This September, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!

Cycling has and continues to be a defining activity in my life. I started riding a spin bike in my mid-late twenties at the local gym. Having an hour to myself while my kids were little was imperative to my mental and physical well-being. The first few years riding the Great Cycle Challenge were indoors training to teach spin classes with the Les Mills RPM program. Like a lot of folks when covid happened I was forced out of the gym. I remember going on a local group ride on my heavy commuter bike. I pushed so hard for 20 miles to stay with the group but often lagged behind everyone else. I scoured FB marketplace for an entry-level road bike, the same one pictured in my profile. I don't think I've stepped foot in a gym since that day.

Cycling, indoors or out, has saved my life and pulled me from the depths of despair at times. I can't think of a better way to pay it forward than to dedicate my time and passion for cycling to children suffering from cancer.

Because right now, cancer is the biggest killer of children from disease in the United States. Over 15,700 children are diagnosed every year, and sadly, 38 children die of cancer every week.

Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

So I am raising funds through my challenge to help these kids and support the Children's Cancer Research Fund to allow them to continue their work to develop lifesaving treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer.

Please support me by making a donation to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.

Your support will change little lives.

Thank you.