Tour de Cure kickoff

We held our Tour de Cure Kansas City kickoff last night. It's hard to believe it's that time of year again. I need to get on the ball and recruit riders and fundraisers if we are going match last year's great performance. Once again I am proud to serve as Team Read captain.

This year the tour returns to "Wheels to Weston" with a route that leaves from English Landing Park in Parkville and follows the Missouri River north to Weston. The route I will be riding is 46 miles and, fortunately, has no hills! Most of the route follows the state highway, but just before you get to Weston it diverts to a crushed limestone path similar to the Katy Trail surface. The "Hardbody route" as one board member dubbed it, takes a hilly path out of Parkville, joins the other route along the state highway, then climbs the hill into Weston and descends into town from the opposite direction. The "hardbodies" can do an optional route north of Weston to make the ride a Metric Century.

I really enjoyed talking with everyone at the event. I was once again called upon to tell my story. Im so proud to be participating in this event and I relish any opportunity to "evangelize" cycling and the many ways it can help diabetics can maintain their health. Heck, it's good for anyone looking to lose weight or improve their health.

Now, onto the Tour! The Kansas City tour is June 2.

Please sign up or donate here

Okay, you can't win the car or even the bike,
but you can win the jersey if you raise
enough money!

This year's jersey is really cool. The women's jersey
is sleeveless. Super fundraisers get the
Gold "Champions for Diabetes jersey.

The food was fantastic and our host Molle Audi
did a first-rate job welcoming us.