Tour de Cure Colorado, American Diabetes Assn

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Hey Ladies,

My sister Sara was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 11, 14 years ago now. On August 25th Sara and I will be riding our bikes 100 miles to benefit the American Diabetes Association.

A mere century ago Sara would not have lived to see age 12; now her doctors rate her chance of developing any diabetes-related complications in her lifetime at less than 5%. So we made the decision to ride a century to celebrate an amazing century of medical advances and to support future advances and hopefully, one day, a cure.

While the goal of the ride is to raise money for the research and
educational efforts of the American Diabetes Association, the most
important support you can give us is to join us on our ride. The 100-mile ride starts in Longmont and heads up to beautiful Estes Park. But no, you
don't have to ride 100 miles, there are rides as short (and flat) as 12
miles. Your friends are welcome to join our team too, whether or not we
know them. Or if you can't make the ride, please get on your bike and put in a few miles for us, or find a ride local to you; Type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States and the best way to prevent it is by eating well and exercising regularly.

And of course if you would like to donate to the ADA, we'd appreciate that too. Sara set up a team for us, and we'd appreciate it if anyone choosing to donate would look at the list of our team members and help those that have not met the $150 minimum donation to meet that; our goal is to help as many people ride as possible. Plus, they have some pretty amazing stories and reasons for riding too. One of our teammates weighed > 300 lbs and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He is now in perfect health, no sign of diabetes, and rides some of Colorado's most challenging rides. Bikes are such simple tools that let us do amazing things.

To join our team or go to:
http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=...team_id=222698

To donate, click one of the rider names from the team page.

Route maps are available at
www.tourdecurecolorado.com

Many thanks,

Anne