Team Red Spotlight: Frank Morrone

Frank Morrone

Frank Morrone is an active Team Red member, Red Rider, and a vet.  Frank's been working with the VA (Veteran's Administration) to promote healthy lifestyles and exercise for vets with diabetes.  Frank has type 2 diabetes and uses cycling to help fight diabetes.  As Frank always says:

   Hills are Tough
   The Sofa Kills
   The Bike is LIfe

Leading the way for vets
to fight diabetes!

Frank looks at cycling as a medicine to combat his diabetes. And he wants to help other vets with diabetes to do the same.

Frank is leading the way to work with Team Red and the ADA to welcome all vets to join Team Red, to come out and have fun on our training rides, and join us in the Tour de Cure.  We are also hoping to do the same with the ADA's Step Out Walk, which has a Team Red as well - for vets that don't cycle, they can join the walking program.

The Coatesville VA Medical Center is embracing this and has invited Team Red and all Red Riders to join in their Veteran's Week Parade on Friday, November 4th, from 8:30am - 11:30am.

See our event details for more info on this and contact Kevin Horio (kevinhorio@yahoo.com) if you can participate.  It's a Friday, so it may be difficult for some, but we are hoping to show some numbers and promote Team Red and the Tour to the vets, and welcome them to our ranks!

Jerseys!

The ADA is working on national Team Red jerseys for the 2012 Tour de Cure!


What do the Team Red Jerseys Look Like?

I'll post designs as soon as I get them.


How Do I Qualify for a Team Red Jersey?

You must be registered and have raised the minimum fundraising amount of $200 online by March 31st, 2012 in order to be included in the jersey order.  The jerseys have an 8-week turnaround time, so March 31st will be the latest we can order jerseys.   

So keep an eye out for updates on this so you can have a Team Red jersey for our 2012 season - we'll feel more like a team with matching jerseys!


How Do I Order a Team Red Jersey?

I will contact everyone in January to take orders from those who are eligible early and would like to have their jerseys early.  I'll contact the remainder of eligible folks toward the end of March to place the final jersey orders before the Tour.

You may have to pay for a Team Red jersey and I'll get pricing on that later.  However, we are working on getting Team Red sponsors to subsidize or fully cover the cost of jerseys for Team Red members! 


What About Red Rider Jerseys?

The same date and fundraising prerequisites apply to you in order to be eligible for a Red Rider jersey.  In addition, you must have diabetes to be a Red Rider.  When you register for the Tour de Cure, you'll need to indicate that you have diabetes, along with your jersey size and your desire to be recognized as a Red Rider.

A Red Rider jersey is different from a Team Red jersey.  Team Red jerseys are for anyone who has joined Team Red.  You can join Team Red and be a Red Rider at the same time - in which case, you can get both jerseys if you choose.

See here for an explanation on the difference between Red Riders and Team Red.

Chester County Hospital Diabetes Day

The Chester County Hospital is hosting it's 17th Annual Diabetes Day

"Food for Thought" - highlighting the foods we eat and how they effect our health. 


Date:
Saturday, November 12, 2011
10 am - 2 pm

Location:
UTI Exton
Eagleview Corporate Center
750 Pennsylvania Dr.
Exton, PA

Registration:
Pre-registration is required by calling 610.738.2300
or registering online here

Fee: $5

Host:
The Chester County Hospital
Diabetes Self-Management Program


Providing useful information as part of a diabetes self management program, "Food for thought" will be provided on a variety of topics explored through demonstrations, mini-lectures and educational displays. Our presenters, equipped with cooking demonstrations, and physician lectures will motivate you to manage your diabetes effectively!


Diabetes Day will include vendor displays, giveaways and boxed lunch provided by Novo Nordisk.

2nd Annual Mad Scot Trail Ride - Big Success!

Beautiful day for a ride

The 2nd Annual Mad Scot Trail Ride was a big success - we nearly tripled our ridership and we surpassed last year's fundraising!  The ride is in honor of Colin Mackay, who fights FSGS - a devastating form of kidney disease.  All funds go to NephCure, which strives to fund a cure for FSGS and Nephrotic Syndrome.

Great scenes on this trail!

Join us next year - this is a great ride!  52 miles of gravel and hardpack trail - you only cross one road once you get to the trail.

It's beautiful along the Lehigh River, and non-riders have a great time at the Jim Thorpe Fall Foliage Festival - live music, great food, old time scenic railway - loads of fun!

See the Mad Scot site for full details!

Wee dram o' whisky - Mad Scot tradition!

And they're off...

"Tour In Training" Long Sleeve Tee - Sneak Peek!

This year's "Tour In Training" long sleeve tee has been unveiled!  

The first 100 riders to register for the 2012 Tour de Cure and raise $50 online will receive one of these. 


These shirts come out every autumn and have been hard to get.  I'm often asked about how to get one.  It's been somewhat of a mystery how to get one in years past, but we now have a clear path. 

Get yours!

Great 911 Ride for Team Red!

Team Red riders at the West Chester 911 Ride.
L to R: Brian Curran, Jim Gilbert, Bob Carter, Andy Poole, Kevin Horio,
and Frank Morrone  (Dan Jefferys missing)

We had a nice ride for West Chester YMCA's 10 year 911 commemorative ride.  The weather held up. And Andy had the foresight to bring some beers for the end of ride cool down.

Lots of hills on this one.  My bike meter noted over 2,700 feet of climbing over the 40 mile route.  We didn't burn up the route or anything - just under 3 hours riding time and about 3.5 hours if you count the breaks at the rest stop, and hilltops to let the group get back together.

We all did the 40, except Dan Jefferys who dared to ride the 80. I don't know how it turned out for Dan, hopefully well.  But my legs were feeling like concrete by the end of the 40.  I haven't done too many hilly rides since or Tour de Cure this year.

Good times! 

Remembering those we lost.

2012 Tour de Cure Registration is OPEN!

The 2012 Tour de Cure is set for June 2nd!

Sign up for Team Red here!

Free Registration

 

Register before October 31st for the 2012 Tour de Cure and registration is FREE!  Contact me at kevinhorio@yahoo.com for the free registration code.

Free "Team in Training" Shirt

The first 100 riders to raise $50 online will get a free long sleeve "Team in Training" t-shirt!  There's only a few of these and riders snatch them up quickly every year - hard to get, somewhat rare, like a badge of honor to have one.  Get yours before they're gone!

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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