What I learned in my JDRF Ride to Cure Training, Part 4: (The one where good friends remind me they are still here)

I don’t even remember how I found out about it, since I’m new to cycling. I think I may have just been google searching to find supported rides in the greater Boston area. In any case, this past Sunday morning … Continue reading What I learned in my JDRF Ride to Cure Training, Part 4: (The one where good friends remind me they are still here)

What I Learned in my JDRF Ride Training, Part 3: The one where I bonk and cry and then regroup (just like life!)

Some people need to be smacked on the head. Over and over and over. Before they get it. Count me as one of them. As anyone who reads this blog knows, I’ve been training hard to do the JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes since, oh, late April. When I started, I’d not been on a bike in about 25 years. The first day I rode I only did about four miles and then told a cyclist friend I was wheezing and worried I “had allergies.” She ROFLOL’ed at me and said, “That’s not called allergies, Moira. That’s called not being … Continue reading What I Learned in my JDRF Ride Training, Part 3: The one where I bonk and cry and then regroup (just like life!)