It was a beautiful day for my last ride for the 2026 GCC! π Lynn, Lou and I had a great ride! I only had 19 miles left to reach my goal, but we added 6 more βsprinkle/sparkleβ miles! It truly was a perfect day for an outdoor ride! Lynn paced our ride perfectly! Iβm glad that Lou joined us! She has been a longtime supporter of my GCC for many years. I missed riding with all of the other Big Wheel members this year, but my schedule has not worked out to do so. Hopefully we can have a victory ride soon! π΄ββοΈ
Thank you all for your support this year! It has been challenging, but I have officially exceeded my mileage and donation goals! ππ I appreciate all of your prayers and encouragement, too! Please continue to keep all of the kids in your prayers as they continue in the fight.π If the Lordβs will allows, I will be back next year for my 9th Great Cycle Challenge to continue the fight for the kids! God bless you all! ππ΄ββοΈβ€οΈ
Today I rode two different routes on the trainer and logged another 30.3 miles to my total! Lord willing, I will finish my last miles on Tuesday!
While I was riding, I was thinking of all of the kids fighting for their lives. Sadly this year two of the ambassadors in this photo have passed away. Lincoln and Kylie were awesome ambassadors for the GCC. Please keep their families in your thoughts and prayers.
Here are just a few examples of how your donations help the kids in the fight. Projects like the ones below need your support to turn research advances into real outcomes for kids fighting cancer.
Your support will help Dr. John Maris at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia launch a new trial testing a next-gen, vaccine-boosted immunotherapy to treat high-risk neuroblastoma.
Your support will help researchers at Dana-Farber get ahead of relapse by using 'liquid biopsy' to spot a cancer's recurrence in the blood β even before it can be seen on a scan.
Your support will help fund Dr. Brian Fisher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia understand how the immune system recovers after leukemia treatment and ways to protect children from potentially deadly infections.
Thank you for all of your donations, prayers and encouragement this month! I am so grateful and blessed! π΄ββοΈπβ€οΈ
We started our ride early today to get it done before the winds got to be too much. Lynn did a great job navigating us around the countryside. There were a few headwind and uphill challenges, but we had an awesome ride in spite of the conditions! It was my longest ride of the Challenge! I am so thankful for all of his support and encouragement! ππβ€οΈ
While riding,my thoughts were of all the kids currently fighting cancer. I saw a local news segment about a 5-year old boy, Tucker Honeycutt, who will be undergoing surgery for a brain tumor on Monday at Duke. Please keep him, his family and those caring for him in your prayers. πβ€οΈβπ©Ήπ
I have 50 miles remaining and will hopefully finish on Tuesday! Letβs finish strong for these brave warriors in the fight! ππ΄ββοΈπ
I had another good ride on the trainer last night. I added another 17 miles! I am getting closer to the finish line! Keep the support and prayers coming! ππ΄ββοΈπ
Todayβs ride was another good trainer ride. It was a fast, flat course, but it was a lot of hard work (and fun)! I added another 17 miles today! I was thinking of all the kids pushing hard in their fight against cancer, and it motivated me to push myself! π΄ββοΈ
Just a reminder that all online donations today (9/23) will be matched! Letβs finish this last week strong! Keep me in your prayers! π΄ββοΈππ