I'm not sure who you are trying to reach but you have the
wrong address. I enjoyed your story though and good luck to
you. My husband also rides in this event.


--- James Dahler <cannondahler@...> wrote:

>
> 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:
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>
> 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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