road and long lines at the rest stops. Riders are often either “racer boys” – not stopping at stop signs, passing without warning, riding 3 abreast etc or they are novice riders – shaky bike handling skills, wandering across the road, riding 3 abreast. As a bonus, if the weather is bad you have to ride anyway.

So when a friend asked us to be Ride Marshals in the Tour de Cure, a fund raiser for the American Diabetes Association, of course we said, “Yes.” With our spiffy “Marshall” vests, we would be in a position to gently advise riders to ride safely (or else). (more…)