It seems like I've been thinking and talking about riding my bike in the AIDS/LifeCycle ride forever. It hasn't really been forever, but it has been over 6 months since I first got the idea into my head. That's long enough. But finally, tomorrow morning, I along with almost 2,500 other riders will begin our week-long journey to L.A. by bicycle.

I originally got the motivation because I wanted a significant way to celebrate my 40th birthday year. And that is true. But the idea of participating in this ride had been planted long before last fall. I began to think about participating in it years ago when people I knew and with whom I worked died due to AIDS related illnesses.

So while this ride is a way for me to celebrate the beginning of what I hope will be a great new decade in my life, it is also in memory of several great men whom I had the pleasure of knowing for much too brief of a time. Memories of their vibrate lives in the face of this horrible illness will help me as I pedal my way south through the beautiful state of California.

May we find a way to end this pandemic. And soon.

 

It seems like I've been thinking and talking about riding my bike in the AIDS/LifeCycle ride forever. It hasn't really been forever, but it has been over 6 months since I first got the idea into my head. That's long enough. But finally, tomorrow morning, I along with almost 2,500 other riders will begin our week-long journey to L.A. by bicycle.

I originally got the motivation because I wanted a significant way to celebrate my 40th birthday year. And that is true. But the idea of participating in this ride had been planted long before last fall. I began to think about participating in it years ago when people I knew and with whom I worked died due to AIDS related illnesses.

So while this ride is a way for me to celebrate the beginning of what I hope will be a great new decade in my life, it is also in memory of several great men whom I had the pleasure of knowing for much too brief of a time. Memories of their vibrate lives in the face of this horrible illness will help me as I pedal my way south through the beautiful state of California.

May we find a way to end this pandemic. And soon.