American Diabetes Tour De Cure

After taking a year off I have decided to accepted the challenge of cycling in the American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure fund-raising event again. The Tour is a ride, not a race. I have joined thousands of others to pedal in support of the Association's mission: to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

This will be the 7th Tour De Cure that I will be participating in. I will be doing the 50 K (about 30 miles)  ride on June 12th. I am asking you to help by supporting my fund-raising efforts with a donation. Your tax-deductible gift will make a difference in the lives of more than 20 million Americans who suffer from diabetes and another 41 million people in the United States with pre-diabetes.

It's fast and easy to support this great cause - you can make your donation online by selecting the "Click to Support Me" on the web page.

http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=7578&px=1739696

Any amount, great or small, helps in the fight against this deadly disease. I greatly appreciate your support and will keep you posted on my progress. If you want to do even more to help, please consider joining me in this great event. Our efforts will help set the pace in the fight against diabetes.

More information on the American Diabetes Association, its programs and diabetes in general can be found at the Association's Web site: www.diabetes.org

For more information on Tour de Cure, please visit www.diabetes.org/tour.

Thank-You so much.

Randy Zabarsky

Workout#98-09

On Saturday June 13th I cycled 60 miles for the Tour De Cure. I started in Parma and cycled thru the metro parks to Brecksville, I then worked my way down to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I rode another 25 miles in the valley finally ending up at the Winking Lizard in Peninsula. I would like to thank everyone who supported the American Diabetes Association by sponsoring me http://tinyurl.com/RZTDC09.

Tour De Cure 2008 Rock n' Ride - Team Wipeout

I decided last week that I would have been nuts to try and do the 100k ride. I have not been out on my road bike this year so my next option was doing the 50K moderate ride. .Let me tell you that was a great decision. It still was a challenging ride but I had a smile on my face the whole time. It was avery hot day temps in the low 90's with a strong wind that slowed us down. I rode with one of my niece's. She had Kim's road bike. She said it was very light and she was glad she was not doing on her mountain bike. She was also glad that I didn't have my road bike either..  It was a great day two of my sisters volunteered, the other one rode, my 2 neices rode, my wife and daughter rode. I am not exactly sure how much we raised this year but it should be over $1300.00 dollars from Team Wipeout.

I want to thank the rest of Team Wipeout for volunteering/riding with me.

Rock 'n Ride Tour De Cure Newsletter.

This is from the newsletter that I received today. It is not too late to sponsor me.

Team Wipeout

Working to Wipeout Diabetes

Randy Zabarsky has been participating in Tour de Cure since 2004. His dedication to the ride and to the cause of diabetes have resulted in his fund-raising of over $3,000 through the years, the creation of Team Wipeout in 2007 and his work on the Tour de Cure Volunteer Committee.

Randy started with Tour de Cure after seeing a display at a Century Cycles store. His love for cycling and family members with diabetes got him to do the ride in 2004. He comes back year after year because "It is a great cause and I love seeing the passion that people have for raising money to find a cure for diabetes."

Randy's most important advice about fund-raising for Tour is to ask everyone you know. "People at work, family members, people from organizations you belong to. Send an email and follow-up with a phone call. It is easy to ignore an email, it is a lot harder to say no on the phone or in person." He also suggests you put in the miles to make sure your ride is enjoyable. Training for the 100k is very important!

Randy's first year as a team captain was in 2007 and with 6 team members was our 8th highest fund-raising team, raising $2,255. His advice for team captains is, "Keep in touch with your team, send out emails and call them to keep them focused on raising funds and getting the miles in to be prepared for the ride."

Childhood obesity and the increase of Type 2 diabetes in our youth and major reasons Tour is so important to Randy. "I see the children at my daughter's school and so many of them are increasing their risk for diabetes by being overweight. Not only do we need to find a cure but until then we need to get awareness of the dangers of being a overweight and not being active. The problem is that people don't know they are a diabetic unless they get checked."

Finally, Randy's parting words about Tour de Cure are, "The Rock n' Ride Tour De Cure is a great event. It would not be possible with out the help of all the volunteers. People volunteer their time for everything from designing the route, putting up the route markers, marketing, registration to working the rest stops just to name a few. These volunteers give up their time and do their best to make this event enjoyable to the cyclists. If someone in your family does not ride see if they can volunteer. If someone says they don't have money to support your ride see if they will support you by volunteering their time on the day of event."

Randy will be at the helm of Team Wipeout once again in 2008 and is gearing up for a great Tour and cycling season! Randy is also on the Recruitment Committee. Many of you may have received a phone call or an email from him.

Tour De Cure 2008 is almost here

I once again am doing the Tour De Cure with team wipeout. We are doing various mileages depending on our ability and age. Last year we were one of the top teams in the Rock 'n Ride Tour De Cure last year. We are hoping to do it again.



2007 Tour De Cure PSA

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