On October 13 the North Carolina office of the American Diabetes Association will be hosting a new, fun, and groundbreaking event for the organization in Chapel Hill, NC.

For the first time ever, the ADA will be hosting the first annual "Tour de Cure: Mystery MTB Ride"!!

In keeping with the season costumes ARE DEFINITELY encouraged!

Ride for as many laps as you like (or can) within the Chapel Hill North Forest trails between 12:00pm and 3:17pm. We'll ride those extra 17 minutes in honor of those who are diagnosed every 17 seconds in the US with diabetes.

We'll have FUN events and trails for the whole family and a party going on until 5pm.     

Diane and I will be riding and we invite ALL to come out for an afternoon of fun and comradery with a ton of other like minded folks working towards a cure for Diabetes.

Register by clicking on the logo:

Keep Choppin!!!

Over the weekend Diane and I where fortunate enough to finally be able to meet Michelle Litchman face to face in the Brookline neighborhood of Boston, MA.  Michelle, and other D movers and shakers, where in town for a diabetes conference and was gracious enough to spent some of her free time with us.

Most of you already know Michelle from her work as the author of the Sweet Advice blog, and as a very active and outstpoken member of the DOC.

Michelle is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Utah, and, as part of her work there, is conducting a very important survey about diabetes.

I wanted to share the survey in hopes that others would be interested in taking part, and helping Michelle to learn more specifics about the disease we battle each and everyday.

Follow this link to take the survey:

http://www.tudiabetes.org/m/discussion?id=583967%3ATopic%3A2784644
or contact Michelle directly with questions:

michelle.litchman@gmail.com

Have a great day everyone!!!

It's been going on 60 days since the end of my Tour Divide attempt for 2012.  Time has been moving VERY quickly, and I am all healed up (both body and soul) and have been doing some strength training to get back into the swing.

I have been riding, some, and my 29ers are in the shop getting some upgrades and small repairs after a very busy 10 months of preparation.  I am looking forward to getting back heavier training, and my races and events over the next few months.

Quite a few have emailed or messaged to ask about when I am going to do a write up about my wonderful, albeit slightly shorter than planned, Tour Divide experience this year.

A few months back my friends at Insulet, the makers of the OmniPod, asked me to document the Tour Divide race (as well as a few others scheduled events) for their brand new blog Suite D.  I was SO honored and super excited to have the opportunity to do that! I appreciate that fact that the folks at OmniPod have provided a larger platform to share my experiences and emotions of this amazing race attempt.

My TD race recaps will be featured on the Suite D blog in the next couple of weeks, and other events and features will be following throughout the year.  I am thrilled to be joined by amazing others in the efforts of this resource.  Natalie Strand of The Amazing Race fame, and pro snowboarder and Riding On Insulin author Sean Busby are among other that will be writing for Suite D as well.

I will post when my articles start appearing on the Suite D blog, but in the meantime check out their new blog, other writers, and my specific page there.

Thanks!!

Keep Choppin' and have a great day!!

Whispering a prayer today for all who lost their lives in this tragic event, and for the incredibly brave women and men who gave everything trying to help.

Last year I was very fortunate enough to be asked to contribute a chapter to Dr. Beverly Adler's second book, "My Sweet Life: Successful Men With Diabetes".  Dr. Adler published a very well received similar book "My Sweet Life: Successful Women With Diabetes" last year.

I was very surprised & grateful to be asked, and, of course, immediately said yes!

It was MUCH harder than I had anticipated it being, and took a while to come to grips with what I was going to write about.

Over the summer the chapters made their way through the various editors, and, I am very happy to share that the book is scheduled to be published this week!

It was a absolutely wonderful experience, and I wish to thank Dr. Adler for letting me contribute in my small way.  It was such an honor to be asked, and to be included with such a distinguished list of accomplished individuals.

To learn more about the book and the other amazing authors, as well as Dr. Adler's other works, click on the cover above or follow the url:

http://www.pesihealthcare.com/ECommerce/ItemDetails.aspx?ResourceCode=SAM074665

Thanks again!!

Meri and Ryan Schuhmacher

Our friend and mother of 4 boys, including 3 with Type 1, Meri Schuhmacher, held her husband of 19 years in her arms as His Heavenly Father decided it was time to make him whole this morning after a very valiant battle with cancer.

Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear, just know that you are very close in everyone's thoughts and prayers.