Frank's Amish Ride was Great!

What a great ride we had out in West Coatesville w/ Frank this past Sunday!  Beautiful riding country.  Hilly, but we took it easy and had a nice ride.  We had perfect timing, too -- found the gap in the rain.  No rain on us.  We got back to Frank's place and sat back in his garage overlooking the gorgeous valley we just rode through and no more than 5 minutes later, the rain started pouring.  We couldn't have planned it better. 

Come join our host, Frank Morrone, next time.  We'll be doing rides out near Frank's several times a year.  Keep an eye out for the next one.

Cheers,
k

911 Ride on the 10 Year Anniversary

Hey everyone, we're getting a bunch of Team Red folks together to do the 9/11 ride, sponsored by the YMCA of Chester County.  Registration is only $20 (or $25 on the day of the ride), and no fundraising is required.

The ride is on September 11 in West Chester.  Rides start between 8am and 2pm depending on your distance.  Routes are provided for 8, 15, 25, 42, and 80 miles.  And there are 1 and 5k walks as well.

Details provided on our Team Red Events page: http://teamredphilly.blogspot.com/p/events-rides.html#911ride

Rides start and finish from either West Chester (Airport Road) or Unionville (URA) - see ride maps here (at lower right of page).  All 911 ceremonies and festivities are at the West Chester start/finish area.

Let me know if you're planning on doing the ride.  I'll be riding the 40 mile loop out of the West Chester start/finish area - see route map here.  This ride departs at 8am, same-day registration starts at 7:30am.  You can choose any route you'd like, but I'd like to get as many Team Red riders together at the West Chester start/finish area as possible - and have groups doing the different distances together if we can.

Let's show our colors - wear your Red Rider or Tour de Cure jerseys!

Thanks,
k

Livestrong?

A few Team Red members are riding in Livestrong this weekend, if you are interested in riding with some other Team Red members at Livestrong, please post a comment to this and you can coordinate getting together for the ride.

Cheers,
k

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Team Red Amish Ride this Sunday (8/21)!

Don't forget this Sunday's Team Red ride through beautiful Amish country, starting in West Coatesville at 10am.  Should be a fun ride starting at Team Red member Frank Morrone's place.

See our Training Rides page for more details: http://teamredphilly.blogspot.com/p/training-rides.html

Cheers,
k

So Many Rides, So Little Time....

Folks,

I've just updated our Events and Training Rides pages with 8 upcoming rides - they all look fun and they all have Team Red member(s) involved in the ride.  Please see the Events and Training Rides pages for more info and future updates.

Contact me at kevinhorio@yahoo.com if you plan on doing any of these rides and I'll put you in touch with other Team Red members doing the ride.  

Cheers,
k

8/27 Lake Nockamixon Century Ride

Ride the Nock!  Team Red members John Heaggans and Dave Williams will be helping Suburban Cyclists Unlimited at the ride.  Beautiful routes in Bucks County - enjoy 25, 50, 75, 100, and 107 mile routes.

See our Events page for more info: http://teamredphilly.blogspot.com/p/events-rides.html

9/24 and 9/25 Bike to the Bay

Join Team Red member, Charlie Johnston, as he rides in the MS Bike to the Bay 2011 as team captain of "Riding for the Troups"! Set in southern Delaware, it'll be cool as we head into Fall - should be nice!

See our Events page for more details: http://teamredphilly.blogspot.com/p/events-rides.html

Cheers,
k

8/21 Team Red Amish Ride!

Hey Everyone,

We're having a Team Red fun ride on Sunday, 8/21, at 10am, in Amish Country.  Invite your friends.  We're starting at Frank Morrone's place in West Coatesville.  See our Training Rides page for details.

There are a lot of you doing Livestrong or the Lancaster Covered Bridges ride that day - I hope you all have great rides!  We were hoping to have a large Team Red contingent at the Covered Bridges ride, but the registration closed early when they hit their rider limit - we'll be sure to add this ride to our ride calendar for next year.

For everyone who was not able to get involved with those rides, please join our ride - all abilities are welcome and we'll ride at a leisurely to moderate pace.

Frank Morrone sent me this a while back - these are his thoughts and Frank's excited about Team Red!

Frank Morrone

The Way I See It

O K  guys I am a Type 2 Diabetic. 

I am not proud of it.

The question is did I do this to myself or is there a genetic component?

I don't know and I really don't care.

What I do know is that I have a problem,

and that traveling down the road and arriving at the intersection of 

'Self Pity' and 'Why Me'

will not do any good.

But what to do?

Do I continue to feel sorry for myself?

What will  that solve?

Think about it.

If I do nothing except exercise the TV remote,

my glucose numbers will climb out of control

possibly to the point of loosing a limb,

or my eyesight

or worst of all my manhood.

It appears that I have a choice

either to slide into oblivion

or get off the couch

and get on my bike!

I chose the bike

and since being declared Type 2 Diabetic

my numbers have come under control

and I am down 40 pounds.

What we all have to remember is the simple fact. 

The couch kills.

Hills are tough.

The bike is life!

Come on board...  Team Red welcomes all Diabetics.

Team Red Update

Hey Folks,

The final Tour de Cure numbers are our confirmed fundraising was just under $10,000! 

Congratulations, and thanks to all of you we are doing a great job to fight diabetes!

See our new Hall of Fame page for a summary of our 2011 Tour de Cure.

Stay Tuned - exciting things are happening! 

• Team Red Jerseys for 2012
  We're looking for sponsors to help fund special jerseys for all of Team Red in 2012, and to make our Team Red tent at the Tour de Cure extra special for all our members!
  
  
• Upcoming Rides
  Keep an eye out for upcoming Team Red fun rides and training rides.
  
  
• Team Red Amateur Cycling Team
  There are rumblings about forming an amateur cycling team to do fun rides and races next year.  All will be welcome to join in.  We'll be forming a ride and event calendar soon!
  
  
• Team Red Leadership Committee
  We are forming a leadership committee for Team Red to help get sponsors, organize our racing team, design jerseys, compile a ride calendar, lead training rides, market Team Red to build Tour de Cure ridership, and to brainstorm on new Team Red ideas and initiatives.  If you're interested in getting involved, please contact Kevin Horio at kevinhorio@yahoo.com. We're holding our kickoff meeting in September and we need leaders from all areas in the region and of all riding abilities.  The only prerequisites are good intentions and a commitment to build Team Red!
  

Get ready for an exciting  year for Team Red next year!

Cheers,
k