Tahoe is coming... The Tour de Tahoe

I ride as part of my on going treatment for my smoldering MM. Most who have read my blog know how important I think this is. My m-spike and Igg's were on a steady climb for the first 9 months after diagnoses. After they got the PN fixed and I was able to start riding and losing the weight the numbers have gone down and are staying down. Some movement up but very slow.

I ride in the Spring, summer and fall about 100 to 140 miles per week. Most rides are between 25 and 45 miles. To "reward" myself I signed up for the Tour de Tahoe on September 11. It is a 72 mile bike ride around Lake Tahoe. You go from 6300 feet up to 7100 feet with a total climb of 2600 feet over the course of the ride... Some reward. However; there will be about 3000 bike riders there and it should be a lot of fun.

My house is at 300 feet elevation and although I ride the foothills east of my house I hardly ever get over 1500 feet in elevation. Most rides have about 1000-1500 feet total climb. The ride will be a challenge!

So... as September 11 gets close, and you are thinking about what happened on that terrible day, take a moment to think of me. Send me your prayers, good thoughts, mental energy (you decide). All encouragement will be appreciated. I will blog on how I do.

On the MM front, I go see my new Oncologist tomorrow. My first Oncologist quit and moved to Reno to be close to his grandson, who can blame him for that! She came strongly recommended by my GP and I have known Dr. Dave for most of my adult life and his recommendations have always been good ones, so I don't expect this one to be any different.

The body is sick, but thanks to Jesus the soul is alive and well...