It's been two weeks since I found out about The Sugars. Apparently my sluggish training and poor recovery wasn't because of my lack of effort. August 11th I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. How's that for a pre-reave challenge. 8 weeks out from my race of a lifetime and now I need to check my bood sugar and give myself insuling injections. Guess that's what I get for complaining about the recent multiple flat tires on my training rides.
A while I found out about the Janus Charity Challenge. I've been thinking about the charities and such trying to decide who I should raise funds for. Two weeks ago the decision was made for me. In all of this I connected with the folks at the Barbara Davis Center.
For the Janus Charity Challenge I am raising funds to help them with the excellent work they do. The nurse told me that there are 5-8 children a week who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I look at my 2 year old daughter and can't fathom going through this with her. There will be a cure for Diabetes and the Barbara Davis Center is working on that.
The race is October 9th, 2010, the deadline for fundraising is October 8th, 2010. I’m totally soliciting your help in getting this out to as many folks as I can. Every $5 contribution will help. The athlete that raises the most money gets a $10,000 additional contribution from Janus.
Here is the fundraising site:
https://https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorreg/donorpledge.asp?ievent=331922&supID=301058335
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