Tour of Dallas - And We're Over $10K!!

TOUR OF DALLAS APRIL 2, 2011

Friends (l-r) Arlene, Lisa, Lee and me after the Tour of Dallas

Just to make sure I could get in some kind of endurance event in April, (senior prom is the night before the King Tut Sprint on April 17) I decided to ride in the Tour of Dallas this weekend. It was a 30 mile loop from downtown around White Rock Lake and back to downtown. Tack on the extra 15 miles or so each way it took to get to and from downtown, it was right at a 60 mile day.

Most of it was at a pretty easy pace, except for the loop around the lake when I got behind Lee & Lisa on their tandem and we picked up a couple of other folks and had a mini peloton going.

On the ride back to the house, we stopped for lunch at a new place on the Katy Trail called the Katy Trail Ice House. Great outside, shady seating and an atmosphere very Austin - like and reminiscent of an old Dallas favorite hangout called Cardinal Puffs. If I hadn't been on my bike, I'd have definitely hung out for a cold beer or 2.

We're making strides on the fundraising to help detect Ovarian Cancer early at the NOCC: http://nocc.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=464587

Click on the link if you'd like to make a donation and help us continue on our goal of raising $50,000. We're over 20% there. I sure appreciate all the kind words of support and monetary gifts to the NOCC.

Julie has decided to do one more round of chemo and try as best as they can to knock her cancer out for good. She starts that tomorrow so by next week she'll be all done for now.

Chilly, Windy and Cloudy; Perfect Half Rock N Roll Marathon Weather

(l-r)  My son, Adam, My mom sally, My sister Julie, Me, Julie's husband Rob, My Nieces Simone and Marissa, My friend Susy and her son Josh, my godson at the finish line. The kids call me Tio Jefe - Uncle Chief in Spanish

Over 15,000 runners, joggers and walkers set off from Dallas City Hall on the Dallas Rock N Roll Half Marathon yesterday. 13.1 miles later, on a cool, cloudy, damp morning, there was a Brett Michaels concert and lots of food and drink at the Fair Park finish line. All accounts had this to be a well organized and well run race.

I was pretty pleased with my 2 hour 16 minute and 15 second time, as 10 days ago I was sick with a flu bug and unable to get out of bed. My son Adam, sister Julie, her husband and twin girls, our mom and my godson and his mom were all on hand to cheer me on at the finish. This is the first event of the 12 planned in my Race to Erase Ovarian cancer that Julie could attend, because the first 2 came on the heels of her chemotherapy, and she wasn't up to it. Good that she could this time - her birthday was the day before, and we hope she has many more.

Many people were racing in honor and/or memory of their loved ones lost to breast cancer, so it put in perspective how lucky I am to be able to do this fundraiser to help spread awareness and promote healthy survivorship of ovarian cancer in Julie's honor, and that Julie just had a birthday.

Here's a link directly to the fundraising page http://nocc.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=464587 - help us raise awareness to catch ovarian cancer in it's early stages and promote healthy survivorship. Thanks to all for helping with the fundraising efforts - we're almost at $9000 so far - on our way to 50K by the end of the year.