4 pork chops, 2 pasta dinners, 3 breakfast burritos, 4 slices of homemade pie, a dozen or so homemade cookies, several BBQ sandwiches, more Honey Stinger peanut butter bars than I care to remember, 6 pancakes, 6 pieces of sausage, 4 smoothies, too many Michelob Ultras, french toast, 2 turkey tenders, Pepsi Pot Roast and mashed potatoes, 1 “stolen” bike, and $1 million raised in the fight against cancer. This is the first 5 days of RAGBRAI. The food and miles logged is all me – the money and awareness raised, well, that is another story.

Local Pancake…

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The Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) is in full effect. Over 100 members of Team LIVESTRONG are cycling across the state with 20,000 of their closest friends, sharing stories and having a great time with one another. Each night, a cancer survivor stands up in front of the group and shares his/her cancer story. Yesterday it was Mary’s turn to share.

Mary and her 18 year old son David have had difficult cancer experiences. Mary’s- breast. David’s- a rare type of cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome found mainly in people 65-70 years old. The only option…

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At two o’clock today I am getting two silicone implants to replace the two beautiful breasts that I lost two years ago due to the BRCA 2 gene and Stage II breast cancer.
That is a hell of a lot of two’s, II’s and 2’s.

Too many doctor’s offices. Too much blood work. Too many pills…WAY too many pills. Too many families in infusion rooms. Too many gauze pads. Too many hospital gowns. Too much ginger ale. Too many hats and scarves and wigs. Too many tears.

I don’t mean to complain, because today is a…

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The staff at Nike World Headquarters have been there fighting cancer alongside the foundation for a number of years. Recently, in the parking lot at Nike HQ, employees chalked messages of hope to honor their loved ones affected by cancer. Thank you to all of Nike’s employees for all you do both professionally and personally in the fight against cancer.

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Throughout the 2010 cycling season, LIVESTRONG and its partners have raised awareness of the world’s cancer burden and the people fighting against the disease. And on the final day of the Tour de France Lance Armstrong and Team RadioShack made one last statement, celebrating the completion of the Tour by wearing jerseys emblazoned with the number 28, a symbol of support for the 28 million people living with cancer.

While that, in itself was an amazing scene, that is not the only statement LIVESTRONG, Team RadioShack and our partners made on Sunday.

Check out the photos below of all…

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