Mari Ruddy
May 30, 2010
Founder of Team WILD, Mari Ruddy, was recently interviewed by Jessica Apple, over at
ASweetLife.org. Mari continually inspires, and continually works to get our
Team WILD, and the
ADA Red Rider Program, messages out there. Click
here to read the amazing article.
Karen Rogers
May 27, 2010
Tucson’s Tour de Cure came and went in late February and my excuse for not doing it was that I hadn’t ridden since the 70.3 last October as all my training had been concentrated on a half marathon in late January. While training for the 70.3 last year, I had opportunities both in Tucson and San Antonio to ride with Edy. When Edy fell and fractured her pelvis and wouldn’t be able to ride in the San Antonio Tour de Cure, I wanted to be there for her and ride for her. Riding away at the start and seeing Edy standing there with her sparkly cane was difficult and that’s all I’m going to say, but knowing she would be at the end of 55 miles gave me motivation to have a great ride. I rode with the team formed by the practice where Edy is the CDE--Diabetes and Metabolism Specialists of San Antonio. Also riding for the team were Dr. Rodriguez; Jeff, Edy’s son; Joe (a nurse); Baldwin (also a nurse); and Akia, Baldwin’s young son.
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Jennifer Ahn
May 26, 2010
Listening in on the coaching call the other day, I was thinking to myself how it seems like people’s motivation to get going on the work-out plan is altered from last year. Perhaps it’s because the fear of doing the event is not as apparent. Many of our team are returners from last year… thus; the novelty of doing a half Ironman is not as scary. I guess that is what pushes people to strive for goals that are bigger and better. The new things for this race are likely not the distance but the challenge of the new location.
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Lyndsay Riffe
May 15, 2010
Last week was a week of “firsts” for me. I went on my first cruise, first trip to the Bahamas, and the first time in 25 years of having diabetes I was told “no” because of having diabetes. I was on the cruise lines private island, and attempted to rent snorkeling gear. After honestly answering the medical questionnaire, the employee declined my rental because I was on insulin. I attempted to persuade them why it was completely safe for me to snorkel. “No, company policy mamn.” I was furious, and crushed. It was the first time in my life I felt like diabetes was a disability.
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Lorrie DiCesare
May 11, 2010
Hello everyone. I'll admit it; I've been a bit of a slacker with my blogging responsibilities. I missed April entirely and I'm lat for May. Why? I guess I really didn't think I had much, if anything, to say. Well, now I do, so here goes.
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Lorrie DiCesare. I'm almost 47 years old, which I can't believe, live in the Chicago land area with several other WILD women, and have been living with Type 1 diabetes for almost 31 years. I was on the half Ironman team last year for which was a complete blast. Yes, the training was hard and time consuming, but it was an incredible experience. I met so many wonderful women and the coaching and support was awesome, I just couldn't pass up another opportunity to do it all again.
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Karen Lipinsky
May 9, 2010
Years ago, before I really ran, I’d try it every now and then. I’d walk some and then jog some and jokingly called it ‘wogging’. When I got serious about trying to run, I still did a little walking, but my goal that first season was to run the Bolder Boulder 10K without any walking (besides water breaks and checking my blood sugar).
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Founder of Team WILD, Mari Ruddy, was recently interviewed by Jessica Apple, over at ASweetLife.org. Mari continually inspires, and continually works to get our Team WILD, and the ADA Red Rider Program, messages out there. Click here to read the amazing article.
