You can tell your friends about me. I did this ride in the 80s and early 90s. I
fell in love wit it because it changed the way I thought about myself, and the
way others thought about me. When you find out that you can ride that far in one
weekend, you begin to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to. I
kept going back because it's a good reminder, and great fun to be caught up in
an event that's bigger than just me. I got away from it in the mid 90s, when I
went back to school in an attempt at changing careers. Somewhere along the way I
picked up a liver disease that required a transplant. I'm guessing that I came
within a few months of dying. During the last six months of testing and
searching for donors (my cousin eventually donated a lobe of her liver) I was
pretty sick and was having to deal with the notion that there were a lot of
things in my life that I had maybe experienced for the last time. On the long
list of things that I regretted not doing enough was
cycling - specifically participating in TOSRV. I made up my mind that if I
recovered I wouldn't let life get in the way of doing the things I love any
more. The surgery was in December of '02, and I wasn't recovered enough to ride
the following spring. I did, however, ride short distances almost every day that
summer and spent most of the winter training in the gym. I was able to complete
TOSRV 2003 feeling strong and healthy. I referred to it as my Back From the Dead
Tour.

Tell your friends to ride TOSRV because they can...because some day they will
come to a point where they can't, and the regrets over neglected opportunities
can hurt worse than the debilitating physical problems. I wouldn't wish what I
have been through on anyone, but the perspective I've gained has been a fair
payoff. Take my word on this one.

andy <bobmarley1987@...> wrote:


I'm trying to get a few of my freinds to join me on this ride but I'm
having trouble convincing them how much fun it is. Anyone have any
ideas what to do?








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