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Cystic fibrosis is a rare, genetic disease found in about 30,000 people in the U.S. causing persistent lung infections and limiting the ability to breath over time. Those living with this disease are moms, dads, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons, nieces, nephews, friends, and co-workers --all struggling each day just to breathe and live normal, healthy lives.

I am riding in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Cycle For Life event again this year.  I do this for three reasons: family, health and honor.

I first became involved with CFF after my nephew, Paul, and his younger sister, Olivia, were diagnosed with CF. We quickly learned that several of my family members are carriers of the CF gene.

After almost two decades of walking in Great Strides events, I heard my local chapter was holding a Cycle For Life event. To ensure my own health following a heart attack, I had taken up cycling and had become something of an aficionado. So, I rode -- for my own health – and for the health of those with CF. I have found the Cycle For Life event was both fun to do and made fundraising for CF easier.

But when it comes down to it, I ride to honor the sacrifice that Paul and Olivia have made, that my family has made and that all CF patients and families have made to fight this disease. At our 2014 and 2015 rain-or-shine Cycle for Life events, it poured. I don’t normally like to ride in rain, and there I was doing 30 miles in a torrential downpour! With every pedal stroke, I thought of my sister and the sacrifices she made every day to power her children through treatment and life. I thought of the medications and therapies my niece and nephew endure daily. The hardship of riding in the cold and wet was nothing compared to the hardships these patients and families face. I am proud to do what I can to honor them and help make CF stand for cure found!

That’s why I ride!

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