Tour de Cure
Solid.
If you’ve never heard of Taking Control of your Diabetes, or TCOYD for short, then you need to look them up now. TCOYD is an organization dedicated to helping people live better with diabetes, and I happen to know the founder. He is an endocrinologist in San Diego and was a long time customer of […]
Good company.
I volunteer with the Tour de Cure bike ride to fight diabetes for a variety of reasons. It’s about raising money to find a cure. It’s also about a sport I love. And it’s about being a part of the diabetes community here in San Diego and celebrating the fact that we are not alone. […]
The 2012 San Diego TOUR de CURE is almost here!!
This is it! The 2012 Tour de Cure ride to fight diabetes is TOMORROW, and I can hardly believe it. Five years ago, I was asked to attend my first ever Tour meeting. I had no idea what I was in for, but I knew I was stoked about it. When I first started volunteering […]
Doing something.
It’s 2pm on Satuday, and I’m sitting under a Tour de Cure tent at a local bike ride in the freezing cold. I’m still sweaty from riding 30 miles that morning, but my sweat feels like it’s turning to icicles under my too-thin fleece. I find myself wondering if I have any other layers in […]
Real power.
You know those days at work when you feel like all hell has broken loose? The days where the phone hasn’t stopped ringing, you’ve got 1,000 unopened emails in your inbox, and everyone you know needs everything NOW? Yesterday was one of those days. So when 6pm rolled around and I needed to transform myself […]
2011 ADA Scientific Sessions - the In Crowd.
On Sunday, I had the great pleasure of volunteering at the American DiabetesAssociation’s 71st Annual Scientific Sessions at the San Diego Convention Center. The Sci Sessions, as it’s called, is THE annual international diabetes event where anyone who’s anyone in diabetes attends to learn the latest and greatest about our super-awesome disease. There are poster […]
Connected.
I have loved being part of the diabetes blogging community for many reasons, but by far and away the BEST thing about being part of the Diabetes Online Community (the D.O.C., in case ya don’t know) is the people that I have met through this experience. I have met, both online and in person, the […]
Success.
It’s 3:30am, and the alarm goes off. Out of bed. Coffee. Ponytail. Red Rider Jersey. Out of the door. It’s 4am, and the Tour de Cure site is nothing but boxes right now. It’s pitch black and cold outside, but the Century Riders will be here in an hour. No time to waste. It’s 5am, […]
Here we go!
It’s Friday folks, but not just any Friday. This is the day before the 2011 San Diego Tour de Cure, and as expected I’m a bundle of nerves. I just want the ride to be spectacular - I want people to have fun, I want everyone to be safe, and most important, I want to […]
United.
One week from today, the 2011 San Diego Tour de Cure will be behind us. One full year of planning, endless volunteer committee meetings, thousands of emails, and what feels like a million hours of hard work will all be over. But right now, it’s less than a week away, and there’s no doubt about it: the […]