A few months ago my Son Mark decided that he was going to do the Coast to Coast Cycle ride (Whitehaven to Sunderland) as a way of saying thank you to our branch for all the help and support they have given us since my diagnosis, while at the same time raising money for the branch so that we could employ a support worker as we no longer have a branch manager.
I thought that this was a wonderful idea, but then he suggested that I should go along with him as a way of raising awareness to Dementia. I said that I would think about it, as I used to cycle through Oxford every day until this illness kicked in and then I started to become unstable, both on my legs and on the bicycle.
I had never cycled again since.
But I have now managed to get back on a bike again and over a day we managed to cover about 30 miles, although I confess that I was more than a little stiff the next day.
This ride covers around 140 miles and we now hope to start it on June 7th of this year while I can still do it. This will be a challenge to me as well as a test to my strength. I do wonder whether I am a little mad for even considering doing it, but I suppose if if I don't do it now I never will. Other's who have dementia do the marathon, so I suppose it is time to try to push the boundary's and see what happens.
I will never know unless I try to do it.
I will probably end up with a very sore back side and knee's, but that should only last a few days.
I will try to keep you in touch with how it is going.
Best Wishes
Ken
I thought that this was a wonderful idea, but then he suggested that I should go along with him as a way of raising awareness to Dementia. I said that I would think about it, as I used to cycle through Oxford every day until this illness kicked in and then I started to become unstable, both on my legs and on the bicycle.
I had never cycled again since.
But I have now managed to get back on a bike again and over a day we managed to cover about 30 miles, although I confess that I was more than a little stiff the next day.
This ride covers around 140 miles and we now hope to start it on June 7th of this year while I can still do it. This will be a challenge to me as well as a test to my strength. I do wonder whether I am a little mad for even considering doing it, but I suppose if if I don't do it now I never will. Other's who have dementia do the marathon, so I suppose it is time to try to push the boundary's and see what happens.
I will never know unless I try to do it.
I will probably end up with a very sore back side and knee's, but that should only last a few days.
I will try to keep you in touch with how it is going.
Best Wishes
Ken